Telemedicine in Tinnitus: Feasibility, Advantages, Limitations, and Perspectives

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Telemedicine in tinnitus diagnosis. This figure demonstrates the different tools which can be used in the context of telediagnosis of tinnitus. Two main categories of evaluations can be performed: psychosocial functioning evaluations (white) and specific otological evaluations (grey). Basic equipment refers to a computer, Internet access, and a set of earphones, while complex equipment refers to a supplementary specific apparatus, such as a high resolution camera for balance assessment. Direct supervision by a health professional refers to the actual presence of this professional with the patient (e.g., in the case of video-otoscopy, for which a professional needs to position the camera inside the ear of the patients to collect the pictures which will be analysed remotely later on). The applications which can already be used for tinnitus assessment are mentioned under the “Applicable in the context of Tinnitus” label.