Abstract: A system and method for automatically collecting at a data repository operational data from remotely distributed medical apparatus via a network, is disclosed, the method comprising: automatically capturing operational data at said medical apparatus; automatically selecting a route through the network for transferring said captured operational data to said data repository; and automatically transmitting said captured operational data to said central medical location via said selected network route.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically collecting at a data repository operational data from remotely distributed medical apparatus via a network, is disclosed, the method comprising: automatically capturing operational data at said medical apparatus; automatically selecting a route through the network for transferring said captured operational data to said data repository; and automatically transmitting said captured operational data to said central medical location via said selected network route.

Abstract: A system for performing one or more tests on a hearing prosthesis is provided. The system is usable by the recipient of the prosthesis, to reduce a testing load on a clinician. The system has a computer that processes software instructions and outputs signals in response to said instructions; a prosthesis interface that provides transfer of signals from the computer to the prosthesis and/or from the prosthesis to the computer; and an interface that allows the recipient of the prosthesis to at least partially control at least some aspect of the tests performed on the prosthesis that is interfaced with the computer.