To evaluate the validity, clinical utility, barriers and facilitators of the manikin-based audiometric simulator, Clinical Assistant for Research and Learning.
No immediate practice change for clinicians, but educators should consider CARL as a validated simulation tool for pure-tone audiometry training in audiology programs.
Validated simulation tools like CARL could standardise and improve audiometric training quality, reducing competency gaps before students work with real patients.
- 01CARL is a manikin-based simulator designed to train students in pure-tone audiometric (hearing test) procedures.
- 02The study evaluated CARL's validity, clinical utility, and barriers/facilitators to its use.
- 03Published in International Journal of Audiology (PMID 42324719).
- 04Findings could inform audiology education program design and accreditation standards.
- 05Barriers and facilitators to adoption were explicitly assessed alongside performance validity.
CARL demonstrates validity for use in pure-tone audiometric training procedures.
studypartially supportedCARL has clinical utility as a training simulator for audiology students.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42324719
- DOI
- 10.1080/14992027.2025.2537693.
- Journal
- International Journal of Audiology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Audiology students or clinicians undergoing pure-tone audiometric training using the CARL simulator
- Intervention
- CARL manikin-based audiometric simulator for pure-tone audiometry training
Primary outcomes
Validity of CARL for pure-tone audiometric procedures; Clinical utility of CARL in training settings; Barriers and facilitators to CARL adoption
