Smartphone-based national hearing test launched in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, De Wet
dc.contributor.emaildewet.swanepoel@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T05:52:45Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.description.abstractThe hearZA App – South Africa’s National Hearing Test - was launched on World Hearing Day 3 March 2016 (www.hearZA.co.za). More than 3000 people tested their hearing in the first 24 hours on iOS and Android versions of this South African English digits-in-noise test developed and validated at the University of Pretoria (Potgieter et al, 2016). The digits-in-noise test, which is self-administered, is quick and provides a valuable indication of real-life hearing ability – understanding speechin- noise.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe hearZA App – South Africa’s National Hearing Test - was launched on World Hearing Day 3 March 2016 (www.hearZA.co.za). More than 3000 people tested their hearing in the first 24 hours on iOS and Android versions of this South African English digits-in-noise test developed and validated at the University of Pretoria (Potgieter et al, 2016). The digits-in-noise test, which is self-administered, is quick and provides a valuable indication of real-life hearing ability – understanding speechin-noise.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentSpeech-Language Pathology and Audiologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-01-31
dc.description.librarianhb2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://journals.lww.com/thehearingjournal/pages/default.aspxen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSwanepoel, DW 2017, 'Smartphone-based national hearing test launched in South Africa', The Hearing Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 14-16.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0745-7472 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2333-6218 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1097/01.HJ.0000511726.41335.83
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/58671
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherLippincott, Williams & Wilkinsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Hearing Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 14-16, 2017. doi : 10.1097/01.HJ.0000511726.41335.83.en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa’s national hearing testen_ZA
dc.subjectSmartphone-baseden_ZA
dc.subjecthearZA Appen_ZA
dc.titleSmartphone-based national hearing test launched in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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