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Objective To determine the attitudes of audiologists towards telehealth and use of telehealth for the delivery of ear and hearing services pre-, during- and post- the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify the perceived effects of telehealth on s[...]Article
Objectives To compare outcomes of a community-based hearing screening programme using smartphone screening audiometry operated by specialist (School Health Nurses – SHNs) and non-specialist health workers (Community Health Workers – CHWs) in sc[...]Article
Objective: This study aimed to develop and assess a method to measure word recognition abilities using a smartphone application (App) connected to an audiometer. Design: Word lists were recorded in South African English and Afrikaans. Analyses [...]Article
Objective and design: This retrospective cohort study aimed to describe the differential effect of noise exposure and age-related hearing loss in a large sample of gold miners in South Africa. Study sample: Audiological data of 40 123 South Afri[...]Livre
Chapter 1: Rationale for Objective Hearing Assessment, A Word About Terminology, Important Terms and Concepts, Detection versus Diagnosis, Clinical Limitations of Behavioral Audiometry, Cross-Check Principle Revisited, Chapter 2 Aural Immittance[...]Article
Objective To identify and describe predictors of daily hearing technology (HT) use in children. Design Retrospective review of clinical records. Multiple regression analyses were performed to identify predictors. Study sample The samp[...]Article
Objective: COVID-19 has been prohibitive to traditional audiological services. No- or low-touch audiological assessment outside a sound-booth precludes test batteries including bone conduction audiometry. This study investigated whether conducti[...]Article
Sigrid Polspoel, Auteur ; David R. Moore, Auteur ; De Wet Swanepoel, Auteur ; Sophia E. Kramer, Auteur ; Cas Smits, Auteur |Objectives The objective of this study is (1) to assess whether the presentation level of the antiphasic digits-in-noise (DIN) test affects the speech recognition threshold (SRT), (2) to evaluate how accurately simulated unilateral and bilate[...]Article
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Objective: To determine if a smartphone application could be used as a calibrated screening audiometer with real-time noise monitoring for school screening using automated test sequences. Design: The investigation comprised three studies. Study [...]Article
Objectives: More than a billion adolescents and youngsters are estimated to be at risk of acquiring recreational noise-induced hearing loss (RNIHL) due to the unsafe use of personal audio systems. RNIHL is preventable; therefore, the present stu[...]Article
Jenique Wolmarans ; Karina C. De Sousa ; Caitlin Frisby ; Faheema Mahomed-Asmail ; Cas Smits ; David R. Moore ; De Wet Swanepoel |Background Digits-in-noise (DIN) tests have become popular for hearing screening over the past 15 years. Several recent studies have highlighted the potential utility of DIN as a school-aged hearing test. However, age may influence test perform[...]Article
Objective To evaluate and compare the effectiveness and quality of standard face-to-face and teleaudiology hearing aid fitting follow-up consultations and blended services for adult hearing aid users. Design and Study sample Fifty-six parti[...]Article
Objective The Audiology Department at the Royal Surrey County Hospital usually offers face-to-face audiologist-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for tinnitus rehabilitation. During COVID-19 lockdown, patients were offered telehealth[...]Article
Objective: To explore areas of functioning, disability, and environmental factors of adults with hearing loss (HL) by using the ICF classification as a tool to determine and document each element. Design: A qualitative study applying mainly focu[...]
