Hearing Aids Children CEU Courses

In this course, you will learn the clinical framework based on the principles of self-determination that underpins the Growing Up with Hearing Loss resource and the Telecare tools for tweens and teens. You will also learn how to implement these tools with tweens and teens in your daily practice.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that deaf and hard of hearing students benefit when involved in structured, supportive, peer-to-peer experiences. Two successful school-based peer support groups located in Alberta and Ohio have achieved these positive outcomes. Factors contributing to success were a leader-mentor model combined with student, audiologist and community mentors. Our aim with this work was to develop a template for a structured school-based support and resource program, that could guide school-based hearing care professionals on how to bring together students with hearing loss to share experiences, learn about education, advocacy, and living with hearing loss. A survey of North American school-based hearing professionals along with a review of the literature was completed. The aim was to explore structured peer programs, specific to students who are deaf or hard of hearing, and to understand the barriers and facilitators to developing and implementing these support programs.

This course is designed for Audiologists who treat hearing loss in children. The course will provide information on conductive, mixed and unilateral hearing loss in children and will describe how bone conduction is a unique treatment option.

Oticon’s pediatric ambition is clear; we want to create a better future for every child with hearing loss – not least of those being children with a severe-to-profound hearing loss. In most cases, these children need immediate support in order to open up to the world, connect with loved ones, grow, thrive, and learn. This session will introduce the latest solutions setting a new standard among pediatric power hearing aids.

The proportion of challenging pediatric cases is on the rise. This course features clinicians from Boston Children’s Hospital describing tactics that can be used to improve the quality and quantity of audiometric test information obtained through behavioral testing.

This content of this course will include a description of evidence-based tools suitable for measuring auditory outcomes in infants and young children who wear hearing aids. Practical applications will be discussed to provide support for clinical uptake.

This course provides clinical tools to the cochlear implant (CI) audiologist and goes beyond the basics. A review of past and present cochlear implant candidacy criteria for pediatrics and adults and ways to identify potential cochlear implant patients is discussed. Various ways to measure the quality of life in the cochlear implant population is covered. In addition, data are presented regarding the quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients.

This course examines both the Food and Drug Administration and best-practice candidacy assessment practices for pediatric cochlear implantation. Medical, audiology, speech-language pathology, and other assessments and considerations will be discussed to help identify best practices for candidacy determination.

From the moment we inform families of their child’s hearing loss, there is much to discuss and understand. However, for many reasons, families may not bring up their questions or concerns. Using a tool like the CHL QPL involves far more than providing surface answers to family questions and concerns. Easy-to-apply listening and counseling skills are needed to understand what a particular question means to a particular family, and whether it is indirectly related to other, more complicated concerns.

Teens today face pressures with school, sports, relationships and media. Participating and feeling accepted takes confidence which is not always easy for teens with hearing loss. When teens hear well, they can connect socially resulting in them feeling more comfortable in their own skin and confident enough to break out and be different. Hearing technology that allows them to fully participate and communicate in every situation will give them the sense of well-being so that they can make sure to make the most of those exciting and challenging teenage years. Phonak Marvel does just that! In this course, we will review Phonak Audeo Marvel as a solution for teens with hearing loss.