Hearing care,
reimagined for a
digital world.
We develop and evaluate digital health technologies that make hearing care more accessible, more affordable, and more effective — for everyone, everywhere.
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Consumer Health Informatics & Patient Experience
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Digital Hearing Screening & Assessment
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Digital Therapeutics & Self-Management
04
Hearing Healthcare Service Delivery Models
University of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Pretoria — WHO Collaborating Centre
Anglia Ruskin University, UK
What we do,
and why it matters.
The Virtual Hearing Lab is a joint research initiative between the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the University of Pretoria — a WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Loss.
1.5 billion people globally live with hearing loss. The vast majority never see an audiologist. We build the evidence base for digital solutions that close that gap.
Four themes, one mission.
Active
How patients seek, interpret, and act on hearing health information — and what patient-generated data reveals about real-world hearing aid experiences and barriers to care.
Social media
Help-seeking
~53 publications →
Active
Developing and validating smartphone-based tools for hearing and balance screening — from automated audiometry to remote in-situ hearing aid fitting.
Teleaudiology
~38 publications →
Active
Internet- and app-based interventions for hearing loss, tinnitus, and balance disorders — designed, tested via RCT, and scaled to support structured self-management.
RCT
Tinnitus
~31 publications →
Active
Evaluating OTC/DTC hearing devices and community-based digital rehabilitation — creating new pathways to reach the 80% of people with hearing loss who receive no intervention.
LMIC
~40 publications →
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