An Objective Audiological Test-Battery

听力损失影响着英国900多万人;其中20，000人是儿童和婴儿，对他们来说，听力损失的早期诊断对他们的进一步发展至关重要，从而为他们提供最好的生活开端。目前，对有特殊需要的婴儿、儿童和成人进行听力评估是困难的，如果不是不可能的话，而且非常耗时。患者需要在听力诊所进行多次长时间的测试，但并不总是能够进行全面的诊断。通过我们先进的客观听力测试组合，可以快速、轻松和全面地对婴儿、儿童和有特殊需要的成人进行测试。一次测试就可以做出完整的诊断，并为患者提供最佳的听力损失管理建议。此外，我们的测试组合有可能取代目前听力诊所常规使用的程序，适用于没有任何特殊需求的患者。并非所有的听力损失都是一样的。损伤可能位于听觉系统的不同部位，这通常需要完全不同的支持，管理和干预。由于目前听力学诊所常规使用的程序，很难区分这些不同的听力损失，因此患者没有得到他们所需的支持，管理和干预。我们的测试组合将克服区分不同类型听力损失的问题，并允许进行快速和详细的诊断。因此，我们的测试电池的发展可能是至关重要的未来管理听力的15%以上的英国人口。 该项目旨在创建一个自动化的，先进的，客观的听力测试电池，将允许：1。快速可靠地诊断婴儿、儿童和有特殊需要的成人听力损失2.对任何有听力困难的人进行高级听力评估

Hearing loss affects over 9 million people in the UK; 20,000 of these are children and infants for whom early diagnosis of hearing loss is crucial for their further development, and thus for providing them with the best possible start in life. Currently, hearing assessment of infants, and of children and adults with special needs is difficult, if not impossible, and highly time-consuming. Patients need to attend several long testing sessions at the Audiology Clinics, and yet comprehensive diagnosis is not always possible.With our advanced objective audiological test-battery, testing of infants, and of children and adults with special needs, will be made fast, easy and comprehensive. One testing session will be required to deliver full diagnosis and advise the patient on the best possible management of their hearing loss.Furthermore, our test-battery has the potential to replace current procedures routinely used in the Audiology clinics with patients who do not have any special needs. Not all hearing losses are the same. The damage may be located in different parts of the auditory system, which often requires completely different support, management and intervention. With the current procedures routinely used in Audiology clinics, it is very difficult to distinguish between those different hearing losses and consequently patients are not receiving the support, management and intervention they require. Our test-battery will overcome this problem of distinguishing between different types of hearing losses and will allow for fast and detailed diagnosis to be made. Thus the development of our test-battery may be critical for the future management of hearing of over 15% of the UK population. This project aims to create an automated, advanced, and objective audiological test-battery that will allow for:1. Fast and reliable diagnosis of hearing loss in infants and in children and adults with special needs 2. Advanced assessment of hearing in anyone who experiences hearing difficulties