Given the important patient needs for support and treatment, telemedicineââ?¬â?defined by medical approaches supported by the\r\nnew technologies of informationââ?¬â?could provide interesting alternative in tinnitus treatment. By analyzing the published tools and\r\napproaches which could be used in the context of telemedicine for tinnitus by health professionals or self-administrated by patients,\r\nthis review summarizes, presents, and describes the principal telemedicine approaches available presently or in the near future to\r\nhelp assess or treat tinnitus or to offer support to tinnitus sufferers. Several pieces of evidence strongly support the feasibility of\r\ntelemedicine approaches for tinnitus. Telemedicine can be used to help tinnitus sufferers at several points in the therapeutic process:\r\nfor early screening, initial evaluation, and diagnosis; for optimizing therapeutic tools, particularly behavioural therapies and virtual\r\nreality-enhanced behavioral therapies; for long-termmonitoring of patients and provision of online support. Several limitations are,\r\nhowever, discussed in order to optimize the safe development of such approaches.Cost effective and easy to implement, telemedicine\r\nis likely to represent an important part of the future of tinnitus therapies and should be progressively integrated by otolaryngologists.
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