dc.creatorSWANEPOEL, De Wet
dc.creatorCLARK, Jackie L.
dc.creatorKOEKEMOER, Dirk
dc.creatorIII, James W. Hall
dc.creatorKRUMM, Mark
dc.creatorFERRARI, Deborah V.
dc.creatorMCPHERSON, Bradley
dc.creatorOLUSANYA, Bolajoko O.
dc.creatorMARS, Maurice
dc.creatorRUSSO, Ieda
dc.creatorBARAJAS, Jose J.
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-20T00:55:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-04T15:24:59Z
dc.date.available2012-10-20T00:55:15Z
dc.date.available2018-07-04T15:24:59Z
dc.date.created2012-10-20T00:55:15Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifierINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY, v.49, n.3, p.195-202, 2010
dc.identifier1499-2027
dc.identifierhttp://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/26016
dc.identifier10.3109/14992020903470783
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3109/14992020903470783
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1622680
dc.description.abstractPermanent hearing loss is a leading global health care burden, with 1 in 10 people affected to a mild or greater degree. A shortage of trained healthcare professionals and associated infrastructure and resource limitations mean that hearing health services are unavailable to the majority of the world population. Utilizing information and communication technology in hearing health care, or tele-audiology, combined with automation offer unique opportunities for improved clinical care, widespread access to services, and more cost-effective and sustainable hearing health care. Tele-audiology demonstrates significant potential in areas such as education and training of hearing health care professionals, paraprofessionals, parents, and adults with hearing disorders; screening for auditory disorders; diagnosis of hearing loss; and intervention services. Global connectivity is rapidly growing with increasingly widespread distribution into underserved communities where audiological services may be facilitated through telehealth models. Although many questions related to aspects such as quality control, licensure, jurisdictional responsibility, certification and reimbursement still need to be addressed; no alternative strategy can currently offer the same potential reach for impacting the global burden of hearing loss in the near and foreseeable future.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relationInternational Journal of Audiology
dc.rightsCopyright TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.rightsclosedAccess
dc.subjectBehavioral measures
dc.subjectDemographics/epidemiology
dc.subjectElectrophysiology
dc.subjectHearing aids
dc.titleTelehealth in audiology: The need and potential to reach underserved communities
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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