Validation of a portable hearing assessment tool: Agilis Health Mobile Audiogram

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Juliana L ManganellaMargaret A Kenna

Abstract

To examine if the tablet-based Agilis Health Mobile Audiogram (Agilis Audiogram) is an effective and valid measure of hearing thresholds compared to a pure-tone audiogram in an adult and pediatric population. Participants underwent an otologic exam, conventional audiometric evaluation and the self-administered Agilis Audiogram. We examined whether the difference of pure-tone average (PTA) between the two measurement techniques fell within the equivalence range of ±8 dB. The Agilis Audiogram was administered twice for each subject to assess test-retest reliability of the application. A total of 54 ears from 27 participants were evaluated. The average time to complete the self-administered Agilis Audiogram was 10 min. Among participants with normal hearing, the average PTA from conventional audiometric evaluation was 8.9 dB (±3.8) and the average PTA from the Agilis Audiogram was 8.5 dB (±4.5), with mean difference of 0.4 dB (±4.2; 95% CI -1.0 to 1.7 dB) falling within the equivalence range (-8 to 8 dB). Among participants with confirmed hearing loss, the average PTA was 22.5 dB (±17.1) from conventional audiometric evaluation and 24.3 dB (±16.6) from the Agilis Audiogram, with mean difference of -1.8 dB (±5.4; 95% CI -4.9 to 1.3...Continue Reading

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Dec 18, 2021·Journal of Medical Internet Research·Jan-Willem WasmannDe Wet Swanepoel

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