Swanepoel, De Wet2017-01-302017-01Swanepoel, DW 2017, 'Smartphone-based national hearing test launched in South Africa', The Hearing Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 14-16.0745-7472 (print)2333-6218 (online)10.1097/01.HJ.0000511726.41335.83http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58671The 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.The 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© 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.South Africa’s national hearing testSmartphone-basedhearZA AppPostprint Article