A very successful first remote fitting session took place in Russia. The Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk region together with the St. Petersburg Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech invited four children, located 2.500 km away, to be fitted over the internet.

Use the following links to see the original Russian press release

http://www.ami-tass.ru/article/63305.html
http://chelyabinsk.rfn.ru/rnews.html?id=412803&cid=7
http://dostup1.ru/society/society_15698.html
http://cheldoctor.ru/news/279693.html