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Kashyap Patel1, Linda Thibodeau2, David McCullough2

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A new smartphone app, HearTest, offers a low-cost, accurate way to screen for hearing loss. This accessible tool helps individuals assess their hearing thresholds at home, promoting early detection and intervention for better quality of life.

Keywords:
audiogramhearing testpure-tone audiometrysmartphone-based hearing test

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Area of Science:

  • Audiology
  • Mobile Health Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Untreated hearing loss significantly impacts communication and quality of life.
  • Many individuals remain undiagnosed due to lack of access to clinical facilities.
  • Early identification and treatment of hearing loss are crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce HearTest, a self-administered, smartphone-based application for quantifying pure-tone hearing thresholds.
  • To provide a low-cost and accessible alternative to traditional hearing tests.
  • To assess the accuracy and reliability of the HearTest application.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an air-conduction-based pure-tone audiometry application for smartphones.
  • Implemented a "10 dB down and 5 dB up" threshold determination method.
  • Calibrated the smartphone-earphone combination against a clinical audiometer (GSI-61) and insert earphone (ER-3A) using normal-hearing participants.

Main Results:

  • The HearTest application demonstrated high accuracy, with a mean difference within clinically acceptable limits (≤10 dB HL) compared to a reference clinical audiometer.
  • Subjective testing on 34 participants (20 initial + 14 retest + 5 retest) validated the app's performance.
  • Discussion includes hardware challenges and potential improvements for smartphone-based hearing tests.

Conclusions:

  • The HearTest smartphone application offers a simple, affordable, and reliable method for hearing health assessment.
  • It empowers individuals to monitor their hearing without requiring formal clinical settings.
  • Facilitates early detection of potential hearing impairments.