ArticleAmerican journal of audiology2018
A Smartphone National Hearing Test: Performance and Characteristics of Users.
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- Pooled it
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- Hearing Screening in Private Family Practice Medicine Using Tablet Applications.Annals of family medicine · 2025Article
- Development and validation of the Italian digit-in-noise test.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2024Article
- Development of Digit in Noise Test in Hindi.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Smartphone-Based Artificial Intelligence for the Detection and Diagnosis of Pediatric Diseases: A Comprehensive Review.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Validation of web-based audiometry version of HEARZAP.PloS one · 2023Article
- Telehealth solutions for assessing auditory outcomes related to noise and ototoxic exposures in clinic and research.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2022Article
- The audiogram: Detection of pure-tone stimuli in ototoxicity monitoring and assessments of investigational medicines for the inner ear.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2022Review
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- Development and validation of a digits-in-noise hearing test in Persian.International journal of audiology · 2021Article
- French Version of the Antiphasic Digits-in-Noise Test for Smartphone Hearing Screening.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Characteristics and Help-Seeking Behavior of People Failing a Smart Device Self-Test for Hearing.American journal of audiology · 2020Article
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- Language-Independent Hearing Screening Based on Masked Recognition of Ecological Sounds.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe smartphone digits-in-noise hearing test, called hearZA, was made available as a self-test in South Africa in March 2016. This study determined characteristics and test performance of the listeners who took the test.
methodA retrospective analysis of 24,072 persons who completed a test between March 2016 and August 2017 was conducted. User characteristics, including age, English-speaking competence, and self-reported hearing difficulty, were analyzed. Regression analyses were conducted to determine predictors of the speech reception threshold.
resultsOverall referral rate of the hearZA test was 22.4%, and 37% of these reported a known hearing difficulty. Age distributions showed that 33.2% of listeners were ages 30 years and younger, 40.5% were between ages 31 and 50 years, and 26.4% were older than 50 years. Age, self-reported English-speaking competence, and self-reported hearing difficulty were significant predictors of the speech reception threshold.
conclusionsHigh test uptake, particularly among younger users, and high overall referral rate indicates that the hearZA app addresses a public health need. The test also reaches target audiences, including those with self-reported hearing difficulty and those with normal hearing who should monitor their hearing ability.
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