Can remote check-ups replace clinic visits for cochlear implant patients?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or older (no upper age limit) * Post-lingually deafened or pre-lingually deafened with measurable word scores in quiet using a cochlear implant * Unilaterally implanted with a compatible Cochlear™ implant * Currently using a compatible Cochlear™ Sound Processor * 3 months, +/- 2 weeks, experience with a cochlear implant (post-activation) at the time of baseline measurements * Direct access to a compatible Smart Phone * Fluent in the languages used for the study, as determined by the investigator * Willing to participate in and comply with all requirements of the protocol, including willingness to be randomised to either arm * Willing and able to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patient has a MAP incompatible with Master Volume, Bass and Treble (MVBT) programming: * Non-monopolar MAPs (bipolar, common ground, variable mode) * Dynamic range of \<10 Comfortable Level (CL) * Hybrid mode enabled * Pulse widths \>100 µs * 10 or more electrodes turned off * Patient has on-going fluctuations in MAP Threshold levels (Ts) and Comfort levels (Cs) and/or impedances * Patient requires frequent individual channel measurements and/or measurements without the use of live-stimulation * Score below 3 on the screening subset of questions from the Mobile Device Proficiency Questionnaire (MDPQ) * Abnormal cochlea anatomy and/or facial nerve stimulation that requires complex or more frequent programming, as determined by the Investigator * Additional disabilities that would prevent participation in evaluations, including significant visual impairment and/or dexterity issues * Unable or unwilling to comply with the requirements of the clinical investigation as determined by the Investigator * Investigator site personnel directly affiliated with this study and/or their immediate families; immediate family is defined as a spouse, parent, child, or sibling * Cochlear employees or employees of Contract Research Organisations or contractors engaged by Cochlear for the purposes of this investigation * Current participation, or participation in another interventional clinical study/trial in the past 30 days, involving an investigational drug or device (unless the other investigation was/is a Cochlear sponsored investigation and determined by the investigator or Sponsor to not impact this investigation).