Smartphone-based hearing test as an aid in the initial evaluation of unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 201-207

  Handzel, Ophir ^a,c   Ben Ari, Oded ^a   Damian, Doris ^e   Priel, Maayan M ^b   Cohen, Jacob ^b,c   Himmelfarb, Mordechai ^b,c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Institute of Audiology Department of Otolaryngology Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing test; Smartphone and tablet application; Sudden hearing loss diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEARING; HEARING AID ANALYSIS SYSTEM; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMARTPHONE; STANDARD; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; DEVICES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PHONES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877842926     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000349913     Document Type: Article

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