Evaluating the Reliability of 'AudiClick': A Click-Based Mobile App for Hearing Loss.

Q3 Medicine

Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.22038/IJORL.2024.77520.3596

Liang Chye Goh, Kulasegarah Jeyanthi

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Abstract

Introduction: To develop and validate a click-based mobile "Audiclick" app employing click noises for hearing assessments.

Materials and methods: This prospective comparative study compares the "AudiClick" app as a hearing screening tool to pure tone audiometry. Participants listened to sounds through wired earbud headphones that were connected to an Android or iOS device.

Results: The study involved 110 participants aged between 18 to 80 years old. All degrees of hearing loss severity corresponds to pure tone average (p < 0.01) results. The app was also found to be effective at identifying hearing loss (80-99% sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and accuracy). Test-retest reliability had also shown excellent ICC scores of 0.93.

Conclusions: This study demonstrates that a mobile app using click sounds can be as efficient as pure tone audiometry for field screenings, while being more cost-effective and easier to develop.

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评估 "AudiClick "的可靠性：基于点击的听力损失移动应用程序。

简介：目的开发并验证基于点击的手机 "AudiClick "应用程序，利用点击声进行听力评估：这项前瞻性比较研究将 "AudiClick "应用程序作为听力筛查工具与纯音测听进行了比较。参与者通过与安卓或 iOS 设备连接的有线耳塞式耳机聆听声音：研究涉及 110 名参与者，年龄在 18 至 80 岁之间。所有听力损失严重程度与纯音平均值（P < 0.01）结果一致。研究还发现，该应用程序能有效识别听力损失（灵敏度、特异性、阳性预测值和准确性均为 80-99%）。测试-再测可靠性也显示出极佳的 ICC 分数（0.93）：这项研究表明，在现场筛查中，使用咔嗒声的移动应用程序与纯音测听法一样有效，而且成本效益更高、更易于开发。

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Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology

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1.30

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12 weeks