Project Website http://sana.mit.edu/audiopulse/
Sana AudioPulse is a mobile telemedicine solution, using cellphones interfacing with specialized hardware, to screen for hearing impairment in newborns with a suite of hearing screening tests.
A child that suffers from hearing loss faces many challenges throughout life, including: delayed speech and language development, learning disabilities, social problems and stigmas. Later in life, they struggle with staying in school and unemployment due to their disabilities.
Sana AudioPulse has developed a mobile telemedicine platform, using cellphones interfacing with specialized hardware, to screen screen for hearing impairment in newborns with a suite of hearing screening tests.
Data is securely transmitted wirelessly to a centralized medical database for validation by a trained audiologist and storage in a medical record database. The mobile technology allows for wide-spread deployment of hearing screenings across a broad span of rural and urban communities.