{"id":5052,"date":"2015-10-15T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/?p=5052"},"modified":"2021-08-03T02:33:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:33:25","slug":"aspree-hearing-prepares-to-hit-the-road-for-18-month-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/aspree-hearing-prepares-to-hit-the-road-for-18-month-test\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPREE-Hearing prepares to hit the road for 18 month test"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Service Engineer, Ian Whittle spent the day re-calibrating eight\u00a0audiometers in preparation for repeat hearing tests that are about to be undertaken by participants in the\u00a0ASPREE-Hearing sub-study. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>More than 1200 participants had a hearing test upon enrolment into the ASPREE-Hearing <a href=\"\/aus\/about-the-aspree-project\/sub-studies\/\">sub-study<\/a>. Many are due for a repeat 18 month hearing test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" class=\"wp-image-5053\" src=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Calibrating-AudiometersLR.jpg\" alt=\"A bearded caucasian man in a black and green shirts is observing measures on devices.\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><em>Above: Service Engineer, Ian Whittle ensures ASPREE-Hearing Audiometry machines are ready for the team to take on the road.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"\/aus\/site-locations\/\">In regional and rural areas of south-eastern Australia,<\/a>\u00a0audiometry for the study is often undertaken in specially fitted vehicles called a RetCam Van.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The first of many 18 month hearing tests commenced in\u00a0Wonthaggi, South Gippsland.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5055\" src=\"https:\/\/aspree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ASPREEHearingVictoriaOct2015web.jpg\" alt=\"An older gent wearing a set of black headphones sits adjacent to a young woman with long dark hair in a blue jacket inside an ASPREE retcam van. The woman sits in front of audiometry equipment.\" width=\"436\" height=\"246\" \/>\r\n<figcaption><em>Above: Inside the RetCam Van, research assistant Jo with ASPREE-Hearing participant, Mr Welgemded, who is having a repeat hearing test to help study investigators determine the effect of aspirin on age-related hearing loss.<\/em><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the research team hit the road to conduct follow-up hearing tests from participants in the ASPREE-Hearing sub-study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1200","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,16],"tags":[60,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5052"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8367,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions\/8367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspree.org\/aus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}