Exploratory study: hearTest™ screening tool in cognitive impairment

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The use of the hearTest™ hearing app as a screening tool in cognitive impairment clinics – an exploratory study

• IRAS ID

  312350

• Contact name

  Sadie Khwaja

• Sponsor organisation

  Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  To assess the acceptability of a hearing screening test using a mobile app in the memory impaired population

  To assess the willingness to take up formal audiology test and/or hearing intervention in the population

  To assess if hearTest™ can detect hearing loss that would otherwise go undetected

  To assess the accuracy of hearTest™ result

• REC name

  London - Westminster Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  23/PR/1177

• Date of REC Opinion

  15 Jan 2024

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion