CEU Courses Text/Transcript

This course provides a review and discussion of current research exploring factors that affect the listening and spoken language outcomes achieved by children with cochlear implants, with key takeaways for audiologists. This article is written in an engaging Q & A format.

A custom earmold is an essential component of any hearing aid device to obtain 100% of desired acoustic performance. This course provides a guide for selecting appropriate earmold material, style, and aesthetical options.

This article reviews cochlear synaptopathy, sometimes referred to as hidden hearing loss, using an engaging Question and Answer format. Topics discussed include: the relationship between cochlear synaptopathy, noise exposure, and hearing in noise; findings from key research; and, how cochlear synaptopathy may or may not present on various audiological clinical tests.

Educational audiologists are asked to work with a wide range of technologies in the classroom, and technology for children with cochlear implants is changing fast. Please join us to review current Nucleus technology, discuss the selection and fitting of remote microphone technology for children with cochlear implants, and hear about the unique connectivity available for today’s Nucleus recipients.

Changes in the healthcare landscape and other factors make this a good time for audiologists to consider expanding their clinical practice beyond recommending and fitting hearing aids. This article uses an engaging Q & A format to provide an overview of auditory brain training, with examples from the clEAR program.

This course will focus on the critical partnership between educational/school audiology and community audiology services. Issues that maximize educational and communication outcomes for school-aged children will be highlighted.

This course explains the Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) and how hearing care professionals can integrate it into their hearing aid fittings. It is written in an engaging Q & A format.

In order to treat the whole patient, we need an understanding of how stress and trauma impacts their treatment, as well as the importance of self-care to keep us sustained. Participants will be able to identify rising levels of stress, understand trauma, and employ self-care tools to bring them back to effectiveness and wholeness.

An overview of longstanding and new research regarding the challenges of children with unilateral hearing loss, and a discussion of current initiatives to support professionals in effective, evidence-based, audiological management. This article is written in an engaging, Q & A format.

While unlikely, immediate, permanent damage to the auditory system can occur from recreational sound exposures. The most obvious recreational exposures is shooting firearms, but certain music exposures and motor sports can result in immediate noise-induced permanent threshold shift, tinnitus, or hyperacusis.