An exploration of the attitudes towards teleaudiology for clinicians before and during the COVID-19 pandemic BMCMedicine Macquarie_Uni teleaudiology clinicians covid COVID19 SARSCoV2 pandemic
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaJul 24 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in BMC Digital Health, researchers explored audiologists' attitudes towards and usage of teleaudiology before and during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic.
Greater knowledge of the factors affecting audiologist attitudes and usage is required to generate effective strategies to improve teleaudiology health services and enable their acceptability beyond the epidemic. Non-parametric and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The A1 survey sought to discover unmet user demands and crucial elements for the success of teleaudiology. It comprised four surveys distributed to audiologists, individuals with hearing deficits, parents of individuals with hearing impairments, and the managers of audiology clinics.
Teleaudiology was described as using communication technology such as phones, smartphone apps, online chats, video conferencing, and emails to remotely help with hearing service provision. In 2021, teleaudiology users reported significantly increased care quality and customer satisfaction than non-users but decreased job satisfaction and reduced bonding with new patients compared to 2018.