Deafness in early and later life has high health and economic costs. Cochlear implants are a cost-effective solution, but referral rates are low. Clinical capacity and low patient and practitioner awareness are barriers to uptake.
AudiLog is the University of Southampton’s Auditory Implant Service longitudinal research database. We worked with Professor Tracey Newman from Medicine, Dr Mary Grasmeder, Clinical Scientist at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service, and Mr Callum Findlay, a Specialist Registrar in ENT surgery at UHS to develop data-driven patient stratification to increase clinical capacity and improve patient outcomes.
We have developed a data model, tools for extracting and anonymising data from legacy formats and a queryable database for researchers. Future work includes developing a secure, intuitive web UI to AudiLog, lowering the barrier to entry for researchers.