audiology app

Small study: Audiology app, AudCal, pegs impairments on par with traditional hearing tests

By Aditi Pai 09:16 am July 9, 2015

An audiology app for iPhones and iPads, called AudCal, is accurate and correlated with a standard audiogram, according to a study of 110 adults published in Acta Oto-Laryngologica. The study was conducted by researchers affiliated with various hospitals and universities in Spain. According to the researchers, hearing impairment is the most frequent sensory deficit in humans. It affects more than...

Boston Children's Hospital shows off four new internally developed digital health tools

By Aditi Pai 08:38 am April 16, 2015

At Boston Children's Hospital's second annual Innovator's Showcase this week, researchers and clinicians presented a number of new technology-focused offerings that are currently in use or being tested at the hospital. Here are four digital health tools that were on display at the showcase. RNSafe -- Boston Children's FastTrack Innovation in Technology (FIT) team is testing a new app, called...