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20Q: Combining Electric and Acoustic Hearing - Hearing Preservation and Bimodal Listening
July 10, 2017
1. It’s been a while since we last spoke here at 20Q. We were last talking about hybrid cochlear implant systems, if I recall correctly? Yes, it’s been over 6 years since we last sat dow... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Cochlear Implants Hearing Aids - Adults VA Selections
20Q: EMA Methodology - Research Findings and Clinical Potential
June 12, 2017
An overview of Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), its relevance to audiology research and practice, a review of key studies using this methodology, and a look at potential future applications. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management & Professional Issues
20Q: Acoustics 101 with a Dash of 201
May 8, 2017
A discussion of common acoustics terms, principles and phenomena and their relationship to audiology clinical practice, in an engaging Q & A format. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Miscellaneous VA Selections
20Q: Preschool Hearing Screening is Essential for Early Identification of Childhood Hearing Loss
April 17, 2017
Hearing screening programs are recommended across all pediatric age ranges to detect potential hearing loss. Hearing screenings are designed to provide a quick and cost-effective method of identifying... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Eval/Screen - Children/Special Pop Pediatrics
20Q: A Shot of Prevention - Hearing Loss from Recreational Firearm Noise
March 13, 2017
How many people shoot recreational firearms? Approximately 46% of adult males and 13% of adult females reported firing a gun at some point in their lifetime on the 2007 U.S. National Health Interview... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing & Hearing Loss Hearing Conservation/NIHL VA Selections
20Q: Clinical Education and Precepting - Training the Next Generation of Audiologists
February 13, 2017
1. Is there one specific thing that is critical to ensuring high quality clinical training of students? Well this may sound a little too simple, but communication is fundamental to student training an... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management & Professional Issues Supervision VA Selections
20Q: Hearing Loss and Dementia - Association, Link or Causation?
January 9, 2017
1. I think I pretty much know what dementia is, but what is your definition? ‘Dementia’ describes a set of symptoms that include memory problems, language problems, personality changes or thinking... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing & Hearing Loss VA Selections
20Q: Rehabilitative Audiology - Remaining Competitive in a Changing Hearing Healthcare Environment
November 14, 2016
1. I know you’ve talked about the importance of rehabilitative audiology for many years. Still have the same beliefs today? Nancy Tye-Murray: Even more so! This is a crucial topic. The ground is shi... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Aural Rehabilitation/Counseling - Adults
20Q: Frequency Lowering Ten Years Later - Evidence for Benefit
October 10, 2016
1. How would you describe the current state of clinical research about frequency lowering? Highly variable and changing rapidly. As highlighted in Josh Alexander’s 20Q of last month, all of the majo... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children VA Selections
20Q: Frequency Lowering Ten Years Later - New Technology Innovations
September 12, 2016
Since all the initial hoopla, I really haven’t paid too much attention to frequency lowering in hearing aids. Has much really changed? Most certainly. You might recall that back in the 1990s, AVR So... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children VA Selections
20Q: CAPD - Diagnosis and Intervention
August 8, 2016
1. Thanks for joining me for another session. Do you remember exactly where we left off? Oh, yes. We were talking about services in the schools. I think you became a bit overwhelmed when within two pa... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Auditory Processing Disorders (CAP/APD) VA Selections
20Q: CAPD - Fundamentals
July 11, 2016
Let’s start with the basics. What is your definition of a central auditory processing disorder (CAPD)? This isn’t just my definition, but one that has been agreed upon by several experts. CAPD is... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Auditory Processing Disorders (CAP/APD) VA Selections
20Q: Pediatric Vestibular Disorders and the Role of the Audiologist
June 13, 2016
1. Pediatric assessment of dizziness? That’s something new for me. It’s new for a lot of us, but truth be told, there has never been a more exciting time to be in this area of Audiology. New resea... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Balance/Dizziness/Vestibular Issues Pediatrics
20Q: Interventional Audiology - Changing the Way We Deliver Care
May 9, 2016
Question 1: Interventional audiology? I’m not too sure exactly what that is? Answer: Well, it can be a lot of different things. In general, when we use the term interventional audiology, we are refe... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management & Professional Issues
20Q: Predicting the Future of Audiology
April 11, 2016
So can we forecast the future of audiology? We certainly can try. In this case, we take what we know or understand about the past and current state of the profession, and then consider what will happe... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management & Professional Issues VA Selections
20Q: Tinnitus and Hyperacusis - Beyond the Ear
March 14, 2016
As auditory neuroscientists, we are mainly concerned with the way in which the different dimensions of sound (e.g., intensity, frequency and time) activate specific regions of the peripheral or centra... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Tinnitus & Hyperacusis VA Selections
20Q: Tinnitus and Hyperacusis - Reassessment of an Old Problem
February 8, 2016
I seem to be hearing more and more about tinnitus research. Is there really that much more to learn?It’s certainly true that tinnitus has been studied for some time, but yes, there still is much mor... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Tinnitus & Hyperacusis VA Selections
20Q: Hearing Aids - The Future Ain't What it Used to Be!
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January 11, 2016
Back in May of 1994, I wrote an article titled, Update On Programmable Hearing Aids (With An Assist From Yogi Berra). At the time, there were a lot of questions surrounding the use of programmable hea... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Practice Management & Professional Issues
20Q: Auditory Brainstem Implants - Continued Advancements for Both Adults and Children
November 9, 2015
1. Auditory Brainstem Implant? Isn’t that just another name for a special cochlear implant?No, not at all. Auditory brainstems implants (ABI) are actually are quite different. A cochlear implant (CI... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Bone Conduction & Middle Ear Implants/Aids Cochlear Implants Medical & Surgical VA Selections
20Q: The Cross-Check Principle in Pediatric Audiometry - Forty Years Later
October 12, 2015
The cross-check principle, however, is not specifically unique to that time frame, as it more or less applies to all aspects of diagnostic audiology. Over time, the key measures used for the audiologi... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Eval/Screen - Children/Special Pop Pediatrics
