Abstract
Telehealth as a means to deliver health care services has been used by physicians
for many years, but the use of telehealth in audiology, specifically in pediatrics,
has been minimal. Barriers such as licensure, reimbursement, technology, and equipment
have been cited as reasons for audiologists not participating in telehealth. However,
the COVID-19 pandemic created the need for telehealth services to be widely used to
safely increase access to healthcare, and emergent orders helped reduce previous barriers
so that audiologists could participate in telehealth service delivery. This article
details three cases where audiologists delivered telehealth services to children.
These case studies demonstrate portions of the Division of Audiology Telehealth Program
of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and how they increased access
to hearing healthcare in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords
pediatrics - telehealth - pandemic - audiology - auditory processing disorders - hearing
aids
