Personal experience with the remote check telehealth in cochlear implant users: from COVID-19 emergency to routine service.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To critically illustrate the personal experience with using the "Remote Check" application which remotely monitors the hearing rehabilitation level of cochlear implant users at home and further allows clinicians to schedule in-clinic sessions according to the patients' needs.

Methods

12-month prospective study. Eighty adult cochlear implant users (females n = 37, males n = 43; age range 20-77 years) with ≥ 36 months of cochlear implant experience and ≥ 12 months of stable auditory and speech recognition level volunteered for this 12-month long prospective study. For each patient, at the beginning of the study during the in-clinic session to assess the stable aided hearing thresholds and the cochlear implant integrity and patient's usage, the "Remote Check" assessment

SUBMITTER: Carner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10620244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature