Hearing Evaluation Children CEU Courses

This pediatric grand rounds presentation presents the unique characteristics of six pediatric patients with hearing loss. Out of the box thinking and collaboration are tools used to achieve best outcomes.

This course delves into the challenges of identifying hearing loss in young children and introduces an artificial intelligence (AI)-based method for distinguishing speech characteristics in children with and without hearing loss, potentially enhancing screening effectiveness. Additionally, it explores the validation of AI methods to enhance speech intelligibility assessment in children. Furthermore, NALguide, a user-friendly tool from the National Acoustic Laboratories, simplifies the understanding of hearing aid features, making it accessible to both clinicians and patients and promoting informed discussions about hearing aid technologies.

This course describes recent research investigating how visual speech cues help children with typical hearing and children who are hard of hearing to compensate for degraded speech acoustics, such as noisy backgrounds and hearing loss. Information will include a description of the mechanisms that underlie the benefit from visual speech, as well as recent findings regarding how the benefit changes with age and how the benefit differs between children with typical hearing and children who are hard of hearing.

This course discusses the construct of listening-related fatigue and its relevance to adults and children with hearing loss. We also describe the Vanderbilt Fatigue Scales, a suite of subjective measures designed to assess listening-related fatigue, and briefly discuss possible mitigation strategies for reducing the impact of listening-related fatigue in those most affected.

This course provides an overview of the use of wideband acoustic immittance in diagnosing middle ear pathologies in children between the ages of 3 and 12 years, including the differences between WBA amb and WBA TPP and the interpretation of absorbance data in cases of otitis media with effusion. Students will gain knowledge and skills in the use of WBA for the diagnosis of middle ear disorders in children.

This course introduces the implementation of wideband acoustic immittance testing in newborn hearing screening settings. It covers methods for assessment and interpretation of wideband absorbance data in tandem with hearing screening outcomes and other important practical considerations.

The course reviews new candidacy criteria for cochlear implantation, including when to consider referring for a cochlear implantation evaluation, considerations specific to new patient populations, and outcomes of cochlear implant use observed for these patient populations. The course also reviews the use of imaging to personalize the mapping of cochlear implant and electric-acoustic stimulation devices.

This course focuses on cases that incorporate aspects of medical audiology and considerations for audiologists providing patient care in this population.

The congenital CMV (cCMV) series presents the latest research on diagnosis and treatment, raise awareness, delineate prevention efforts, provide information about early intervention options, and disseminate family support resources in an effort to reduce the number of babies infected with cCMV.

Hearing loss in cCMV has unique features, presentation, and long-term outcomes. This presentation highlights these unique features, and outlines the current evidence that guides identification and treatment of patients with this condition.