Hear Glue Ear App
The Hear Glue Ear app is FREE for families to download and use through the Android or Apple App stores. Click here to download now. You can also register to the web app and select whether you are a clinician or a parent/carer. Click here to access webapp. You can download flyers and leaflets in our downloadable resources section of our website.
The HearGlueEar app has been designed for children aged 2-8y experiencing hearing loss due to glue ear. You will need to register your and your childs’ details before being able to access the app. In the app you will find a host of songs, games and audiobooks created especially for the app to support a child with glue ear.
Hear Glue Ear app is a reliable, safe, free, award winning app which can be recommended to patients who have glue ear (also known as otitis media with effusion, OME) in health care clinics such as audiology, paediatric, or Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) clinics. The app has an ORCHA quality mark badge and has been published in NICE’s (National Institute for Health & Care Excellence) shared learning collection here
The Hear Glue Ear app is free to families and aims to:
Help the child’s development during the ‘watchful waiting’/ ‘management and support’ period of glue ear management
Provide families with up-to-date glue ear information and useful links , especially as NHS Trusts become paperless.
Allow parents to effectively self manage their child’s condition between appointments
Further information about the Hear Glue Ear app:
Publications regarding the glue ear project
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2331216519858303
Teachers of Deaf article
https://hearglueear.wordpress.com/hearglueear-in-the-media/#jp-carousel-449
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE VOLUME
It is important to make sure that the child using this app is listening at an appropriate volume. If the volume is too high this may lead to further hearing loss and damage to the inner ear, if the volume is too low the child will not be able to hear the content and will not get all the benefits of the app. Please take some time to optimise the volume with the child using the app before allowing them to use it.
Glue ear can worsen or improve over time, so the appropriate volume to listen at may also change over time. Regularly review what volume the child is listening at and make adjustments as necessary.
Despite the hearing loss your child is currently experiencing the mechanisms in their ears are still sensitive and can be damaged.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING OUR PRIVACY POLICY
The full privacy policy can be downloaded by clicking here. This has been created by Cambridge Digital Health Ltd and any questions should be directed to them via www.cambridgedigitalhealth.co.uk
Any patient data collected is held on hospital servers and is GDPR compliant.
The award winning Hear Glue Ear app, recognised by NHS and National Deaf Children’s Society
Hear Glue Ear app recognition by NHS and healthcare organisations
The Hear Glue Ear app has been mentioned by the NHS England Transformation directive
And NICE mentioned the app in their NICE shared learning database
The Hear Glue Ear app also features in the perioperative digital playbook and the online
ENT casebook in the UK.
It features on ORCHA (Organisation Reviewing Care and Health Apps) website under their ‘best health apps for paediatrics’. https://orchahealth.com/best-health-apps-for-paediatrics/.