Smartphone-Based Hearing Screening at Primary Health Care Clinics

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2017, Pages e93-e100

  Louw, Christine ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^a,b,c   Eikelboom, Robert H ^a,b,c   Myburgh, Hermanus C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based hearing services; Hearing loss; hearScreen ; Primary health care; Sensitivity; Smartphone hearing screening application; Specificity; Time efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMARTPHONE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMARTPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992144157     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000378     Document Type: Article

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