CEU Courses

Audiologists have been hearing from CI recipients for years that their sound quality is ‘cartoon-like’, but this is not what all implants sound like! This course reviews the ways MED-EL technology has evolved in the last decade to deliver Closer to Natural Hearing as never before. What does this mean? Your patients won’t miss Mickey Mouse!

MED-EL offers various electrode lengths for the best individual fit for each CI recipient. We’ve taken the next step forward by using imaging to visualize where the electrode sits after implantation within a patient’s cochlea. This information is then used to individualize the recipient’s map based on the real location of each electrode contact, before proceeding with fitting as usual. For the first time, audiologists are now able to best match the frequency settings to the natural pitch information unique to each patient’s ear. This webinar reviews Anatomy-Based Fitting, which is easy to implement with a just a few clicks in the MAESTRO fitting software.

Assessing outcomes in CI recipients with Single Sided Deafness is time consuming and challenging for busy clinics without a specialized test environment and equipment. This webinar will introduce a new testing resource from MED-EL that will help audiologists measure speech recognition through the implant and assess binaural listening skills, that can be completed quickly in a typical sound suite.

Hearing implant candidacy has changed significantly over the years to include persons with more hearing and even those with Single-Sided Deafness. This webinar will focus on the approved candidacy for MED-EL hearing implants.

This course will present the evolution of bone conduction technology due to pioneering innovations introduced by MED-EL over the past 10 years. Participants will learn how to incorporate ADHEAR and BONEBRIDGE treatment options into their clinical practice when serving patients with challenging etiologies resulting in Conductive or Mixed Hearing Loss or Single-Sided Deafness (SSD).

This course is part of the 2021 Industry Innovations Summit on AudiologyOnline.

Hearing with two ears provides several binaural advantages to the listener including sound localization and a sense of balance between the ears. A new feature within the MED-EL fitting software aligns the processing delay of the cochlear implant with the hearing aid to allow bimodal recipients enhanced binaural advantages regardless of hearing aid type or style.

This course is part of the 2021 Industry Innovations Summit on AudiologyOnline.

There are three components of sound, frequency, intensity and timing. When ears are receiving sound differently, as in a bimodal listening situation with a cochlear implant patient, it’s important to match all three components giving bimodal patients improved opportunities for hearing in noise, localizing sounds and feeling more balanced overall.

A review of the bilateral bone conduction research will be provided. ADHEAR pediatric enhancements for managing bilateral CHL will be discussed.

A brief overview of the connectivity options of the SAMBA 2 audio processor will be discussed.

This course will provide an introduction to the new SYMFIT 8 software for the second generation BONEBRIDGE system by MED-EL. In this course, the step-by-step process for a first fit activation will be reviewed.