CEU Courses Text/Transcript

This course will review frequency discrimination (Δƒ) in children, at the Δƒ threshold and at suprathreshold levels. It will show that the presence or absence of APD and/or SLI influences outcome measures differently. Implications on clinical practice will be discussed.

This article discusses autoREMfit hearing aid fitting, how it compares to best practices in hearing aid verification, and provides considerations and recommendations for professionals using autoREMfit to help optimize accuracy.

Hearing healthcare is changing and the way we practice must change if we want to survive in business. New evidence suggests that moving from providing services to providing experiences may be the next competitive battleground in healthcare..

This course will describe a new method for fitting bone-anchored hearing devices (BAHDs), designed specifically for abutment-worn devices. The use of a DSL-based prescriptive formula integrated into a Speechmap® fitting environment provides targets and enables verification and fine-tuning of BAHDs on the Audioscan Verifit skull simulator.

This course discusses how audiologists can successfully adapt to the changing market including the advent of over the counter hearing aids by following evidence-based practice, practicing the full scope of practice, and using a patient-centric pricing and delivery model.

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

This course reviews why and how a national registry on hearing aid fittings is implemented in Sweden, and how the data is used for quality assurance and improvement. This course is written in an engaging Q & A style.

In this presentation, we will discuss the foundations of ethics and compliance in audiology, as well as U.S. regulations. We will explore the AAA and ASHA Codes of Ethics, state ethical guidelines contained in several state licensure laws, Medicare, HIPAA, the FDA Guidelines, Stark laws, and Anti-kickback laws and explain, in detail, how they relate to specific scenarios we encounter in audiology.

Counseling is most effective when it includes both content-giving and allows for patient feelings that arise from the audiology diagnosis and treatment process. This article is written in a Q & A style and discusses relevant counseling principles and tools from psychology that may help audiologists facilitate positive patient outcomes.

This course will address the numerous planning considerations for school age children using cochlear implant technology. It will discuss the many interwoven factors that impact student outcomes, effective educational placements and supports, and recommended planning considerations for students who may be enrolled in any educational setting.