TY - GEN
T1 - Designing a Single Speaker-based Ultra Low-Cost Otoacoustic Emission Hearing Screening Probe
AU - Heitmann, Nils
AU - Rosner, Thomas
AU - Chakraborty, Samarjit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/10/29
Y1 - 2020/10/29
N2 - Hearing impairment is one of the most widespread disabilities world wide. Early detection and treatment of hearing loss in neonates and small children is necessary for normal speech development. Also early detection of hearing loss in adolescents and adults will improve treatment possibilities. However, comprehensive hearing screening is not easily accessible everywhere and is too expensive for mass usage, especially in developing countries. While there are solutions for smartphone based self-administered tests, these cannot be used for neonates and small children. We propose a simplified low-cost ear probe, to measure otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), which can be used for objective hearing screening, without feedback from the subject. In this paper we built five different prototype probes and characterize them. Finally, we selected two probes and demonstrate the feasibility in a small study.
AB - Hearing impairment is one of the most widespread disabilities world wide. Early detection and treatment of hearing loss in neonates and small children is necessary for normal speech development. Also early detection of hearing loss in adolescents and adults will improve treatment possibilities. However, comprehensive hearing screening is not easily accessible everywhere and is too expensive for mass usage, especially in developing countries. While there are solutions for smartphone based self-administered tests, these cannot be used for neonates and small children. We propose a simplified low-cost ear probe, to measure otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), which can be used for objective hearing screening, without feedback from the subject. In this paper we built five different prototype probes and characterize them. Finally, we selected two probes and demonstrate the feasibility in a small study.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101268802&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342870
DO - 10.1109/GHTC46280.2020.9342870
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85101268802
T3 - 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020
BT - 2020 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 10th Annual IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, GHTC 2020
Y2 - 29 October 2020 through 1 November 2020
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