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Science articlesRemote technologies of medical and pedagogical counseling and support of patients with hearing impairment as promising direction in conditions of modern reality
V. V. Dvoryanchikov (1), O. V. Zontova (1), I. E. Grebenyuk (2), N. V. Chernaya (3)
(1) Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech, Saint Petersburg, 190013, Russia, (2) Network of medical centers „MasterSlukh“, Taganrog, 347904, Russia, (3) Network of medical centers „MasterSlukh“, Sochi, 354000, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2021-3-15-19
ABSTRACT
The goal of rehabilitation of patients with hearing loss is to increase their rehabilitation potential as a result of medical and pedagogical assistance provided to them. In modern conditions, the relevance of remote medical and pedagogical counseling and support for patients with hearing loss of all ages is increasing. At the moment, we are faced with a new reality, when the availability of number of cares has become limited or unavailable, regardless of the location of the patient. Remote support helps to continue providing medical and educational assistance to people with hearing impairments, to start aiding newly identified patients, to make a wider coverage of children and adults, to help children with complex and multiple developmental disabilities. For the implementation of remote medical and pedagogical support, various means and forms of work are used, implemented via the Internet. In this format, work for children and adults with hearing impairment and after cochlear implantation is conducted by an audiologist and a teacher of the deaf, and the patient’s family is actively involved. The advantages of remote support: greater availability, regular and comfortable patient follow-up, increased efficiency and optimization of dynamics tracking. The remote format of work is a completely new model of behavior for specialists and families of patients with hearing impairment, which requires training and consolidation of new skills for optimal remote medical and pedagogical counseling. The result of the proposed measures is to increase the rehabilitation potential of patients with hearing impairment, improve their hearing and speech skills, and integrate them into the general environment.
Publication date:
07.06.2021
Keywords:
hearing impairment, pandemic, remote rehabilitation, hearing aids, cochlear implantation.
For citation:
Dvoryanchikov V. V., Zontova O. V., Grebenyuk I. E., Chernaya N. V. Remote technologies of medical and pedagogical counseling and support of patients with hearing impairment as promising direction in conditions of modern reality. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2021;20(3):15-19. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2021-3-15-19