To assess whether children with glue ear ( and some normal hearing controls) and their families find the Hear Glue Ear application acceptable and easy to use. Whether the hearing screening section on the app is comparable to the hearing test data obtained from formal audiology hearing tests.
The Hear Glue Ear application aims to provide up-to-date information for families as well as audiobooks, songs and games for children with hearing loss secondary to glue ear, to be able to aid with their developmental skills (particularly speech, language, auditory processing, auditory memory and listening skills) during the period of time when they have glue ear. Outcome measures include acceptability of the application by the family (provided by questionnaires to the child and an adult parent/ carer), usability of the app (a member of the research team will observe the child using the app and how much difficulty they have such as how many times the researcher has to help/ intervene) and comparison of the hearing screen on the app with formal audiology hearing test result.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Hear Glue ear is an application used on phones, ipads, tablets or computers which provides free information, songs, audiobooks, games and a home hearing screening game.
Cambridgshire Community Services NHS Trust
Cambridge, Cambridgshire, United Kingdom
acceptability of the Hear Glue Ear application to children with glue ear and their families
Questionnaire: Whether children like the Hear Glue ear app and find it useful
Time frame: Observing the child looking at the app for he first time and following up with the family after 1 week from baseline regarding whether they used it at home
does the hearing screen on the Hear Glue Ear application compare to hearing test results from formal audiology testing.
Comparison between results: Children will have had a formal hearing test before they are invited into the study and theis will be compared to their results on the hearing screening game within the application.
Time frame: 1 hour maximum. one appointmnet where the researcher observes the child accessing the app
Ease of use of the Hear Glue ear application
Questionnaire and Number of mistakes: Can children easily access the Hear Glue Ear application without help from an adult
Time frame: 1 hour. one appointmnet where the researcher observes the child accessing the app
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