Intercontinental hearing assessment - a study in tele-audiology.
We evaluated the validity of remote pure tone audiometric testing conducted from North America on subjects in South Africa. Desktop-sharing computer software was used to control an audiometer in Pretoria from Dallas, and PC-based videoconferencing was employed for clinician and subject communication...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 248 - 253 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jul2010
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