title: LifeQuestionnaire. A new tool for the evaluation of quality of life in patients with hearing loss-using WhatsApp.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Develop an online application that sends questions at different times of the day over an interval set by the user. It consists of a web interface that sends out WhatsApp messages containing questions from already validated or customized questionnaires (previous license) and shows the evolution of each question and patient over time and their average.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Laboratory of Psychoacoustics developed a platform that allows patients to answer surveys from remote locations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hence, the developed tool allows to: (1) answer a test repeatedly under different personal situations and (2) evaluate the patient remotely. Hence, obtaining a more reliable assessment of the patient's QoL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preliminary results using 5 teenagers aged 12-18 that answered the KINDL questionnaire is used to evidence the value of this new tool.
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil de Gran Canaria, Acoustics Lab, Head and Neck Department, Avenida Marítima del Sur, s/n, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain. Electronic address: mtperezzaballos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pérez Zaballos
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil de Gran Canaria, Head and Neck Department, Avenida Marítima del Sur, s/n, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.
authors.forename: Á
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Ramos Macías
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil de Gran Canaria, Head and Neck Department, Avenida Marítima del Sur, s/n, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pérez Placencia
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil de Gran Canaria, Head and Neck Department, Avenida Marítima del Sur, s/n, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Borkoski Barreiro
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil de Gran Canaria, Acoustics Lab, Head and Neck Department, Avenida Marítima del Sur, s/n, 35016 Las Palmas, Spain.
authors.forename: Á
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Ramos de Miguel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003054:Cochlear Implants / Q000523:psychology*; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063731:Mobile Applications; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cochlear implants; Evaluation; LifeQuestionnaire; Quality of life