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10/27/2019  |   8:00 AM - 10:00 AM   |  Ventana Ballroom C

Delivering Audiological Services to Developing Regions: The Use of the Educational Hearing Game with Sound Module to Screen Children's Hearing in Mozambique

Delivering audiological services to remote areas, such as regions in Africa, has proved problematic for audiologists. Mozambique is one of these regions. Due to the shortage of trained health professional and a lengthy civil war, the prevalence of hearing loss in Mozambique is largely unknown. Currently, growing efforts are being made to increase the identification of auditory disorders in the region. The Mozambique Audiology Program (MAP) sought to introduce audiology services to the country. Since its beginning in 1997, MAP has led initiatives to increase audiological care in the country, including the creation of free hearing clinics, which provide large scale community hearing screenings, diagnostics audiometric evaluation, and hearing aid dispensing (Clark, 2008). However, with limited resources, there is still a need for more efficient ways to screen hearing in Mozambique. One group of audiologists sought to alleviate this problem by developing an educational hearing game with sound module in order to screen the hearing of children in rural communities. This study examines the validity of the sound module by comparing results obtained using this technology to results obtained using traditional audiometric screening methods. The sound module used in this study uses a circumaural sound attenuating headset. During testing one of four filtered animal sounds was presented: a bird tweeting (4000 Hz), a rooster crowing (15000 Hz), a cow mooing (500 Hz), or a dog barking (control). The sounds are presented at two intensities: a practice intensity between 45-50 dB HL, and a screening intensity of 30-35 dB HL. Participants respond by pointing to picture cards displaying images of the four possible responses, in conjunction with the filtered animal sounds. This presentation will detail the distinct strengths and weaknesses of the animal sound module, as well as discuss the relevance of utilizing the animal sound module screening system in under resourced regions.

• The learner will be able to identify the validity of Hearing Game Sound Module.
• The learner will be able to list the frequencies presented in the Hearing Game Sound Module.
• The Learner will be able to list the strengths and weaknesses of teh Hearing Game Sound Module.

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Grace Holderman (POC,Author), UT Dallas/Callier Center, Grace.Holderman@utdallas.edu;
Dr. Holderman recently completed her AuD, and currently provides audiological clinical services to adults and children.

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AAA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.

Jackie Clark (POC,Primary Presenter,Author,Co-Author), UT Dallas/Callier Center, jclark@utdallas.edu;
Professor Jackie Clark is currently a Clinical Associate Professor UT Dallas’ School of Brain & Behavior Sciences – AuD Program, and has been appointed as a Research Scholar at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was the recipient of the American Academy of Audiology Humanitarian Award in 2005. When in Texas, she carries an active clinical caseload with clinical duties involving adult and pediatric diagnosis, hearing aid dispensing, and electrophysiological assessments. She has been actively engaged in a personal annual philanthropic program throughout Sub-Saharan Africa which she began in 1998.

ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

AAA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exists.