Karina C. De Sousa|De Wet Swanepoel|David R. Moore|Cas Smits
A Smartphone National Hearing Test: Performance and Characteristics of Users
University of Pretoria|University of Pretoria|University of Western Australia|Ear Science Institute Australia|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|Manchester Academic Health Science Centre|University of Manchester|Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc
purpose smartphone digitsinnoise hearing test called hearza made available selftest south africa march 2016 study determined characteristics test performance listeners took test method retrospective analysis 24072 persons completed test march 2016 august 2017 conducted user characteristics including age englishspeaking competence selfreported hearing difficulty analyzed regression analyses conducted determine predictors speech reception threshold results overall referral rate hearza test 224 37 reported known hearing difficulty age distributions showed 332 listeners ages 30 years younger 405 ages 31 50 years 264 older 50 years age selfreported englishspeaking competence selfreported hearing difficulty significant predictors speech reception threshold conclusions high test uptake particularly among younger users high overall referral rate indicates hearza app addresses public health need test also reaches target audiences including selfreported hearing difficulty normal hearing monitor hearing ability