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Tele-Audiology Today, presented in partnership with Salus University

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1.  Tele-Audiology services can be done using which forms of telehealth:
  1. Synchronous/real time and Asynchronous/Store-and-Forward
  2. Only Synchronous/real time
  3. Only mHealth
  4. FaceTime Video
2.  An example workflow for tele-Audiology solutions in a remote region is:
  1. Store-and-Forward, Real-time, In-person
  2. In-person, real-time, store-and-forward
  3. Real-time, In-person, store-and-forward
  4. Faxing or using snail mail to send documents
3.  Successful Tele-Audiology programs require which of the following:
  1. Donations
  2. Limited equipment
  3. Strong training program for providers and facilitators
  4. Paper documentation
4.  Building new Tele-Audiology solutions should take the following factors into consideration except:
  1. Clear assessment of needs
  2. Type of model required for existence environment
  3. Performing whichever service gets the highest reimbursement
  4. Sustainability, including reimbursement and market potential
5.  Top two areas for telemedicine encounters in the state of Alaska:
  1. Otitis media and Behavioral Health
  2. Hearing Loss and Dental Caries
  3. Blurry Vision and Tinnitus
  4. Pregnancy and Strep Throat
6.  Fitting of amplification can be done via Tele-Audiology using the following methods:
  1. Supporting the purchase of real ear equipment in all remote sites.
  2. Collection of Real-Ear-Coupler Difference (RECD) during in-person evaluation.
  3. Skipping patient-specific canal characteristics.
  4. Asking if the hearing aid “feels right”.
7.  Application-based tele-audiology include:
  1. Vestibular/Balance therapy
  2. Otoacoustic emissions
  3. Tympanometry
  4. Acoustic Reflexes
8.  An example of a telehealth consult in rural Alaska includes:
  1. Telephone call to audiology describing the eardrums
  2. Real ear measurements using remote desktop
  3. Community health aide sending digital otoscopy, tympanometry, audiometry, and vitals to audiologist for triage
  4. Email describing the patient’s issues
9.  In rural Alaska, the following have been initially diagnosed and managed via store-and-forward telehealth, except:
  1. Sudden hearing loss
  2. Benign positional paroxysmal vertigo
  3. Cholesteatoma
  4. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (from presenting serous otitis)
10.  To increase access to hearing services, such as amplification, the following tele-audiology solutions are most helpful:
  1. Perform an in-person visit once a month.
  2. Deliver the hearing aid to the patient for the first fitting.
  3. Remote probe microphone measurements, self-fitting hearing aids and remote hearing aid programming and adjustments.
  4. Conduct the first follow-up appointment in person.
11.  Lost to follow-up for newborn hearing screening for infants living in remote isolated Alaskan Communities was successfully reduced by:
  1. Using hybrid telehealth model with audiology VTC and store-and-forward otoscopy, tympanometry, and otoacoustic emissions for initial outpatient follow-up
  2. Flying an audiologist to the rural community to conduct outpatient newborn hearing screening
  3. Flying the patient to the regional clinic to conduct outpatient newborn hearing screening
  4. Shipping the newborn hearing screening equipment to the community clinic, train local provider to do testing, and report results to the state
12.  A key component in any telehealth service includes:
  1. Limited training for personnel
  2. Appropriate equipment, typically mobile or mHealth-based, that has a universal and user-friendly interface
  3. Starting with implementation
  4. Being able to visit with your patient weekly
13.  When considering incorporating telehealth models, one should first:
  1. Implement the solution
  2. Develop the model
  3. Train personnel
  4. Assess the clinical need
14.  Well-designed telehealth models can result in:
  1. Excellent continuity of care and connected care, accurate and timely diagnosis and management and reduced healthcare cost.
  2. An even further delay in reaching remote populations.
  3. Create a wedge between the patient and provider.
  4. Become inefficient and not worth the time.
15.  Areas of research in tele-audiology services include:
  1. Pure tone audiometry, mobile hearing screening and cochlear implants.
  2. Central Auditory Processing testing
  3. Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response (SABR)
  4. Auditory Brainstem implant

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