Telerehabilitation Practice: A Curricular Imperative for Future Audiologists

Abstract

Effective telerehabilitation services in audiology can now be delivered using synchronous; store and forward methods; or a hybrid (synchronous and asynchronous) approach. While reimbursement for telerehabilitation is not yet robust and the practice may be limited by current state licensure guidelines, telerehabilitation is a viable current and future practice option. It is therefore incumbent upon university training programs to include telerehabilitation options in audiology training curricula. This presentation reviews the current state-of-the-art in audiology based telerehabiliation, and then presents elements for a multi-pronged curricula: 1. Introduction to Telerehabilitation; 2. Telerehabilitation Technologies; 3. Telerehabilitation Practice and 4. Tele-audiology Technologies and Techniques. Finally, professional resources are presented