CEU Courses Text/Transcript

This presentation will examine the pathophysiology of diabetes on hearing and balance as well as audiology medical management of diabetes associated hearing and balance issues. The course will look at the research we know and do not know, patient care and interprofessional collaboration around diabetes care.

A Q & A discussion of how face masks may impact communication in healthcare settings, particularly for people with hearing loss. Strategies for professionals to use in order to optimize communication for all patients when face masks are worn are also reviewed.

This course will review new key journal articles on hearing aid technology and provide clinical implications for practicing audiologists.

This presentation covers pricing strategies available for diagnostic testing, hearing aid related items and services, and the hearing aids themselves. The importance of the breakeven analysis in effective pricing models, as well as Medicare and competition pricing is explained. Bundled and unbundled (itemized) hearing aid pricing models are discussed, along with their pros and cons, and how they function in various clinical situations.

A discussion of psychoacoustics as it relates to clinical audiology, written in an engaging Q & A format.

Although hearing aids are unlikely to solve all hearing related issues, the positive effects of wearing hearing aids are well-documented and appreciated by users. This article discusses the status of hearing aid technology today and its future directions.

This course focuses on the fundamentals of third-party payer/insurance contracting and credentialing. We will explore the steps involved in enrollment and credentialing and how to decide whether or not in-network participation is good for your practice.

A discussion of the role of the audiologist with patients who have traumatic brain injury as part of a multi-disciplinary care team, written in an engaging Q & A format.

This course defines cultural and linguistic competency and related terms, and presents factors that may affect the ability to provide culturally and linguistically competent care. This course addresses the need for self-awareness in culturally and linguistically competent medical care, the differences between disease and illness, and factors that may influence a patient's experience of illness as well as the health beliefs and practices of some cultures. An approach to eliciting a patient’s cultural health beliefs in order to aid delivery of culturally appropriate treatments will be discussed.

This course will discuss supervision considerations for teaching students counseling skills. This information will help supervisors support students in learning how to integrate person-centered care in practice.