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[Speech and spatial characteristics of hearing in older age groups using virtual reality technologies]
T Yu Vladimirova1, A V Kurenkov1, L V Aizenshtadt1
1Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia.
Abstract:
Spatial and speech characteristics of hearing are needed to monitor the rehabilitation of sensorineural hearing loss in patients of older age groups. Using the created «Program for the assessment of speech, spatial and qualitative characteristics of hearing using virtual reality» increases the level of hearing diagnostics using a computerized audiovisual script. The purpose of the study is a comparative analysis of the speech, spatial and qualitative characteristics of hearing before and after using virtual reality in patients of older age groups. The results of the study showed that with good tolerance of virtual reality in 48.3% of patients, the answers to the questions of the SSQrus-12 questionnaire for assessing the spatial and speech characteristics of hearing became more objective. The developed methodology supplemented the group of modern diagnostic methods for spatial and verbal hearing by immersing the patient in a virtual environment in the created audiovisual scenario.
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