The COVID-19 pandemic and upgrades of CI speech processors for children: part I—procedure of speech processor upgrade

PURPOSE: To demonstrate the feasibility of upgrading speech processors during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Adopting concepts from “lean thinking”, we optimized hospital workflows to allow speech processors to be upgraded despite the obstacles arising from national guidelines for COVID-19 preventi...

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Autores principales: Obrycka, Anita, Lorens, Artur, Walkowiak, Adam, Wlodarczyk, Elzbieta, Dziendziel, Beata, Skarzynski, Piotr Henryk, Skarzynski, Henryk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
Materias:
Otology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881188/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35217905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-022-07278-x
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Sumario:PURPOSE: To demonstrate the feasibility of upgrading speech processors during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Adopting concepts from “lean thinking”, we optimized hospital workflows to allow speech processors to be upgraded despite the obstacles arising from national guidelines for COVID-19 prevention. The study involved 297 children, aged from 7.3 to 18.0 years, whose processors were upgraded on five consecutive Saturdays during a time of peak COVID-19 in Poland. RESULTS: The optimized workflow allowed us to conduct speech processor upgrades during a time of peak COVID-19 in Poland. The upgrades were conducted as scheduled, patient flow was smooth, appropriate social distancing was kept, and no reports of COVID-19 infection in our patients in the 2 weeks after their visit were received. CONCLUSION: Upgrading of speech processors in children is still feasible under coronavirus conditions.

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