Free hearing test! Deaf Awareness Month – September 2017
In acknowledgement of global Deaf Awareness Month in September, hearX will be working with several
media partners to promote ear health using our hearDigits self-screening test. The hearDigits widget will be
given to them free of charge for the month of September to embed on their websites so that listeners and
readers can screen themselves during Deaf Awareness Month.
hearDigits is an easy 3 minute digits-in- noise hearing test which anyone can take using a web browser on a
desktop computer or smartphone and any pair of headphones. The clinically-validated test classifies the
outcome as normal hearing or as a possible hearing problem. The results of the test are sent to mHealth
Studio Cloud for safe storage of patient information and, if necessary, a referral directly to a hearing health
provider.
Hearing loss is the silent epidemic, an invisible, and therefore often underestimated, disabling condition. It
has pervasive and far reaching effects on development in children including speech, language, cognition and
socioemotional wellbeing and is one of the major barriers to educational success.
In adults, its effects include social isolation, increased depression and cognitive decline with a threefold
increased risk of developing dementia. It also results in higher unemployment rates, lower earning capacity,
poor overall health, fatigue, and increased health care costs and mortality rates.
You can screen yourself now for hearing loss on our website. Click here to take the 3 minute test:
