Development and evaluation of an audiology app for iPhone/iPad mobile devices

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1119-1127

  Larrosa, Francisco ^a   Rama Lopez, Julio ^b   Benitez, Jesus ^c   Morales, Jose M ^d   Martinez, Asuncion ^d   Alañon, Miguel A ^d   Arancibia Tagle, Diego ^b   Batuecas Caletrio, Angel ^e   Martinez Lopez, Marta ^f   Perez Fernandez, Nicolas ^f   Gimeno, Carlos ^g   Ispizua, Angel ^h   Urrutikoetxea, Alberto ⁱ   Rey Martinez, Jorge ^j  

^a Hospital Alt Penedès Vilafranca   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^g Palma de Mallorca   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

ⁱ Hospital Comarcal del Bidasoa   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

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Author keywords

algorithm; application; Audiology; calculator; hearing h ndicap; hearing loss; iOS; iPhone; mHealth; objective c

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOLOGY; CALCULATOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER BASED HEARING HANDICAP CALCULATOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AIR CONDUCTION TEST; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING LOSS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; UTILIZATION;

AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84942608980     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2015.1063786     Document Type: Article

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