Why Tele-Audiology?
- To protect staff and patients by maintaining physical distancing
- To protect vulnerable patients from having to travel to the clinic
- To reach a wider audience of potential patients, including those who live in remote locations
- To reduce reliance on the sound booth that now requires additional sanitization & ventilation between each use
- To diversify clinical service offerings to best meet and adapt to the specific requirements of patients at a given point in time
Best Suited For:
Online hearing screening test that allows participants to test anywhere from any device
- For candidates who previously may not have had access or available technology to complete a hearing screening test
- Detailed hearing level results allow you to triage candidates that may require additional attention in-clinic or those who have good hearing that would not benefit from a remote testing session
- As part of a pre-screening step, qualifying candidates save time and money and prioritizes the right candidates to avoid appointment backlogs
Easy-to-use self-administered hearing screening and testing for at home real-time support
- Patient conducts an online hearing screening test from the comfort of their own home
- If hearing loss is suggested, clinician ships a disinfected SHOEBOX Audiometer to patient’s home for more in-depth testing
- Clinician connects with the patient via a video chat to provide counseling and to help patient complete the automated self-test. Or, if required a clinician donning protective equipment, visits the patient at home and administers a manual hearing test while maintaining physical distancing
A portable, easy-to-use, and easy to disinfect audiometer.
- Patient visits clinic, or drive-through location
- Donning protective equipment, the clinician provides disinfected SHOEBOX audiometer to the patient who remains in their vehicle
- Clinician remains at a safe distance while providing instructions to start the automated self-test
- Alternatively, the clinician can administer a manual test while maintaining physical distancing
- Test results are immediately reviewed, and the patient is provided instructions for next steps via phone or from a safe distance
- Clinician disinfects equipment for the next patient
With Audiologist:
A clinically validated, diagnostic hearing test conducted in clinic, but outside of the sound booth
- Patient completes automated self-test remotely in clinic with an audiologist in another room
- Audiologist is available to guide the appointment and review test results immediately
- If hearing loss is identified, audiologist books an appointment in clinic for a full diagnostic assessment which can be conducted outside of the soundbooth
- Clinician disinfects audiometric test equipment for the next patient
Without Audiologist:
Set up in a local community, partnered with a physician, nurse, or audiology assistant.
- Patient completes automated self-test within a controlled environment while supervised by partner, no audiologist on site
- Audiologist reviews results remotely, contacts the patient and provides follow up for patient based on results