A survey of the attitudes of practitioners toward teleaudiology

Singh, Gurjit; Pichora-Fuller, M. Kathleen; Malkowski, Marissa; Boretzki, Michael; Launer, Stefan

doi:10.3109/14992027.2014.921736

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“…A positive attitude by clinicians towards teleaudiology has been reported by others (Singh et al, 2014). However, in this study, whilst most reported a familiarity with telehealth and teleaudiology, and also a willingness to use telehealth for delivery audiology services, less than one quarter reported having used telehealth for consultations.…”

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“…The audiology profession around the world plays a key role in further developing this potential. A Canadian study of audiologists and other hearing health professionals has shown that the profession believes teleaudiology will have a minimal impact on the quality of client-practitioner interactions and hearing healthcare delivery (Singh, Pichora-Fuller, Malkowski, Boretzki, & Launer, 2014). However, the attitude and readiness of this community to incorporate it as part of current service-delivery frameworks has been largely unexplored especially from an international perspective.…”

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International Survey of Audiologists' Attitudes Toward Telehealth

Eikelboom

Swanepoel

2016

Am J Audiol

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Purpose: A better understanding of the attitudes of audiologists toward teleaudiology and their willingness to use teleaudiology is required to progress the application of teleaudiology technologies and services into clinical practice. Audiologists around the world were surveyed on their attitudes toward teleaudiology and their willingness to use it.Method: An online survey was sent to audiologists through professional associations" mailing lists. The survey included questions on the use of computer and video-conferencing technologies, awareness and previous use of teleaudiology, and willingness to use teleaudiology. Results:Responses were provided by 269 people from 28 different countries, representing a wide cross section of experience, qualification and work settings. 77.8% of respondents were female. Almost all respondents had used PC-based video-conferencing, most had used related technologies and reported positive attitudes to using these. However, less than 25% had used teleaudiology. Conclusions

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International Survey of Audiologists' Attitudes Toward Telehealth

Eikelboom

Swanepoel

2016

Am J Audiol

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“…Work to date suggests that clinicians are open to using teleaudiology for answering patients' questions and for counseling; clinicians are moderately accepting of remote hearing aid adjustment and hearing screening but have reservations about using teleaudiology for hearing aid fittings and assessments, especially for new hearing aid users [13]. The patient perspective is somewhat more positive, with about 75 percent of patients being moderately to extremely willing to try teleaudiology.…”

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“…The patient perspective is somewhat more positive, with about 75 percent of patients being moderately to extremely willing to try teleaudiology. Further, twothirds of clinicians and patients in a small industryfunded study became more positive about the use of teleaudiology after having engaged in its use [13].…”

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New opportunities and challenges for teleaudiology within Department of Veterans Affairs

Jacobs¹,

Saunders²

2014

J Rehabil Res Dev

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“…Thus it is important to understand their attitudes toward tele-audiology, as done in the work of Singh et al (2014). Singh et al surveyed the attitudes of 202 hearing health-care practitioners toward tele-audiology appointments in general, their willingness to conduct specific audiological tasks via tele-audiology, and the use of tele-audiology appointments with different patient populations.…”

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Connected Audiological Rehabilitation: 21st Century Innovations

Saunders

Chisolm

2015

J Am Acad Audiol

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Background Tele-audiology provides a means to offer audiologic rehabilitation (AR) in a cost-, resource-, and time-effective manner. If designed appropriately, it also has the capability of personalizing rehabilitation to the user in terms of content, depth of detail, etc., thus permitting selection of the best content for a particular individual. Synchronous/real-time data collection, store and forward telehealth, remote monitoring and mobile health using smartphone applications have each been applied to components of audiologic rehabilitation intervention (sensory management, instruction in the use of technology and control of the listening environment, perceptual and communication strategies training, and counseling). In this article, the current state of tele-audiological rehabilitation interventions are described and discussed. Results The provision of AR via tele-audiology potentially provides a cost-effective mechanism for addressing barriers to the routine provision of AR beyond provisions of hearing technology. Furthermore, if designed appropriately, it has the capability of personalizing rehabilitation to the user in terms of content, depth of detail, etc., thus permitting selection of the best content for a particular individual. However, effective widespread implementation of tele-audiology will be dependent on good education of patients and clinician alike, and researchers must continue to examine the effectiveness of these new approaches to AR in order to ensure clinicians provide effective evidence-based rehabilitation to their patients. Conclusions While several barriers to the widespread use of tele-audiology for audiologic rehabilitation currently exist, it is concluded that through education of patients and clinicians alike, it will gain greater support from practitioners and patients over time and will become successfully and widely implemented.

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A survey of the attitudes of practitioners toward teleaudiology

Abstract: Willingness to use teleaudiology depended on a combination of the clinical tasks to be performed and the patient populations to be served. These findings can help guide the successful implementation of teleaudiology services.

Cited by 55 publications

References 36 publications

International Survey of Audiologists' Attitudes Toward Telehealth

International Survey of Audiologists' Attitudes Toward Telehealth

New opportunities and challenges for teleaudiology within Department of Veterans Affairs

Connected Audiological Rehabilitation: 21st Century Innovations

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