CEU Courses

Hearing aids are primarily designed to amplify speech and can miss the mark when it comes to music, since music has different spectral and loudness characteristics than speech. This course examines how SmartMusic Pro, a new listening program offered in products on the Extend platform, improves the amplification of music compared to previously offered programs.

This foundational-level course is designed for Audiologists who are new to working with Bone Conduction systems. After attending this course, participants will be able to determine if someone is a candidate for Bone Conduction technology using Baha Start, the Osia System, or the Baha System. Topics will include testing for candidacy, counseling potential candidates and demonstrating Bone Conduction systems. This course is designed as part of the overall “Foundations of Bone Conduction” series.

This course is designed to provide participants with information on the New Ponto 5 Mini System. Audiologists will learn about several new features that have been incorporated into the Ponto 5 Mini including OpenSound Optimizer, Oticon RemoteCare, Specialized Programs, and Pediatric Fitting Tools.

This course discusses ecologically momentary assessment methodologies to evaluate the real-life benefit of present and emerging technologies impacting hearing health and describe the advantages and limitations of the novel methodology. The second half will introduce design thinking and how this human-centered process has been applied to create a solution to help people with hearing difficulties understand conversations better, reduce frustration, and improve communication.

This course will review the Oticon CROS solution, which set a new standard among CROS/BICROS hearing aids. With the addition of the revolutionary open sound experience and first ever dual-streaming capabilities, we offer an immersive sound experience for those with single-sided deafness and open up the world to even more people.

More than 30 million U.S. adults have disabling hearing loss. In addition to negatively affecting the quality of life, hearing impairment is associated with dementia, depression, and social isolation. Despite the well-demonstrated benefits of hearing aids, relatively few eligible people (an estimated 15% to 30%) wear them. As federal regulations of over-the-counter hearing aids get closer to becoming reality, this course attempts to review the opportunities, threats, and challenges associated with hearing aids being sold over-the-counter without the direct involvement of a licensed audiologist. A primary focus of this course will be to demonstrate how the hearing care professional’s ability to customize along two fronts, customizing a start-gain target and customizing ear coupling, will allow them to stand apart from OTC and other online retailers.

Cochlear has offered combined acoustic-electric stimulation with the Nucleus 7 Hybrid Sound Processor since 2017. This course will ensure that clinicians have the knowledge to program Hybrid patients with Custom Sound Pro.

Behavioral Insights can be used to understand and support hearing health decision-making, particularly in the appointment setting. An overview of empowering the individual's first awareness of hearing loss to hearing aid fitting and then to becoming an active hearing aid user will be covered.

Insio Charge&Go AX hearing aids are the first custom devices with contactless charging and Bluetooth connectivity. Built on the Augmented Xperience (AX) platform to deliver outstanding speech clarity in a fully immersive soundscape. The Insio Charge&Go AX is ideal for wearers looking for a superior listening experience combined with a customized hearing solution with direct streaming for Android and iOS devices.

Most audiologists would agree the professional landscape is changing. Over-the-counter and self-fitting hearing aids are on the horizon, reimbursement options, including the possibility Medicare will pay for hearing aids is looming in Washington DC, and telecare is fast becoming a routine part of clinical practice.
This changing landscape is spurring renewed interest in clinical standards, guidelines, and protocols. For example, the Audiology Practice Standards Organization (APSO) recently published clinical standards for fitting adults with hearing aids (see, https://www.audiologyonline.com/articles/20q-new-hearing-aid-fitting-27938). While standards tell us “what” we should be doing in the clinic to optimize patient outcomes, guidelines and protocols tell us “how” to conduct those best-practice standards.
In this Signia podcast, Brian Taylor discusses the Québec Audiological Assessment Protocol with its co-creator, Mathieu Hotton, associate professor of Audiology at Laval University in Quebec Canada. In this podcast, Mathieu and Brian discuss the origins of the QAAP, and how to implement many parts of it in clinical practice.
After listening to the podcast for additional information on the QAAP, you can contact Professor Hotton at mathieu.hotton@fmed.ulaval.ca.
For access to the article discussed, go to the ISA gated website: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14992027.2021.1947532