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Tele-Rehabilitation vs. Face-to-Face Therapy: Key Insights for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

Tele-Rehabilitation vs. Face-to-Face Therapy: Key Insights for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users

The COVID-19 pandemic has revolutionized the delivery of healthcare services, including speech-language pathology. The research article titled Outcome measures following tele-rehabilitation and conventional face to face rehabilitation in paediatric cochlear implant users during COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot study in a tertiary care setup by Verma et al. (2021) offers critical insights into the effectiveness of tele-rehabilitation versus conventional face-to-face therapy for pediatric cochlear implant (CI) users. This blog will help practitioners improve their skills by implementing the outcomes of this research or encouraging further investigation.

Study Overview

The study aimed to compare the outcomes of tele-rehabilitation and conventional face-to-face therapy for pediatric CI users during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 27 unilateral pediatric CI users, aged 2-11 years, were divided into two groups based on the therapy modality: tele-therapy and face-to-face therapy. The participants were further divided based on their hearing age into three groups: 0-2 years, 2-4 years, and greater than 4 years. The assessment tools included the Integrated Scales of Development (ISD), Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) scale, and Revised Categorical Auditory Perception (CAP-R) scale.

Key Findings

Implications for Practitioners

Based on these findings, practitioners should consider the following:

Encouragement for Further Research

This study is a preliminary attempt to assess the outcome measures of tele-rehabilitation services. Future research should focus on:

To read the original research paper, please follow this link: Outcome measures following tele-rehabilitation and conventional face to face rehabilitation in paediatric cochlear implant users during COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot study in a tertiary care setup.


Citation: Verma, H., Banumathy, N., Mishra, R., & Panda, N. K. (2021). Outcome measures following tele-rehabilitation and conventional face to face rehabilitation in paediatric cochlear implant users during COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot study in a tertiary care setup. Journal of Otology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joto.2021.10.002
Marnee Brick, President, TinyEYE Therapy Services

Author's Note: Marnee Brick, TinyEYE President, and her team collaborate to create our blogs. They share their insights and expertise in the field of Speech-Language Pathology, Online Therapy Services and Academic Research.

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