Speech and spatial characteristics of hearing in older age groups using virtual reality technologies

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Speech and spatial characteristics of hearing in older age groups using virtual reality technologies Via Vestnik otorinolaringologii Vestn Otorinolaringol. 2021;86(1):20-24. doi: 10.17116/otorino20218601120. ABSTRACT Spatial and speech characteristics of hearing are needed to monitor the rehabilitation of sensorineural hearing loss in patients of older age groups. Using the created «Program for the assessment of speech, spatial and qualitative characteristics of hearing using virtual reality» increases the level of hearing diagnostics using a computerized audiovisual script. The purpose of the study is a comparative analysis of the speech, spatial and qualitative characteristics of hearing before and after using virtual reality in patients of older age groups. The results of the study showed that with good tolerance of virtual reality in 48.3% of patients, the answers to the questions of the SSQrus-12 questionnaire for assessing the spatial and speech characteristics of hearing became more objective. The developed methodology supplemented the group of modern diagn ostic methods for spatial and verbal hearing by immersing the patient in a virtual environment in the created audiovisual scenario. PMID:33720646 | DOI:10.17116/otorino20218601120 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.