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Dr. Kaibao Nie, associate teaching professor in the Department of Engineering & Mathematics, worked with Dr. King Chung, audiology professor at Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, and Xavier Chan (Computer Engineering ’16) to develop an interactive hearing screening test app for all ages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about how the app was developed in the full UW Bothell story, \u201cGame drums up awareness for hearing impairments<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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