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Teleaudiology
Published in Stavros Hatzopoulos, Andrea Ciorba, Mark Krumm, Advances in Audiology and Hearing Science, 2020
Piotr H. Skarzynski, Mark Krumm, Karolina Penar, Stavros Hatzopoulos
In 2000, the Institute team started a successful joint project with Ronald McDonald Foundation. Thanks to the cooperation with the foundation and the Gdansk University of Technology and Mazovian Regional Health Authority, modern multimedia tools for hearing screening were developed. As a result, thousands of Polish children were screened through a multimedia computer program called “I see, I hear, I speak,” which screens vision, hearing and speech skills. Children and adolescents were primary recipients of the program. The hearing test consisted of automatic hearing survey analysis, audiometric stimuli and speech-in-noise intelligibility testing. Vision and speech skills were assessed in the similar, easy and effective way. Screening tests can be done via www.telezdrowie.pl site.
Ear, nose and throat
Published in Nicholas Green, Steven Gaydos, Hutchison Ewan, Edward Nicol, Handbook of Aviation and Space Medicine, 2019
Nicholas Green, Steven Gaydos, Hutchison Ewan, Edward Nicol
Hearing tests: Conversational voice test: standing 2 m behind, checking each side separately, in a normal voice the applicant is asked to repeat two-syllable words.Tuning fork tests: Rinne and Weber; air and bone conduction helps distinguish different types of deafness.Pure tone audiometry: for ATCOs, professional and instrument rated pilots.Functional hearing assessment: the individual is tested in a background with noise representative of a cockpit, confirming the understanding of relevant radiotelephony phraseology and beacon identification.Other tests are likely to require specialist intervention.
Head and neck
Published in Tor Wo Chiu, Stone’s Plastic Surgery Facts, 2018
Hearing test and CT imaging including temporal bones – decide which ear benefits the most from hearing restoration surgery in bilateral cases. Hearing tests include Brainstem evoked response after birth.Behavioural: needs a cooperative child; distraction testing requires strong neck muscles and coordination.
Evaluation of a game-based hearing screening program for identifying hearing loss in primary school-aged children
Published in International Journal of Audiology, 2023
Patrick Bowers, Kelley Graydon, Gary Rance
Recent advances in audiometry technologies have led to the availability of various self-administered and automated hearing tests. Most of these are smartphone or tablet-based apps, such as “EarTrumpet” and “uHear”—both of which perform frequency specific air conduction testing and are primarily designed for use by adults in settings where conventional audiometric assessment with an audiologist is not possible (Bright and Pallawela 2016). The training and expertise required with other screening methods such as PTA may be avoided with automated technologies such as this (Dawood et al. 2021). The use of such a technology has the potential to allow a large format hearing screening process to occur in a more timely and cost-effective manner. There is less need for specialised equipment and due to the self-directed nature of the automated tests one-on-one testing may be avoided. Therefore, multiple individuals may be able to be screened at one time. In the primary school population, this means more children may be screened across a given school day, and less time taken away from learning activities. This may be desirable, to streamline the screening process and allow for more targeted diagnostic assessments. There is, however, a paucity of peer reviewed articles that validate hearing self-assessment tools (Bright and Pallawela 2016).
Using betahistine in the treatment of patients with Menière’s disease: a meta-analysis with the current randomized-controlled evidence
Published in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2020
Louise Devantier, Dan Hougaard, Mina Nicole Händel, Frank Liviu-Adelin Guldfred, Jesper Hvass Schmidt, Bjarki Djurhuus, Henriette Edemann Callesen
Inclusion criteria consisted of patients aged 18 and above, with definite or probably Menière’s disease as defined by Bárány Society 2015 [1] or the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) criteria from 1995 [9]. Bárány Society diagnostic criteria for definite Menière’s disease include: (A) Two or more spontaneous episodes with dizziness, each lasting between 20 min and 12 h. (B) At least one hearing test showing low to medium frequency sensorineural hearing loss on the affected ear before, during or after a dizziness episode. (C) Fluctuating symptoms of the affected ear in the form of tinnitus, hearing loss or increased volume/pressure. (D) Symptoms cannot be explained better by another diagnosis. The diagnosis criteria for probable Menière’s disease contain the same points (A, C, D), but no evidence of a continuing or fluctuating low to medium frequency sensorineural hearing loss is required. Exclusion criteria included patients with a vertigo diagnosis other than Menière’s disease and patients with Menière’s syndrome that have not been diagnosed with the appropriate criteria as described above.
Screening for hearing loss in the Hong Kong Cantonese-speaking elderly using tablet-based pure-tone and word-in-noise test
Published in International Journal of Audiology, 2020
Anna Chi Shan Kam, Christine Hiu Tung Fu
Hearing tests are rarely considered as part of older adults’ routine health care examinations, as hearing loss is often considered as an inevitable part of aging (Fook and Morgan 2000). In many cases, older adults only seek hearing health care service when obvious otological symptoms arise (Doyle and Wong 1996; Wong and McPherson 2010). Common perceptions that audiological examinations are costly and inconvenient may also be another reason that few have much motivation to have regular hearing check-ups (Doyle and Wong 1996). In fact, hearing loss not only affects one’s speech perception in everyday life (particularly in contexts with background noise, thus causing frequent breakdowns in social communication); it is also associated with accelerated cognitive decline (Lin et al., Health ABC Study Group 2013). Moreover, it has been found that individuals with hearing impairment had doubled or more increased risk in developing incident all-cause dementia than those with normal hearing (Lin et al. 2011). In addition to the lowering of the overall quality of life (Ciorba et al. 2012), hearing loss in the elderly may also be a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia (Lin et al. 2011; Lin et al., Health ABC Study Group 2013; Livingston et al. 2017).