Hearing loss in the developing world: Evaluating the iPhone mobile device as a screening tool

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-39

  Peer, S ^a   Fagan, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anti TB therapy; ARVs; Chemotherapy; Developing world; Global health; Hearing loss; HIV; Mobile technology; Ototoxicity; Portable audiology; Presbycusis; Screening; Smartphones; TB

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HIGH FREQUENCY HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LOW FREQUENCY HEARING LOSS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRESBYACUSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEAFNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEARING LOSS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SOUTH AFRICA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CELL PHONES; DEAFNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919898015     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8338     Document Type: Article

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