Kuzovkov Vladislav, Yanov Yuri, Levin Sergey, Bovo Roberto, Rosignoli Monica, Eskilsson Gunnar, Willbas Staffan
Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech , St Petersburg , Russia.
Acta Otolaryngol. 2014 Jul;134(7):709-16. doi: 10.3109/00016489.2014.892212. Epub 2014 Apr 28.
Remote programming is safe and is well received by health-care professionals and cochlear implant (CI) users. It can be adopted into clinic routine as an alternative to face-to-face programming.
Telemedicine allows a patient to be treated anywhere in the world. Although it is a growing field, little research has been published on its application to CI programming. We examined hearing professionals' and CI users' subjective reactions to the remote programming experience, including the quality of the programming and the use of the relevant technology.
Remote CI programming was performed in Italy, Sweden, and Russia. Programming sessions had three participants: a CI user, a local host, and a remote expert. After the session, each CI user, local host, and remote expert each completed a questionnaire on their experience.
In all, 33 remote programming sessions were carried out, resulting in 99 completed questionnaires. The overwhelming majority of study participants responded positively to all aspects of remote programming. CI users were satisfied with the results in 96.9% of the programming sessions; 100% of participants would use remote programming again. Although technical problems were encountered, they did not cause the sessions to be considerably longer than face-to-face sessions.
远程编程是安全的，并且受到医疗保健专业人员和人工耳蜗（CI）使用者的欢迎。它可以作为面对面编程的替代方式纳入临床常规。
远程医疗使患者能够在世界任何地方接受治疗。尽管这是一个不断发展的领域，但关于其在人工耳蜗编程中的应用的研究发表较少。我们研究了听力专业人员和人工耳蜗使用者对远程编程体验的主观反应，包括编程质量和相关技术的使用。
在意大利、瑞典和俄罗斯进行了远程人工耳蜗编程。编程环节有三名参与者：一名人工耳蜗使用者、一名当地主持人和一名远程专家。编程结束后，每位人工耳蜗使用者、当地主持人和远程专家都完成了一份关于他们体验的问卷。
总共进行了33次远程编程环节，共收到99份完整问卷。绝大多数研究参与者对远程编程的各个方面都给予了积极回应。在96.9%的编程环节中，人工耳蜗使用者对结果感到满意；100%的参与者会再次使用远程编程。尽管遇到了技术问题，但这些问题并没有使编程环节比面对面编程环节长得多。
