Audiogram Digitization Tool for Audiological Reports

A3 Reports: Tool for Organizational Transformation

The A3 report is a tool that Toyota Motor Corporation uses in problem-solving. We have adapted the A3 problemsolving report for use by hospital staff to improve their organizational processes, and have successfully applied it to numerous problems within a local hospital. We have previously presented a template for A3 reports. Here we describe the problem-solving process embedded in the tool, il...

A3 Reports: Tool for Process Improvement

The A3 report is a tool that Toyota Motor Corporation uses to propose solutions to problems, give status reports on ongoing projects, and report results of information gathering activity. In our current research to apply Toyota Production System principles in a hospital setting, we have adapted the A3 problem-solving report for use by hospital staff to improve their organizational processes, an...

Digitization Workflow Management System for Massive Digitization Projects

The Digitization Workflow Management System (DWMS) is a system developed in Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the Library of Alexandria, to manage the whole process of digitization including its various phases, system users, files movement, archiving, and integration with the ILS and the library digital repository. The system supports workflow dynamic evolutions and deviation to allow for exception hand...

A Pure Tone Audiogram for Students

Audiological Evaluation of Patients Taking Kanamycin for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

Introduction: The incidence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis is increasing in developing countries. Aminoglycosides are an integral part of second-line drugs, however ototoxicity is a major limitation for their use. This study aims to determine the extent of hearing loss in patients taking one of the commonly prescribed drugs for Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), Kanamycin, at a Gov...