OtoLeitor: A protocol implementation of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening by a mobile platform in Brazil

Author

Barros, Natan ; Medeiros, Robson ; Leite, Cicilia ; Lopes, M. ; Ribeiro, Alejandro ; Araujo, Filipe ; Guerreiro, Ana

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., State Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoro, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

9-12 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The evolution of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) have provided significant changes to modern society. Health is among the areas that has experienced more innovation through ICT constantly searching for processes, methods, equipment and / or devices that may improve service to society. In this scenario, the objective of this work is to develop an application that performs the otoacoustic emissions screening protocol. Thus, OtoLeitor assists the audiologist searching for possible risk factors and economic data partners that may influence, directly or indirectly, the hearing loss of newborn.

Keywords

health care; hearing; mobile computing; otoacoustic emissions; Brazil; OtoLeitor; hearing loss; information technology and communication; mobile platform; otoacoustic emissions screening protocol; universal newborn hearing screening; Auditory system; Databases; Ear; Educational institutions; Pediatrics; Protocols; Hearing Screening; otoacoustic emissions; rehabilitation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Health Networking, Applications & Services (Healthcom), 2013 IEEE 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5800-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HealthCom.2013.6720778

Filename

6720778