Remote assessment of hearing - paediatric hearing assessment
using tele-audiology: An investigation in rural and remote
populations Up to 60% of indigenous children under 12 years of
age have some form middle ear disorder, commonly associated with
hearing loss. A number of agencies have strategies for the
screening of hearing loss in indigenous children, many of whom
live outside urban centres. One factor limiting the
effectiveness of such programs has been the delay between
screening and diagnostic audiology, due to a lack of diagnostic
audiology services in the local community. This project will
explore both internet and associated telecommunications
technologies (SSDL and cellular videoconferencing) to provide
audiological testing services to children in circumstances where
fully clinically competent audiologists: - are not routinely
available; or - are difficult to access due to distance. The
project will proceed in two phases: 1. The first phase will be
concerned with the set-up and trial of remotely ope