Miscellaneous CEU Courses

Military operations often involve high levels of noise and unique hearing-critical tasks, which can make it difficult for military audiologists to determine whether individuals with hearing loss can safely return to their duty assignments without endangering themselves and their colleagues. This webinar discusses some of the unique challenges of evaluating auditory fitness-for-duty in the military, and describes ongoing efforts to develop validated auditory standards that provide a direct link between clinical measures of auditory acuity and operational performance in military tasks.

This article discusses the issue of over-the-counter dietary supplements that are marketed and sold as relieving or curing tinnitus, and is written in an engaging Q & A format.

This webinar is presented in partnership with American Auditory Society. Noise-induced hearing loss results when exposure to damaging levels of sound injures delicate inner ear structures and compromises vulnerable inner ear functions. Noise-exposed ears age, and they do so in ways different from unexposed ears. This talk will describe functionally important changes that contribute to noise-induced and age-related hearing loss and will summarize recent work that shows that prior noise continues to change the ways that ears and hearing age, long after the noise has stopped.

This course will explore the nature and scope of human trafficking internationally, throughout the US and in Ohio specifically. Participants will learn about the dynamics of control in human trafficking, impact on victims, how to identify and report human trafficking, and community and statewide efforts to combat human trafficking. US rules, regulations and laws contribute to the foundation of this course.

Handheld smart devices and the ever growing app market have the potential to transform audiology clinical practice. This session will review some of the currently-available hearing-related apps, the potential benefits and pitfalls regarding the use of these apps, and the evidence base concerning their applications to audiology.