Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment
Objectives: The aim of this study was to validate a novel iPad-based rapid hearing loss screening tool (SHOEBOX QuickTest) in individuals with cognitive impairment.Design: Cross-sectional validation study.Setting: Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.Subjects and Methods: Twenty-five individua...
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| description | Objectives: The aim of this study was to validate a novel iPad-based rapid hearing loss screening tool (SHOEBOX QuickTest) in individuals with cognitive impairment.Design: Cross-sectional validation study.Setting: Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.Subjects and Methods: Twenty-five individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia from the Bruyère Memory Program were included in this study. The study consisted of two components: (1) SHOEBOX QuickTest hearing screener and (2) a conventional hearing test (pure tone audiometry).Measurements: Hearing was assessed at 1,000, 2,000, and 4,000 Hz separately for each ear. The agreement between hearing ability groupings (good vs. reduced) from conventional hearing test and SHOEBOX QuickTest was determined. Specifically, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, as well as alignment between conventional thresholds and hearing threshold ranges.Results: An overall accuracy of 84% was observed for SHOEBOX QuickTest, and a sensitivity and specificity of 100 and 66.7%, respectively. 72% ([95% CI], 60.0–84.1%) of conventional audiometry thresholds were within the pre-established 10 dB SHOEBOX QuickTest.Conclusion: SHOEBOX QuickTest is a valid hearing loss screening tool for individuals with cognitive impairment. Implementing this iPad-based screening tool in memory clinics could not only aid in the timely diagnosis of hearing loss, but also assist physicians in providing a better assessment of cognitive impairment by ruling out hearing loss as a confounding variable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-719fcaba3b19439bacd9b481e801c6282022-12-21T18:29:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Digital Health2673-253X2021-09-01310.3389/fdgth.2021.724997724997Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive ImpairmentAndrew Frank0Serena Goldlist1Amy E. Mark Fraser2Matthew Bromwich3Matthew Bromwich4Matthew Bromwich5Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, CanadaBruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, CanadaSHOEBOX Ltd, Ottawa, ON, CanadaSHOEBOX Ltd, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, CHEO, Ottawa, ON, CanadaDepartment of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaObjectives: The aim of this study was to validate a novel iPad-based rapid hearing loss screening tool (SHOEBOX QuickTest) in individuals with cognitive impairment.Design: Cross-sectional validation study.Setting: Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada.Subjects and Methods: Twenty-five individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia from the Bruyère Memory Program were included in this study. The study consisted of two components: (1) SHOEBOX QuickTest hearing screener and (2) a conventional hearing test (pure tone audiometry).Measurements: Hearing was assessed at 1,000, 2,000, and 4,000 Hz separately for each ear. The agreement between hearing ability groupings (good vs. reduced) from conventional hearing test and SHOEBOX QuickTest was determined. Specifically, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, as well as alignment between conventional thresholds and hearing threshold ranges.Results: An overall accuracy of 84% was observed for SHOEBOX QuickTest, and a sensitivity and specificity of 100 and 66.7%, respectively. 72% ([95% CI], 60.0–84.1%) of conventional audiometry thresholds were within the pre-established 10 dB SHOEBOX QuickTest.Conclusion: SHOEBOX QuickTest is a valid hearing loss screening tool for individuals with cognitive impairment. Implementing this iPad-based screening tool in memory clinics could not only aid in the timely diagnosis of hearing loss, but also assist physicians in providing a better assessment of cognitive impairment by ruling out hearing loss as a confounding variable.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2021.724997/fullhearing screeningmemory losshearing impairmentmild cognitive impairmentagingmild dementia |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Frank Serena Goldlist Amy E. Mark Fraser Matthew Bromwich Matthew Bromwich Matthew Bromwich Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment Frontiers in Digital Health hearing screening memory loss hearing impairment mild cognitive impairment aging mild dementia |
| title | Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment |
| title_full | Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment |
| title_fullStr | Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment |
| title_short | Validation of SHOEBOX QuickTest Hearing Loss Screening Tool in Individuals With Cognitive Impairment |
| title_sort | validation of shoebox quicktest hearing loss screening tool in individuals with cognitive impairment |
| topic | hearing screening memory loss hearing impairment mild cognitive impairment aging mild dementia |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdgth.2021.724997/full |
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