Trial of Affordable Bone Conduction Headphones to Support a Deaf Child's Education in Malawi
| Autor: | Modesta Bene, Mwanaisha Phiri Au.D, Isobel Fitzgerald Oconnor MD, Catherine de Cates MD, Thomas Hampton MD, Tamsin Holland Brown MD |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Patient Experience, Vol 10 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2374-3743 23743735 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/23743735231202654 |
| Popis: | A 13-year-old child with hearing loss secondary to chronic serous otitis media and bilateral tympanic perforations had been unable to hear the teacher at school and unable to pass end-of-year exams. In 2020, she trialed a bone conduction headset paired by Bluetooth to a remote microphone and used this to support her hearing at school, socializing with friends and in the family home. Due to the COVID (COronaVIrus Disease) pandemic and a cholera epidemic, she was followed up 3 years later. The child (now 16 years old) reported using the headset every day for 3 years. Able to hear the teacher, she reported having passed school exams every year since using the device, and now had ambitions to study medicine. |
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