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Evaluation of an Internet-Based Hearing Test—Comparison with Established Methods for Detection of Hearing Loss by Christin Bexelius; Louise Honeth; Alexandra Ekman; Mikael Eriksson; Sven Sandin; Dan Bagger-Sjöbäck; Jan-Eric Litton is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Evaluation of an Internet-Based Hearing Test—Comparison with Established Methods for Detection of Hearing Loss about?
## Background Hearing impairment is most accurately measured by a clinical pure-tone audiogram. This method is not suitable for large-scale, population-based epidemiological studies as it requires that study participants visit a clinic with trained personnel. An alternative approach to measuring hearing ability is self-estimation through questionnaires, but the correlation to clinical audiometric tests varies. ## Objective To evaluate an Internet-based hearing test pilot compared to a question about self-estimated hearing and the feasibility of using an Internet-based hearing test and an Internet-based questionnaire in a population of 560 members of the Swedish Hunters’ Association in the age group 20-60 years. ## Methods An invitation was mailed to the participants in March 2007 together with the URL to the study Web site, a personal username, and a password. The Web site included the questionnaire, the hearing test, and instructions for participating in the study. The hearing test resembles a clinical audiogram presenting 6 tones between 500 and 8000 Hz. Tones are presented between 0 and 60 dB, and the participant responds to the tones by pressing the space bar. The hearing test
Who reads Evaluation of an Internet-Based Hearing Test—Comparison with Established Methods for Detection of Hearing Loss?
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- Author
- Christin Bexelius; Louise Honeth; Alexandra Ekman; Mikael Eriksson; Sven Sandin; Dan Bagger-Sjöbäck; Jan-Eric Litton
- Publisher
- JMIR Publications Inc.
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)