Research projects on HearGlueEar device
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Ear and hearing health in children
Title of the paper: Ear and hearing health in children a review by Dr Tamsin Holland Brown and Dr Shelly Chadha
Published in Paediatrics and Child Health, 2024,ISSN 1751-7222
A summary of the paper: This review, aimed at healthcare professionals working with children and young people highlights the scale of the problem, provides a global perspective and outlines some of the possible solutions.
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Can affordable headsets be used to help children with glue ear to hear?
Title of the research: Using a bone conduction headset to improve speech discrimination in children with otitis media with effusion (2016-2018).
Published in Trends in Hearing Journal 2019.
A summary of the study: 20 children age 3-6y with a diagnosis of glue ear trialled the headset. Results showed statistically significant superiority in hearing speech at quieter decibel level. (Children had a 16 dB improvement in hearing support on average in this study, this compares to 12dB on average from grommet/ ventilation tubes as reported on Cochrane review).
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Is the Hear Glue Ear app useful to children and their families?
Title of research: An evaluation of the Hear Glue Ear mobile application for children aged 2-8 years old with otitis media with effusion
Published in Digital Health Journal 2020.
A summary of the study: 60 families trialled the Hear Glue Ear app, 73% downloaded and used the app between appointments. Results showed statistically comparable estimate of hearing loss on HearGlueEar app home hearing screening game vs standard hearing screening.
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What happens if children use the HearGlue Ear kit when they have normal hearing?
Title of study : Speech discrimination and word identification with a consumer-level bone-conduction headset and remote microphone for children with normal hearing.
Published in International Journal of Audiology (IIJA) Article ID: IIJA 2049379. DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2049379 .
A summary of the study: 20 children aged 4-11y with normal hearing demonstrated improved discrimination of speech in quiet and noise when wearing a headset.
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Can the Hear Glue Ear kit be used to support children remotely during the covid pandemic when there were no grommet operations?
Title of study: Bone conduction hearing kit for children with glue ear.
Published in BMJ (British Medical Journal) Innovations 2021.
A summary of the study: 26 children aged 3-11y with glue ear waiting during the pandemic for a grommet operation. Due to covid-19 Hear Glue Ear product was sent in the post. Children were managed remotely which supported children until services reopened or until their glue ear self resolved. Read the study here: