78 Aim of this paper was to examine effectiveness and eficiency of examination of hearing status of persons with hearing impairment in form of applicable diagnostic software, in relation to classical approach. Sample was comprised of 90 respondents and was formed out of two subsamples. First subsample was comprised of 45 students with hearing impair- ment with a degree of impairment of over 80 dB, both genders, age from 6 to 15 years and without any other disabili- ties. Second subsample was comprised of 45 students (absolvents) from department of audiology. For data gathering, audiogram, applicable diagnostic software and scale for evaluation of attention and cooperation were used. Data was processed with descriptive analysis, McNemar and Wilcoxon tests. Results of the research conirmed that applicable diagnostic software provide more effective and more eficient diagnostic procedures for examining hearing status of persons with hearing impairment in relation to classical approach. Key words: hearing status, effectiveness, eficiency, diagnostic software APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT Esad H. Mahmutović 1 Original scientiic paper Husnija Hasanbegović University of Tuzla, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation, Bosnia and Herzegovina Received: 12.04.2017 Accepted: 20.07.2017 ABSTRACT 1 Correspondence to: Esad H. Mahmutović, University of Tuzla, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation, Bosnia and Herzegovina Univerzitetska 1, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Phone: +387 61 290 780 E-mail: esad25@yahoo.com INTRODUCTION Hearing impairment in childhood represents serious problem from stand point of audiology, education and sociology. Early and reliable diagnosis of hearing impairment is necessary in order to reduce eventual delays that could be caused by impairment and to reduce its negative impact to development (Grant, 2000; Yoshinaga-Itano, Coulter & Thomson, 2001; Kennedy, 2006; American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2007). Different ways of conducting diagnostic procedures, from the aspect of procedure organization and tech- nical support, have very important impact on setting clear and right diagnosis. Eficiency and effectiveness of those methods depend on duration, velocity of data gathering and evaluation, accuracy and precision of the data, velocity and method of archiving that data, velocity and method of data low, level of general state of the respondent during the evaluation (attention, fo- cus, and cooperation), ability of continual evaluation and tracking rehabilitation program realization. According to Gillard, Bailey, and Nolan (2008), tech- nology is truly everywhere and its widespread adop- tion and application has changed the way each and every one of us lives and makes a living in modern society. Scientiic activities, in last thirty years and more, conditions noticeable and frequent technological and technical improvements. Information technologies impact the knowledge in sense that it is becoming dy- namic development resource, the driver of functional application of science aiming to discover new knowl- edge. Process of preparation, transmission and recep- tion of information – knowledge, and manifestation of education and rehabilitation, seem unimaginable and almost impossible without information and commu- nication technologies although traditional – pen and paper method is important if not dominant in these processes. DOI:10.21554/hrr.091715 E. H. MAHMUTOVIĆ, APPLICATION OF SOFTWARE ... HUMAN, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2017