Design of a web services based system for remote hearing diagnosis

This paper presents a Web services based, distributed system that allows remote pure tone hearing tests. The system network follows browser-server architecture, which minimizes hardware and software requirements on the client computers and makes hearing test services more accessible to traditionally underserved population groups. Thanks to the three tier software design, the system functionality is easily scalable to include other audiological services. Since testing data are stored in a standard database, they can be potentially integrated into established electronic medical records.