ALGO 3i ®
Newborn Hearing Screener
The ALGO 3i newborn hearing screener
combines the AABR technology you ®
trust in a hand-held screener.
ALGO 3i system features:
Natus AABR® technology – the gold standard
in newborn hearing screening, with clinically
proven sensitivity and specificity.
Fast and simple operation
• The ALGO 3i device screens both ears simultaneously
• Unique SpeedScreen™ function allows you to
conduct a test while entering patient information
SmartHelp system offers helpful tips targeted to
Includes
•
your needs
• Colored, graphical displays guide you easily through
the screening process
• Fully automated, objective pass/refer results do not Facility-based data management for use
require interpretation with most Natus Hearing Screeners:*
• Combines patient and test information from
• Completely standardized, pre-set screening parameters multiple Natus Hearing Screening devices into
provide consistent, objective results one desktop facility-based data management
program
Maximum adaptability • Tightly integrated with Microsoft® Word
• Screen in a variety of settings with the versatile (2007 or 2010) for creation and generation
of letters, labels and reports
ALGO 3i SoftClip™ attachment or the pole mount
• Enhanced conflict resolution to assist with
• Available in more than a dozen languages identifying demographic data entry errors
*devices that provide demographic data
Wireless data transfer and data management
• Wireless printing of screening results
• Wireless transfer of patient screening data to a PC
• Exports to a variety of 3rd-party data management
systems
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ALGO® 3i Newborn Hearing Screener
Taking care of babies as if they were our own... Why do so many experts trust Natus AABR technology?
Setting the industry standard The gold standard in hearing screening technology
Natus is the premier company to help establish quality newborn hearing With the ALGO system, you get the best in newborn hearing screening technology, plus the
screening programs. best in program support.
• Over 24 years of experience in developing devices designed specifically • Inservice materials and support
for newborn hearing screening
• Extensively trained technical support
• More than 30 million babies screened with ALGO devices in over
• Educational materials:
55 countries
-- Program implementation handbooks help you start your program
-- Continuous quality improvement tools help you maintain an exemplary program
Validated in controlled, randomized, multi-center -- Parent education materials encourage maximum awareness and involvement
clinical studies
• Over 14 peer-reviewed, published articles to support the ALGO Provides fully automated screening parameters and screening results
screener’s superior accuracy and reliability1
• Patented, proprietary binomial statistical detection tests the probability of pure EEG noise vs.
-- Highest clinically proven sensitivity (>99%)1 – minimizing false pass results EEG noise + ABR using a template matching algorithm based on normal infant ABR response.
-- Highest clinically proven specificity (>96%)1 – minimizing false refer results Better than a 99.9% level of statistical confidence is required to earn a Pass.
• Clinical data collected on over 150,000 infants to validate product performance1 • All results are based on the same objective, standardized criteria:
-- Automatic pass/refer results that require no interpretation
Achieves the lowest clinically proven refer rates1 -- Preset screening parameters that cannot be adjusted
• Maximizing the return on your investment • Minimizes the risk of user error and test variability
-- Reduces the number of repeat tests • Documented performance in independent peer reviewed
-- Eliminates unnecessary infant follow-up and tracking clinical program reports1
-- Minimizes staff and workflow inefficiencies
The ALGO 3i Newborn Hearing Screener
BRAINSTEM
system includes:
AABR® technology tests the
entire hearing pathway from • ALGO 3i screener
the ear to, and including,
the brainstem.
AOAE™ technology Provides screening • Carrying case (back pack)
(TEOAE and DPOAE) tests Sensor cable
a portion of the hearing
of the entire hearing •
• Earphone cable (ATA)
pathway from the outer ear pathway and identifies • Label printer (optional)
to the cochlea (inner ear)
infants with auditory • Roll stand mount
COCHLEA
neuropathy. • Battery pack and charger
• Instructional materials (on CD)
= AABR® Technology • ALGO check kit
= AOAE® Technology
• Data Utility Software (DUS) and data export adapter
• audble Lite facility-based hearing screening data management
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ALGO® 3i Newborn
Hearing Screener
Specifications
Nominal dimensions Operating temperature
Screener: 7.9"H x 3.8"W x 2.5"D 41º F (5º C) - 100º F (38º C)
20.2 x 9.58 x 6.33 cm
Nominal weight Storage temperature
Screener: 2.0 lbs (0.93 kg) -22º F (-30º C) - 131º F (55º C)
(including battery and cable) The company and
Sweep rates Humidity technology of choice ...
• 37 clicks/second (nominal) or 5-90% non-condensing
• 34 clicks/second (nominal) alternating “We chose ALGO AABR
Power supply Safety and compliance technology for our screening
Battery: 7.4V 1800mAH, Li Ion standards
Full charge operation: minimum 4 hours • UL2601-1 program, because it was clinically
run time • CAN/CSA-C22.2 601-1
proven to achieve the lowest
Recharge time: ≈4 hours • EN60601-1
Battery charger: Input: 100-240V , 50-60 Hz • EN60601-1-2 refer rates. Because the ALGO
Output: 12V ˜
at 3.3A screener minimizes the number
Device electrical ratings Classifications
12V at 1A • Type BF applied part of false-refers generated within
• Ordinary equipment for
our program, we don’t have to
protecting against ingress of
water (IPX0) worry about causing unnecessary
• Not suitable for use in the
presence of flammable
parental anxiety.”
anaesthetic mixture with air, – Ichiro Fujita, M.D., Ph.D, Department of
oxygen or nitrous oxide
Pediatrics, Saga Medical School, Japan
• Continuous operation
Operating altitude
Sea level: 6000 feet (1820 meters)
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