AUDIO EXPERIENCE DESIGN

Imperial College London

Tablet and web-based audiometry to screen for hearing loss in adults with cystic fibrosis

Anitha Vijayasingam, Emily Frost, Julie Wilkins, Lise Gillen, Presanna Premachandra, Kate Mclaren, Desmond Gilmartin, Lorenzo Picinali, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Simone Borsci, Melody Zhifang Ni, Wai Y Tang, Deborah Morris-Rosendahl, Jonny Harcourt, Caroline Elston, NJ Simmonds, Anand Shah
August 1, 2020
Thorax
Volume 
75
Issue 
8
Pages 
632-639
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd

Introduction Individuals with chronic lung disease (eg, cystic fibrosis (CF)) often receive antimicrobial therapy including aminoglycosides resulting in ototoxicity. Extended high-frequency audiometry has increased sensitivity for ototoxicity detection, but diagnostic audiometry in a sound-booth is costly, time-consuming and requires a trained audiologist. This cross-sectional study analysed tablet-based audiometry (Shoebox MD) performed by non-audiologists in an outpatient setting, alongside home web-based audiometry (3D Tune-In) to screen for hearing loss in adults with CF. Methods Hearing was analysed in 126 CF adults using validated questionnaires, a web self-hearing test (0.5 to 4 kHz), tablet (0.25 to 12 kHz) and sound-booth audiometry (0.25 to 12 kHz). A threshold of ≥25 dB hearing loss at ≥1 audiometric frequency was considered abnormal. Demographics and mitochondrial DNA sequencing were …

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