Computational Audiology: New Approaches to Advance Hearing Health Care in the Digital AgeShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Ear and Hearing, ISSN 0196-0202, E-ISSN 1538-4667, Vol. 42, no 6, p. 1499-1507Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The global digital transformation enables computational audiology for advanced clinical applications that can reduce the global burden of hearing loss. In this article, we describe emerging hearing-related artificial intelligence applications and argue for their potential to improve access, precision, and efficiency of hearing health care services. Also, we raise awareness of risks that must be addressed to enable a safe digital transformation in audiology. We envision a future where computational audiology is implemented via interoperable systems using shared data and where health care providers adopt expanded roles within a network of distributed expertise. This effort should take place in a health care system where privacy, responsibility of each stakeholder, and patients safety and autonomy are all guarded by design.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS , 2021. Vol. 42, no 6, p. 1499-1507
Keywords [en]
Artificial intelligence; Big data; Computational audiology; Computational infrastructure; Digital hearing health care; Hearing loss; Machine learning
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Other Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-180902DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001041ISI: 000710619100005PubMedID: 33675587OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-180902DiVA, id: diva2:1609653
Note
Funding Agencies|NIHUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA [R21DC016241]; NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research CentreNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR); Cochlear; MED-EL; Oticon Medical
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