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Increasing Confidence in Counseling Pediatric Patients and Their Families
September 16, 2024
This course provides practical tools and strategies to help audiologists improve their counseling skills with pediatric patients and their families. It also covers resources and supports that can faci... Read More
Pediatrics
20Q: Interventional Audiology - Improving Patient Outcomes
September 9, 2024
This article reviews the necessary components of an interventional audiology program. Tips for the provision of effective care are provided. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing and Hearing Loss Hearing Evaluation - Adults
Research QuickTakes Volume 8: Hearing Aid Fitting Toolbox v2 - Non-audiologic Considerations in the Selection and Fitting of Hearing Aids
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September 3, 2024
A review of the literature and a discussion of non-audiometric factors that can influence a patient's success with hearing aids. Topics include the perception of hearing problems, locus of control, li... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Hearing Aids - Adults
A New Research-Based Protocol for Childhood Hearing Screening
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September 3, 2024
The research and rationale supporting a new approach for hearing screening of preschool and young school-age children using a combination of two objective measures of auditory function, DPOAEs + tympa... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children
20Q: Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids - HatGPT
August 12, 2024
This course explores the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern hearing aid technology, focusing on how AI enhances user experience, sound quality, and device functionality. The latest... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller
Understanding the Impact of Symphonia on Hearing Aid Users: A Survey-Based Analysis
July 22, 2024
This course reviews a study that explores the impact of Symphonia, a software designed to create immersive soundscapes, on hearing aid users. The study includes a survey of 28 patients, highlighting t... Read More
Smart Directional Design
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July 15, 2024
This course describes a RIC hearing aid design that optimizes directional microphone orientation (angles) on the device. The results show improved directionality for speech-in-noise testing compared t... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
20Q: Auracast is Here - What You Need to Know
July 8, 2024
This course provides an overview of the history of Bluetooth and its shortcomings in the hearing space, leading up to Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast, and outlines the fundamental changes that these n... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller
Accentuating the Positive: Overcoming the Complexities of Stigma Through Thoughtful Product Design & More-Effective Person-Centered Communication
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June 17, 2024
A recent report suggests approximately 20% of hearing aid non-owners cite stigma as a barrier to pursuing hearing aids – even when lower cost, direct-to-consumer options are made available to them.... Read More
20Q: A Decade of Teleaudiology Transformation and the Road Ahead
June 10, 2024
This course dives into the transformative journey of teleaudiology over the past decade, exploring its rapid growth, the impact of mobile health technologies, and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pan... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Telehealth
20Q: Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids and Dementia - Don’t Let the Science be Hijacked by Hype
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May 13, 2024
There is an association between hearing loss and cognitive decline, and hearing loss is also a risk factor for dementia. This course reviews the evidence that hearing loss causes dementia and treating... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Aging Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Research QuickTakes Volume 7: Useful Clinical Nuggets Mined From Recent Hearing Aid Research
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May 3, 2024
This course includes short summaries of recent journal articles that have direct clinical applications. Key teaching points are explained. The summaries are from articles spanning five different areas... Read More
Assistive Devices Hearing Aids - Adults
20Q: Auditory Processing Disorders - Is there a Gold Standard?
April 8, 2024
This course describes the origins and current views on the auditory processing disorder (APD) construct. This course includes a discussion of the identification of the “gold” or reference standard... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
20Q: Working with Medicare - Reimbursement Rules of Engagement
March 11, 2024
This article reviews Medicare coverage policies for audiology services. An overview of health policy statutes related to audiologist participation in the Medicare program are provided. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Billing and Coding
A Comprehensive Guide to Fitting Frequency-Lowering Hearing Aids
March 6, 2024
This article comprehensively examines the intricacies and applications of frequency-lowering technologies in hearing aids. It delves into the various methods of different manufacturers, detailing the... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Textbook CE Course: Tinnitus: Advances in Prevention, Assessment, and Management
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February 5, 2024
"Tinnitus: Advances in Prevention, Assessment, and Management addresses the widespread issue of inaccurate information on tinnitus, a condition searched over 110,000 times monthly. This resource, pres... Read More
Textbook CE Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
20Q: Changes to Auditory Processing and Cognition During Normal Aging – Should it Affect Hearing Aid Programming? Part 2 – Programming Hearing Aids for Older Adults
February 1, 2024
Part 1 discussed how a decline in some elements of cognition and auditory processing alters speech perception during normal aging. This course considers how hearing aids may help or hinder speech perc... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Aging Hearing and Hearing Loss
Demonstrating the Real-Life Reliability of Rexton Rugged
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January 29, 2024
This article aims to raise the awareness of the importance of the durability and reliability of hearing aids. It presents a survey, in which the durability, reliability and audiological performance of... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
A Course Design Overview for Audiology Instruction
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January 22, 2024
This course serves as a practical start-up guide to designing a course or workshop for new instructors or those looking to polish their existing skills. With immediately-applicable steps starting from... Read More
20Q: Changes to Auditory Processing and Cognition During Normal Aging – Should it Affect Hearing Aid Programming? Part 1 – Changes Associated with Normal Aging
January 8, 2024
Many aspects of cognition and auditory processing decline with normal aging, and this makes it difficult to hear in challenging situations, even without the additional problems caused by peripheral he... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Aging Hearing and Hearing Loss
