Trial of Affordable Bone Conduction Headphones to Support a Deaf Child's Education in Malawi

A 13-year-old child with hearing loss secondary to chronic serous otitis media and bilateral tympanic perforations had been unable to hear the teacher at school and unable to pass end-of-year exams. In 2020, she trialed a bone conduction headset paired by Bluetooth to a remote microphone and used th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bene, Modesta, Phiri, Mwanaisha, Fitzgerald Oconnor, Isobel, de Cates, Catherine, Hampton, Thomas, Holland Brown, Tamsin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
Materias:
Technology and Digital Innovations in Patient Experience
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10548791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37799575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23743735231202654
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Sumario:A 13-year-old child with hearing loss secondary to chronic serous otitis media and bilateral tympanic perforations had been unable to hear the teacher at school and unable to pass end-of-year exams. In 2020, she trialed a bone conduction headset paired by Bluetooth to a remote microphone and used this to support her hearing at school, socializing with friends and in the family home. Due to the COVID (COronaVIrus Disease) pandemic and a cholera epidemic, she was followed up 3 years later. The child (now 16 years old) reported using the headset every day for 3 years. Able to hear the teacher, she reported having passed school exams every year since using the device, and now had ambitions to study medicine.

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