A lightweight, automated and easy-to-use mobile health solution called hearScreen is seen as ideal for developing countries and use in rural areas, reports [s]Science Daily[/s]. The innovative smartphone app will make it easier and cheaper to screen people, including young children and the elderly, for hearing loss.
The report says the project was led by Professor De Wet Swanepoel from the [b]University of Pretoria[/b], in partnership with colleagues the university and in [b]Australia[/b]. The newly developed app adheres to international calibration standards, can be loaded onto a low-cost, smartphone, is automated, and continuously monitors background noise to ensure reliable testing.
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