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Bernafon - Hearing Aids - April 2024

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Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.

(Re)Connecting to the Conversation: How and Why to Optimize Outcomes in Group Communication Situations

Brian Taylor, AuD, Niels Søgaard Jensen, MSc

November 18, 2024

The spontaneous, often rapid fire, back and forth between listening and talking presents one of the greatest challenges for hearing aid wearers and their conversation partners. Using recently publishe...   Read More


20Q: Understanding the Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Hearing Healthcare Delivery

Don Nielsen, PhD

November 11, 2024

This course introduces the student to the basics of artificial intelligence and explains AI’s role in transforming healthcare by emphasizing how it is changing Audiology. It also teaches you how AI...   Read More

 


Textbook CE Course: Forensic Audiology - A Guide for the Expert Witness

Robert M. Traynor, EdD, MBA, FNAP, Krista B. Traynor, MA

November 4, 2024

Forensic Audiology: A Guide for the Expert Witness is a unique book written for audiologists who are interested in broadening their practice to include acting as an expert witness in legal cases. Whil...   Read More

 


Textbook CE Course: Marketing in an Audiology Practice

Brian Taylor, AuD

October 28, 2024

This practical text strives to further the autonomy of the profession by presenting an A-to-Z approach for creating and implementing marketing plans and budgets in both for-profit and not-for-profit s...   Read More

 


Social Determinants of Health and Audiology

Laura Coco, PhD, AuD, CCC-A

October 21, 2024

This course covers integrating social determinants of health (SDOH) in audiology, focusing on how socioeconomic, educational, environmental, and access factors impact hearing. Participants learn to ad...   Read More

  


Textbook CE Course: Audiology Services in Diverse Communities: A Tool to Help Clinicians Working With Spanish-Speaking Patients and Families

Alejandra Ullauri, AuD, MPH

October 7, 2024

As the U.S. population grows more diverse, healthcare providers must adapt to meet the needs of different communities, yet many lack the resources to effectively serve Spanish-speaking patients. "Audi...   Read More

 


20Q: What Exactly is “Normal” Hearing?

Christopher Spankovich, AuD, PhD, MPH

October 7, 2024

This course provides an overview of rationale for revising nomenclature for describing hearing loss.   Read More

 


Increasing Confidence in Counseling Pediatric Patients and Their Families

Michael Hoffman, PhD

September 16, 2024

This course provides practical tools and strategies to help audiologists improve their counseling skills with pediatric patients and their families. It also covers resources and supports that can faci...   Read More


20Q: Interventional Audiology - Improving Patient Outcomes

Lori Zitelli, AuD

September 9, 2024

This article reviews the necessary components of an interventional audiology program. Tips for the provision of effective care are provided.   Read More

  


Research QuickTakes Volume 8: Hearing Aid Fitting Toolbox v2 - Non-audiologic Considerations in the Selection and Fitting of Hearing Aids

Brian Taylor, AuD, H. Gustav Mueller, PhD

September 3, 2024

A review of the literature and a discussion of non-audiometric factors that can influence a patient's success with hearing aids. Topics include the perception of hearing problems, locus of control, li...   Read More

 


A New Research-Based Protocol for Childhood Hearing Screening

James W. Hall III, PhD, Samantha Kleindienst Robler, AuD, PhD

September 3, 2024

The research and rationale supporting a new approach for hearing screening of preschool and young school-age children using a combination of two objective measures of auditory function, DPOAEs + tympa...   Read More


20Q: Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids - HatGPT

Joshua M. Alexander, PhD, CCC-A

August 12, 2024

This course explores the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern hearing aid technology, focusing on how AI enhances user experience, sound quality, and device functionality. The latest...   Read More


Understanding the Impact of Symphonia on Hearing Aid Users: A Survey-Based Analysis

Anna Scala

July 22, 2024

This course reviews a study that explores the impact of Symphonia, a software designed to create immersive soundscapes, on hearing aid users. The study includes a survey of 28 patients, highlighting t...   Read More


Smart Directional Design

Jennifer Weber, AuD, CCC-A, Eric Branda, AuD, PhD

July 15, 2024

This course describes a RIC hearing aid design that optimizes directional microphone orientation (angles) on the device. The results show improved directionality for speech-in-noise testing compared t...   Read More

 


20Q: Auracast is Here - What You Need to Know

Andrew (Andy) Bellavia

July 8, 2024

This course provides an overview of the history of Bluetooth and its shortcomings in the hearing space, leading up to Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast, and outlines the fundamental changes that these n...   Read More


Accentuating the Positive: Overcoming the Complexities of Stigma Through Thoughtful Product Design & More-Effective Person-Centered Communication

Brian Taylor, AuD, Niels Søgaard Jensen, MSc

June 17, 2024

A recent report suggests approximately 20% of hearing aid non-owners cite stigma as a barrier to pursuing hearing aids – even when lower cost, direct-to-consumer options are made available to them....   Read More


20Q: A Decade of Teleaudiology Transformation and the Road Ahead

De Wet Swanepoel, PhD

June 10, 2024

This course dives into the transformative journey of teleaudiology over the past decade, exploring its rapid growth, the impact of mobile health technologies, and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pan...   Read More

 


20Q: Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids and Dementia - Don’t Let the Science be Hijacked by Hype

Kevin J. Munro, PhD, MSc, Piers Dawes, PhD

May 13, 2024

There is an association between hearing loss and cognitive decline, and hearing loss is also a risk factor for dementia. This course reviews the evidence that hearing loss causes dementia and treating...   Read More

   


Research QuickTakes Volume 7: Useful Clinical Nuggets Mined From Recent Hearing Aid Research

Brian Taylor, AuD, H. Gustav Mueller, PhD

May 3, 2024

This course includes short summaries of recent journal articles that have direct clinical applications. Key teaching points are explained. The summaries are from articles spanning five different areas...   Read More

 


20Q: Auditory Processing Disorders - Is there a Gold Standard?

Andrew J. Vermiglio, AuD

April 8, 2024

This course describes the origins and current views on the auditory processing disorder (APD) construct. This course includes a discussion of the identification of the “gold” or reference standard...   Read More

 


Phonak Infinio - December 2024

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