CEU Courses Text/Transcript

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 hearing loss. There is a huge amount of literature about hearing and aging. This course summarizes relevant findings and discusses the processes of normal aging that particularly affect speech perception.

This course describes hearing aid verification procedures that use and build upon setting gain to targets. With advanced tests of specific signal processors, and headphone systems that allow real-time listening checks during fitting sessions, we can improve patient engagement, provide better fittings, and save time in troubleshooting.

Empower your patients for powerful hearing experiences and help them take advantage of new features for Marvel CI. Participate in this course to learn about new capabilities that are made possible through Universal Bluetooth Connectivity, the introduction of new technology from AB, and updates to Target CI programming software.

The objective of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy of the Widex Sound Assist remote microphone when used with varying distances between the talker and remote microphone device. Understanding this distance effect could help Hearing Care Professionals instruct their patients adequately so the patients receive the most benefit from using remote microphone technology.

This course reviews how speech-in-noise (SIN) testing can be routinely used in the clinical setting, both for identifying functional capabilities, and for the selection and fitting of hearing aids. Specific attention is given to the QuickSIN test, describing applications, clinical protocols and test interpretation. Step-by-step guidelines and case studies are provided.

The second edition of Electronystagmography and Videonystagmography (ENG/VNG) serves as a practical guide for conducting and interpreting ENG/VNG examinations, covering normal and impaired vestibular system function, central nervous system compensation, and ENG/VNG subtests. Additionally, it includes information on common dizziness-causing disorders diagnostic criteria, and provides illustrative case studies for both graduate students and practicing clinicians.

Complex Cochlear Implant Cases: Management and Troubleshooting is a resource for cochlear implant audiologists, offering insights into challenging cases involving issues like mapping, equipment problems, and medical conditions. The book presents real-life cases with clinical presentations, audiological testing, and programming suggestions, accompanied by questions for readers to engage with, ultimately providing practical solutions and key takeaways for managing intricate cochlear implant cases.

Music and speech have some differences which include spectral shape, intensity, and “crest factors”. Most modern digital hearing aids cannot handle the more intense inputs that are characteristic of music. New hearing aid technologies and clinically efficient strategies will be provided to optimize hearing aids for music as well as for speech. These technologies and clinical strategies are designed to both circumvent some of the limitations with current hearing aids and to optimize the quality of amplified music.

This article examines how AI-driven features in new generation hearing aids, when combined with targeted person-centered counseling and other systematic approaches to follow-up care, can speed the wearer’s journey toward empowered, consistent hearing aid use.

Prior to the actual fitting of the hearing aid, there are several pre-fitting measures that must be conducted. In this article, we review four of these measures, and provide step-by-step guidance regarding their clinical implementation.