Smartphone hearing screening with integrated quality control and data management

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 841-849

  De Swanepoel, Wet ^a,b,c,d   Myburgh, Hermanus C ^a   Howe, David M ^a   Mahomed, Faheema ^a   Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Audiometry; Calibration; Childhood hearing loss; Hearing screening; Pure tone audiometry; School screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; CHILD; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NOISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUND DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; CELL PHONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODS; NOISE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964285980     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2014.920965     Document Type: Article

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