Thais now have a convenient choice for checking their hearing thanks to the launch of the EarTest by Eartone application, which could also help detect early dementia.

 

Developed mainly by a medical specialist and a university lecturer, EarTest by Eartone is now available in the Thai language thus facilitating free ear tests at home. Users just need a pair of earphones and a tablet or smartphone to get the tests done over the app.

 

“It took several years to develop this innovation,” said one of the developers, Dr Nattawan Utoomprurkporn, at the 14th Chula The Impact.

 

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If in Thailand the music and soundpollution of temples , parties and concert would be halved there was still a lot of noise. Now with the coming elections the cars driving around to vote for a certain list or to give money at the temple should be banned... There is too much noise .. Tv 's in shops and music in shoppingmalls .. No wonder people get stressed and deaf....Ear damage is irreversible.... Enforce strict max DB's and this app will work when it is too late already...

Edited January 31, 20233 yr by ikke1959

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

If in Thailand the music and soundpollution of temples , parties and concert would be halved there was still a lot of noise. Now with the coming elections the cars driving around to vote for a certain list or to give money at the temple should be banned... There is too much noise .. Tv 's in shops and music in shoppingmalls .. No wonder people get stressed and deaf....Ear damage is irreversible.... Enforce strict max DB's and this app will work when it is too late already...

You forgot weddings and funerals.

You also forgot the traffic cops and security guards that just love to blow their whistle at any chance they can get.....

 

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

which could also help detect early dementia.

so poor hearing may be a sign of dementia?

Sorry,what did you say?

18 minutes ago, Pique Dard said:

so poor hearing may be a sign of dementia?

Looks like this is true.. ????
 

The World Health Organization’s research show the risk of early dementia is two times higher among people with hearing problems. On a positive note, if people with hearing issues get treated early, they can stay away from dementia. In other words, early dementia that is triggered by hearing problems is preventable.

Edited January 31, 20233 yr by Tarteso

Would have thought looking in a different orifice would yield better results. 

59 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

On a positive note, if people with hearing issues get treated early, they can stay away from dementia. In other words, early dementia that is triggered by hearing problems is preventable.

Treated for what - hearing loss?

 

What treatment?

Ebola; cancer; now dementia.  Thailand, the hub of miracle cures.

Hearing loss would be a blessing so I won't hear my Brit neighbor's chickens.

4 minutes ago, Thailand J said:

Hearing loss would be a blessing so I won't hear my Brit neighbor's chickens.

My Thai neighbour's dogs is my cross to bear. 

6 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

Treated for what - hearing loss?

 

What treatment?

It seems that there are actually some treatments such as the prevention of bone wear and soft tissue of the ear due to aging, such as bones (hammer, anvil and stirrup) with vitamin complexes, bone conduction implants... I try to find more information because after a cleaning internal in the otorhinolaryngologist, personally I begin to have hearing loss.

11 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

You also forgot the traffic cops and security guards that just love to blow their whistle at any chance they can get.....

 

I use to watch them at BkK hospital Udon , average of 26x a car blowing whistle to back it in starting 7 in morning til 9 at night Crazy 

13 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Looks like this is true.. ????
 

The World Health Organization’s research show the risk of early dementia is two times higher among people with hearing problems. On a positive note, if people with hearing issues get treated early, they can stay away from dementia. In other words, early dementia that is triggered by hearing problems is preventable.

Well, yes & no. For almost all cases of deafness, hearing loss is permanent & irreversible. (They are probably hiding all those demented deaf people.) The 'treatment' WHO is referring to is hearing aids.

 

I suffered sudden deafness the night of June 13; I woke up deaf in one ear on June 14. Tried everything, including hyperbarics.

 

So I tested out a couple of hearing aids. The problem for me is that they amplify your own voice. Yes, you can hear other people better but you sound like you're shouting at yourself.

 

I'd be most interested in 'hearing' the opinions of others in a similar situation. You don't know what you've got till it's gone...

New studies see some connection/correlation between hearing loss and dementia and recommend people with hearing loss to get fitted with hearing aids. However, no one knows if being hard of hearing is what causes dementia or if using hearing aids can delay the onset of dementia.

 

There are a few online apps on the web to test your hearing. The apps come up with some kind of audiometry results. No alternative to being tested by a professional though.

 

Having your own voice amplified by the hearing aids is not bad. It helps you adjust and correct your own speech (your own tones in Thai?).