Table 1 Overview of the eHealth services across the phases of the patient journey (N = number of records)
From: eHealth and the hearing aid adult patient journey: a state-of-the-art review
Services | Phases | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-fitting | Fitting | Post-fitting | |
(1) Education and information (N = 10) | |||
(1.1) HL and HA information (N = 3) | ✓ | ✓ | |
(1.2) Counselling and patient education (N = 10) | ✓ | ✓ | |
(1.3) Group discussions and forums (N = 4) | ✓ | ✓ | |
(2) Screening and assessment (N = 4) | |||
(2.1) Pure-tone audiometry (N = 1) | ✓ | ||
(2.2) Speech-audiometry (N = 2) | ✓ | ✓ | |
(2.3) Self-assessment and PROM/PREM (N = 4) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
(3) Hearing rehabilitation (N = 14) | |||
(3.1) Sound enhancement (N = 2) | ✓ | ||
(3.2) HA control and fitting (N = 6) | ✓ | ||
(3.3) Auditory and cognitive training (N = 9) | ✓ | ✓ | |
(4) General (tele-audiology) (N = 3) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |