Children’s Hearing Loss Assessment Application Development and Execution Processes Using Systems Engineering Process Approach

Children with hearing loss shall fall behind their hearing peers in speech growth, often limiting their participation in social activities. Untreated hearing loss can seriously impact a child's quality of life. For example, researchers have found that children with untreated hearing loss are likely to develop pressure and feelings of inadequacy. Still, with suitable intervention technologies by qualified audiologists, these children can develop speech landmarks at rates commensurate to hearing friends. Thus, an early intervention system that permits qualified audiologists' must be developed to achieve the best outcomes for these children. In the State of Sabah, led by the Decision Support Systems Research Group of Universiti Malaysia Sabah, the increasing number of hearing loss among kids has initiated the design, development, and undertaking of the Children Hearing Loss Assessment Systems (CHLAS) initiative. The fundamental objective of this application is to expedite the appraisal of hearing loss among children throughout the state. Besides, using the proven systems engineering process (SEP) approach, the application shall lessen the extended waiting times (long queues) faced by patients (young children, including babies) with acute hearing problems in quickly securing appointment slots at Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1 in Kota Kinabalu.