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27. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Audiologie
und Arbeitstagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Audiologen, Neurootologen und Otologen

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie e. V. und ADANO

19. - 21.03.2025, Göttingen

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Augmented reality for the treatment of deafness: Systems, software, indications and results

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  • Helge Rhodin - Universität Bielefeld, Technische Fakultät AG Visual AI, Bielefeld, Deutschland
  • Anna Lisa Vollmer - Universität Bielefeld, Medizinische Fakultät AG Interaktive Robotik, Bielefeld, Deutschland
  • presenting/speaker Ingo Todt - Univ. HNO-Klinik, Bielefeld, Deutschland

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie e. V. und ADANO. 27. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Audiologie und Arbeitstagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Audiologen, Neurootologen und Otologen. Göttingen, 19.-21.03.2025. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2025. Doc101

doi: 10.3205/25dga101, urn:nbn:de:0183-25dga1019

Published: March 18, 2025

© 2025 Rhodin et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Background: Augmented Reality, initiated in the gaming industry, compensates for hearing deficits through visual information using CROS sensory modality. For the first time, a visual transcript in an AR system enables communicative participation for patient groups that previously relied exclusively on hearing aids, CI systems, or less information-dense forms of communication (sign language).

The aim of this study was to test AR systems and software and to evaluate possible indications and results.

Methods: Four different AR systems with three different software systems were evaluated. The criteria were usability, design, and software variability. Furthermore, the transcript assessment was carried out using the Freiburg monosyllabic test.

Results: The systems differed clearly in their hardware, software, design, and functionality. AR systems enable a significant improvement in communication skills. Freiburg monosyllabic testing increased from 0% to 100% in individual settings.

Conclusion: AR systems offer a significant extension of treatment options for patients with communication disorders due to profound hearing loss.