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Accuracy of smartphone-based hearing screening tests: a systematic review

Melo, Inara Maria Monteiro ; Silva, Aline Roberta Xavier ; Camargo, Rodolpho ; Cavalcanti, Hannalice Gottschalk ; Ferrari, Deborah Viviane ; Taveira, Karinna Veríssimo Meira ; Balen, Sheila Andreoli

CoDAS (São Paulo), 2022-01, Vol.34 (3), p.e20200380 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia

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  • Título:
    Accuracy of smartphone-based hearing screening tests: a systematic review
  • Autor: Melo, Inara Maria Monteiro ; Silva, Aline Roberta Xavier ; Camargo, Rodolpho ; Cavalcanti, Hannalice Gottschalk ; Ferrari, Deborah Viviane ; Taveira, Karinna Veríssimo Meira ; Balen, Sheila Andreoli
  • Assuntos: AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ; Audiometry, Pure-Tone ; Hearing ; Hearing Loss - diagnosis ; Humans ; Noise ; REHABILITATION ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Smartphone ; Systematic Review
  • É parte de: CoDAS (São Paulo), 2022-01, Vol.34 (3), p.e20200380
  • Notas: Author contributions: IMMM was responsible for writing, collecting and analyzing the data; ARXS was responsible for collecting and analyzing the data; RC was responsible for the translation of the manuscript; HCG was responsible for revising the manuscript; DVF was responsible for revising the manuscript; KVMT was responsible for the study design, data analysis and manuscript review; SAB was responsible for writing, study design, data analysis and review of the manuscript.
    Conflict of interests: nothing to declare.
  • Descrição: To verify the accuracy of smartphone apps to identify hearing loss. A systematic review followed the PRISMA-DATA checklist. The search strategies were applied across four databases (Lilacs, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) and grey literature (Google Scholar, OpenGrey, and ProQuest Dissertations and Thesis). The acronym PIRD was used in review. This included populations of any gender and all age groups. The Index test is the smartphone-based hearing screening test; the Reference test is the pure-tone audiometry, which is considered the gold reference for hearing diagnostics; the diagnosis was performed via validity data (sensitivity and specificity) to identify hearing loss and diagnostic studies. Two reviewers selected the studies in a two-step process. The risk of bias was assessed according to the criteria of the QUADAS-2. Of 1395 articles, 104 articles were eligible for full-text reading and 17 were included. Only four met all criteria for methodological quality. All of the included studies were published in English between 2015 and 2020. The applications Digits-in noise Test (5 articles), uHear (4 articles), HearScreen (2 articles), hearTest (2 articles) and Hearing Test (2 articles) were the most studied. All this application showed sensitivity and specificity values between 75 and 100%. The other applications were EarScale, uHearing Test, Free field hearing (FFH) and Free Hearing Test. uHear, Digit-in-Noise Test, HearTest and HearScreen have shown significant values of sensitivity and specificity and can be considered as the most accurate methods for screening of hearing impairment.
  • Editor: Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia
  • Idioma: Inglês;Português

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