Clinical Validity of hearScreen™ Smartphone Hearing Screening for School Children.
Ear Hear
; 37(1): e11-7, 2016.
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| ID: mdl-26372265
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.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Audiometria de Tons Puros
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Aplicativos Móveis
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Smartphone
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Perda Auditiva
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article