Teleaudiology

An audiologist sits in front of her computer providing teleaudiology services.

Teleaudiology delivers audiology services remotely, using reliable internet and specialized videoconferencing platforms to provide convenient, easy access to hearing health care. Most major hearing device manufacturers offer some form of remote care, from consultation to programming adjustments. 

In the Teleaudiology group, we discuss experiences with teleaudiology. How user-friendly are teleaudiology platforms? Is teleaudiology improving access to hearing health care in rural areas? 

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Achieving telehealth equity for people with hearing loss

In this article, authors Zina Jawadi, Stephen McInturff, and Alexander Chern make a case for providing captioning on telehealth platforms, noting: The Department of Health and Human Services recommends that health institutions select telehealth platforms with live captioning as a feature and provide closed captioning for pre-recorded patient video resources. Yet, automatic or real-time quality…