Clinical validity of hearScreen™ smartphone hearing screening for school children

dc.contributor.authorMahomed-Asmail, Faheema
dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, De Wet
dc.contributor.authorEikelboom, Robert H.
dc.contributor.authorMyburgh, Hermanus Carel
dc.contributor.authorHall, James Wilbur
dc.contributor.emaildewet.swanepoel@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-11T05:40:07Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES : The study aimed to determine the validity of a smartphone hearing screening technology (hearScreen™) compared with conventional screening audiometry in terms of (1) sensitivity and specificity, (2) referral rate, and (3) test time. DESIGN : One thousand and seventy school-age children in grades 1 to 3 (8 ± 1.1 average years) were recruited from five public schools. Children were screened twice, once using conventional audiometry and once with the smartphone hearing screening. Screening was conducted in a counterbalanced sequence, alternating initial screen between conventional or smartphone hearing screening. RESULTS : No statistically significant difference in performance between techniques was noted, with smartphone screening demonstrating equivalent sensitivity (75.0%) and specificity (98.5%) to conventional screening audiometry. While referral rates were lower with the smartphone screening (3.2 vs. 4.6%), it was not significantly different (p > 0.05). Smartphone screening (hearScreen™) was 12.3% faster than conventional screening. CONCLUSION : Smartphone hearing screening using the hearScreen™ application is accurate and time efficient.en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-09-30
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (NRF).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://journals.lww.com/ear-hearingen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMahomed-Asmail, F, Swanepoel, DW, Eikelboom, RH, Myburgh, HC & Hall, JW 2016, 'Clinical validity of hearScreen™ smartphone hearing screening for school children', Ear and Hearing, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. e11-e17.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0196-0202 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1538-4667 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1097/AUD.0000000000000223
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/50392
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherLippincott Williams and Wilkinsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Ear and Hearing, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. e11-e17, 2016. doi : 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000223.en_ZA
dc.subjectClinical validityen_ZA
dc.subjectSmartphone hearing screeningen_ZA
dc.subjectSchool childrenen_ZA
dc.subjectHearScreen™en_ZA
dc.titleClinical validity of hearScreen™ smartphone hearing screening for school childrenen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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