Smartphone hearing screening in mHealth assisted community-based primary care

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 405-412

  Yousuf Hussein, Shouneez ^a   Wet Swanepoel, De ^a,b,c   Biagio de Jager, Leigh ^a   Myburgh, Hermanus C ^a   Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c   Hugo, Jannie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

community based; mHealth; primary care; smartphone; tele assisted

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988362893     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X15610721     Document Type: Article

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