The Tympa Connect Platform: a novel, game-changing UK solution to the global problem of hearing loss by optimising the successful first time fitting of hearing aids.

队伍：Tympa是数字健康市场的领导者，为耳部疾病的识别、耳垢嵌塞的治疗和听力筛查提供解决方案，所有这些都由各种社区环境中的专职健康专业人员提供。目前，Tympa没有直接的竞争对手，有一些公司执行Tympa系统提供的单个元素，但没有一家公司将所有元素都集中在一个护理点工具中。全球最接近的竞争对手能够进行听力评估，但无法促进安全清除与疾病诊断相关的耳垢。需求：来自多个行业的现有客户找到Tympa，要求我们开发一项创新，帮助他们更好地为患者/客户安装助听器-在一次访视中提供最佳的助听器性能，而不是平均4次访视，以提高使用率和长期使用。听力损失是一个全球性问题。在英国，每六个成年人中就有一个受到听力损失的影响。1100万人可以从助听器中受益，但只有约200万人使用助听器（NHSE/RNID，2021）。20%的业主不使用它们，通常是因为他们觉得它们的性能不好，没有/或几乎没有给他们带来好处。创新：设计，开发和评估市场上第一个由人工智能驱动的新型数字决策支持系统原型（Tympa Connect（Connect）），使非医务人员能够在Tympa听力筛查评估后识别那些将从助听器中受益的人，然后，如果需要，助听器的选配Connect将确保Tympa和英国在耳部和听力护理诊断和管理方面的市场领导者地位。完成的工作：项目前的可行性工作确立了技术、管理和商业上的可行性，这也考虑到了患者对开发智能、新颖的单一助听器解决方案的需求。

Team: Tympa is the digital health market leader with a solution for the identification of ear conditions, treatment of wax impaction, and hearing screening, all delivered by allied health professionals in various community settings. Currently there are no direct competitors for Tympa, there are companies which perform individual elements the Tympa system delivers but none which bring it all together in one point of care tool. The nearest competitor globally is able to perform hearing assessments, but is unable to facilitate safe removal of earwax which is pertinent for diagnosis of disease.Need: Our existing customers from multiple sectors approached Tympa to ask us to develop an innovation to help them better fit hearing aids for their patients/customers - providing optimal performance of hearing aids in 1 visit rather than the average of 4 visits to improve take-up and long-term use.Hearing loss is a global issue. 1 in 6 of the UK adult population is affected by hearing loss. 11 million could benefit from hearing aids but only ~2 million people use them (NHSE/RNID, 2021). 20% of owners do not use them, often because they feel they are not performing well and providing no/or little benefit to them.Innovation: to design, develop and evaluate a first-in-market, novel digital decision support system prototype powered by AI (Tympa Connect (Connect)) to enable non-medical staff to identify those who would benefit from hearing aids following a Tympa hearing screening assessment and then, if required, optimally fit the hearing aids. Connect will secure Tympa's and UK's position as a market leader in the diagnosis and management of ear and hearing care. Work done: Pre-project feasibility work established technical, managerial and commercial feasibility, this also took into account patient feedback on the desirability of developing a smart, novel single solution for fitting hearing aids.