SRF301 - The Iphone Health App: A Useful Tool for Assessing Risk and Evaluating for Cochlear Synaptopathy

Friday, April 1, 2022

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT

Location: 127

Lead Presenter(s)

Madison Turntine, BHS

Missouri State University

Disclosure: Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.

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Contributor(s)

Wafaa Kaf, MBBCh; MSc; PhD

Professor
Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Abstract:
This study uses the new feature within the iPhone health app, headphone listening data, to classify young adult females as low- or high-risk for a possible cochlear synaptopathy (CS). Participants were classified into low and high-risk groups (using WHO PELs and assessed using behavioral and electrophysiologic (DPOAE and click ABR and ECochG at three rates) measures to identify at risk individuals for CS. The findings indicate that the iPhone health app may be helpful for identifying at risk individuals, and support the use of fast-rate ECochG and SIN testing for evaluating CS.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion. participants will be able to identify and evaluate young adults at risk for cochlear synaptopathy by implementing a similar testing protocol.