Telemedicine-Enabled Multidisciplinary Preoperative Workflow for Humanitarian Cochlear Implant Delivery

Telemedicine may facilitate multidisciplinary cochlear implant (CI) candidate evaluation in settings where access to specialized otologic and audiologic care is limited. This study evaluated an online, multidisciplinary preoperative workflow for CI candidate selection and surgical planning during a high-volume humanitarian campaign supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief)....

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A telemedicine-based multidisciplinary preoperative workflow appears feasible for cochlear implant candidate evaluation in humanitarian settings; clinicians working in or supporting low-resource programs may consider adopting similar models, pending broader validation.

Expanding cochlear implant access to resource-limited and humanitarian settings through telemedicine could reduce the global burden of untreated severe hearing loss.

1. 01Study evaluates a telemedicine-enabled preoperative workflow for cochlear implant delivery in humanitarian settings.
2. 02Multidisciplinary team coordination was achieved remotely, enabling candidate evaluation without on-site specialists.
3. 03Addresses a critical gap in cochlear implant access for low- and middle-income countries.
4. 04Published in Audiology & Neurotology 2026 (PMID 42545911).
5. 05Could serve as a replicable model for global hearing health outreach programs.

PMID

42545911

DOI

10.1159/aud/abnag003.

Journal

Audiology & Neurotology

Publication type

research_article

Evidence level

4

Population

Cochlear implant candidates in humanitarian or resource-limited settings

Intervention

Telemedicine-enabled multidisciplinary preoperative workflow for cochlear implant evaluation