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- Title
Audiological rehabilitation as an e-health app on tablet: feasibility study with adults with SSD.
- Authors
Magits, S.; Dierckx, A.; Francart, T.; Wouters, J.; Verhaert, N.; van Wieringen, A.
- Abstract
Audiological rehabilitation (AR) is important to improve auditory and communication skills of persons with hearing impairment (HI), in order to optimize participation in society. The complexity of encountered difficulties due to HI requires a holistic approach to AR, consisting of sensory management, auditory-cognitive training and counselling. Although the importance of providing a comprehensive AR program is widely acknowledged, the majority of people with HI is not entitled to it (e.g., people with SSD). Computerized AR offers an efficient, cost- and time-effective method for a large group of persons with disabling HI, adapted to their personal needs. We developed a prototype of the LUISTER AR e-health scheme that consists of an assessment battery to determine the communication status, a variety of linguistic auditory- cognitive exercises as well as a generic, non-linguistic training task and a binaural training task. We are currently evaluating the feasibility and usability of this prototype e-health scheme on a tablet in adults with SSD and a CI. These data will be presented, as well as on-task improvement and data logging of the intensity and frequency of training.
- Publication
Journal of Hearing Science, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2, p254
- ISSN
2083-389X
- Publication type
Academic Journal