Remote check test battery for Cochlear implant recipients: proof of concept study
Remote check test battery for Cochlear implant recipients: proof of concept study
Objectives: (1) To investigate the remote check test battery, designed for self-administration by cochlear implant (CI) recipients, parents/caregivers, to determine if the results give adequate information for clinicians to decide the necessity of an appointment and to capture suggestions for improvement. (2) To gauge acceptance of remote monitoring by CI-recipients and their parents/caregivers. Design: Prospective, multicentre, un-blinded, non-randomized, single-subject, repeated-measures evaluation. The test battery includes an implant-site photograph, impedance measurements, datalogs, questionnaires, speech perception and aided threshold tests. Clinicians reviewed test battery results, followed by a clinical appointment with each CI-recipient, and reported if the battery identified all the issues. Study sample: n = 93 CI-recipients (73 adults, 20 children) and 28 clinicians. Results: The test battery identified 94% (615/656) of all issues. The test battery and clinician observations agreed in 99% (92/93) of cases on the need for a clinic visit. For 68% (63/93) of cases, the test battery identified all clinician observed issues. The majority (77%, 72/93) of recipients would be satisfied if clinic visits were based on their test battery results. A significantly high proportion agreed that remote monitoring was more convenient than clinic visits and could result in travel, time and cost reductions. Conclusion: This is the first comprehensive test battery designed for CI-recipient remote monitoring.
Aided Threshold Test, Digit Triplet Test, Hearing, e-health, tele-audiology, telemedicine
Maruthurkkara, Saji
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Allen, Agnes
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Cullington, Helen
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Muff, Joanne
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Arora, Komal
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Johnson, Susan
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25 August 2021
Maruthurkkara, Saji
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Allen, Agnes
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Cullington, Helen
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Muff, Joanne
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Arora, Komal
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Johnson, Susan
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Maruthurkkara, Saji, Allen, Agnes, Cullington, Helen, Muff, Joanne, Arora, Komal and Johnson, Susan
(2021)
Remote check test battery for Cochlear implant recipients: proof of concept study.
International Journal of Audiology.
(doi:10.1080/14992027.2021.1922767).
Abstract
Objectives: (1) To investigate the remote check test battery, designed for self-administration by cochlear implant (CI) recipients, parents/caregivers, to determine if the results give adequate information for clinicians to decide the necessity of an appointment and to capture suggestions for improvement. (2) To gauge acceptance of remote monitoring by CI-recipients and their parents/caregivers. Design: Prospective, multicentre, un-blinded, non-randomized, single-subject, repeated-measures evaluation. The test battery includes an implant-site photograph, impedance measurements, datalogs, questionnaires, speech perception and aided threshold tests. Clinicians reviewed test battery results, followed by a clinical appointment with each CI-recipient, and reported if the battery identified all the issues. Study sample: n = 93 CI-recipients (73 adults, 20 children) and 28 clinicians. Results: The test battery identified 94% (615/656) of all issues. The test battery and clinician observations agreed in 99% (92/93) of cases on the need for a clinic visit. For 68% (63/93) of cases, the test battery identified all clinician observed issues. The majority (77%, 72/93) of recipients would be satisfied if clinic visits were based on their test battery results. A significantly high proportion agreed that remote monitoring was more convenient than clinic visits and could result in travel, time and cost reductions. Conclusion: This is the first comprehensive test battery designed for CI-recipient remote monitoring.
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 April 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 August 2021
Published date: 25 August 2021
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Funding Information:
This study was sponsored by Cochlear Limited.
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Aided Threshold Test, Digit Triplet Test, Hearing, e-health, tele-audiology, telemedicine
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Local EPrints ID: 448585
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/448585
ISSN: 1499-2027
PURE UUID: 432012c2-e969-484f-ae64-b2731aa58f79
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Saji Maruthurkkara
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Agnes Allen
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Joanne Muff
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Komal Arora
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Susan Johnson
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