Clinical validity of hearScreen™ smartphone hearing screening for school children
dc.contributor.author | Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema | |
dc.contributor.author | Swanepoel, De Wet | |
dc.contributor.author | Eikelboom, Robert H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Myburgh, Hermanus Carel | |
dc.contributor.author | Hall, James Wilbur | |
dc.contributor.email | dewet.swanepoel@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-11T05:40:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES : 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.embargo | 2016-09-30 | |
dc.description.librarian | hb2015 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Research Foundation (NRF). | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Mahomed-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.issn | 0196-0202 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1538-4667 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000223 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50392 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins | en_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.subject | Clinical validity | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Smartphone hearing screening | en_ZA |
dc.subject | School children | en_ZA |
dc.subject | HearScreen™ | en_ZA |
dc.title | Clinical validity of hearScreen™ smartphone hearing screening for school children | en_ZA |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |