<unk>  is the utilization of telemedicine to provide<unk> cal services and may include the full scope of<unk> cal practice. This term was first used by Dr. Gregg Givens in 1999 in reference to a system being developed at East Carolina University in North Carolina, USA. The first Internet<unk> cal test was accomplished in 2000 by Givens, Balch and Keller. The first Transatlantic<unk>  test was performed in April 2009 when Dr James Hall tested a patient in South Africa from Dallas at the AAA conference. Since that historic event the interest in<unk>  increased significantly. There are 2 types of<unk>  tests: Store-and-forward (Asynchronous) tests Testing a patient and then transferring the results via emailing or the Internet to a professional that will look at the results Real-time (Synchronous) tests Testing a patient in real-time as if the patient is sitting in front of you.<unk> sts are used to testing patients remotely because testing a patient in a sound booth while the<unk> st sits outside the booth is virtually the same as testing a patient over the Internet. The window is not a real glass window but a teleconference window. The only real difference is that the physical distance changed.
Tele-audiology
Teleophthalmology
Audio power amplifier
Optometry
First aid kit
Head mirror
Audio therapy
Telepharmacy