Effort aftercare of cochlear implants (hearing prosthesis)
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Standard visit group (traditional on-site follow-up
RC-)
Group 2: Telemedicine group/Remote Check group (follow-up using the Remote Check app
RC+)
Sponsors
Cochlear Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Experience with current CIs should be at least 1 year, and patients should already be in the follow-up phase. - Participants must not have any disabilities in addition to hearing impairment, neurological diseases or cognitive impairments that could have an influence on the the course of the study and should not be participating in other ongoing studies at the same time. - Furthermore, very good German language skills are required for the questionnaire. Additional (technical) requirements for the RC+ group: - The CI processors used are limited to Nucleus®7 and Nucleus® Kanso® 2. - Patients must have a smartphone with the Cochlear™ Nucleus® smart app and the integrated Remote Check app - Patients must still be (have been) able to perform the measurements of the Remote check app.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Less than 1 year of experience with current CIs, or prior to entering the follow-up phase. - Additional limitation that results in the subjects being unable to complete the questionnaire - even with unable to complete the questionnaire themselves - even with assistance (e.g. due to disability, dementia) - no existing informed consent, or lack of possibility to give consent - insufficient knowledge of German (assessment by the physicians/audiologists in charge). - Furthermore, persons are excluded for whom the survey would represent too great a potential physical or mental burden (assessment by the attending physicians/audiologists).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| A1. Time recording of the effort of the two care variants (RC+ and RC-) for patients and audiologists A2. Estimation of the mean time savings by using the Remote Check App in the follow-up of cochlear implant patients. of cochlear implant patients (are there differences compared to follow-up without Remote Check App?) and deeper understanding of advantages and disadvantages of the respective provision A3. Qualitative and quantitative aspects such as mental effort, exertion, subjective burden, etc. Patients fill out a questionnaire, audiologists are interviewed (structured interview), the (temporal) course of a traditional on-site follow-up appointment is documented by a monitor. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| B1. Recording satisfaction with process and structural quality in order to relate it to monetary, time and other qualitative aspects. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMelanie Zokoll
Hörzentrum Oldenburg gGmbH
Outcome results
None listed