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Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
20Q: Effective Counseling = Information + Feelings
April 9, 2018
This article is written in an engaging Q & A style and discusses relevant counseling principles and tools from psychology that may help audiologists facilitate positive patient outcomes. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults VA Selections
Hearing Loss and Emotions
April 2, 2018
A recent research study at Phonak Audiology Research Center (PARC), along with a body of currently existing evidence on emotion, suggests significant difficulty of hearing impaired listeners to unders... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
Complex versus Standard Fittings: Part 3
April 2, 2018
In Part 3, the discussion focuses on fitting techniques to use on cases which are out of the norm. Those difficult cases that occur when there is an increased level of distortion in the auditory syste... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Cochlear Implants: Educational Planning for School-Age Children
March 26, 2018
This course will address the numerous planning considerations for school age children using cochlear implant technology. It will discuss the many interwoven factors that impact student outcomes, effec... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Cochlear Implants Educational Audiology Pediatrics
20Q: Outcome Measures in Clinical Practice
March 12, 2018
A review of the definition and purpose of outcome measures in audiology, and a discussion of a new outcome measure assessing hearing aid benefit. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults VA Selections
BrainHearing and Bone Anchored Devices: Why More Output Matters to All Users
February 26, 2018
This course will present the scientific basis for BrainHearing and how that relates to the Ponto family and bone anchored hearing devices in general. We strongly believe that a higher maximum output s... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Complex versus Standard Fittings: Part 2
February 20, 2018
In Part 2 of this three part series, the concept of Exception Discovery is introduced. The discussion focuses on situations where hearing thresholds may drive hearing aid fittings that are not as opti... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
The Rules of the Game: Contracting, Credentialing and Negotiating with Managed Care in Audiology
February 19, 2018
This course focuses on the fundamentals of third-party payer/insurance contracting and credentialing. We will explore the steps involved in enrollment and credentialing and how to decide whether or no... Read More
Billing and Coding Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: Teleaudiology - The Future is Now
February 12, 2018
An engaging Q & A discussion of teleaudiology applications and outcomes, with examples from the Veterans Administration. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Telehealth VA Selections
Making Sports Accessible to Student Athletes with Hearing Loss
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February 1, 2018
Time Out! I Didn't Hear You, was published in 1996 as a resource to support the participation of student athletes with hearing loss in high school athletics. This article describes a project to update... Read More
Assistive Devices Aural Habilitation - Children Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
The Important Role of Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) in Preschool Hearing Screening
January 23, 2018
Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are essential for successful hearing screening in the preschool population. This course reviews the importance of preschool hearing screening for successful EHDI (Early He... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children Otoacoustic Emissions Pediatrics
Why Treat Tinnitus Patients
January 22, 2018
This course examines Widex Zen Therapy, its rationale, components, evidence, and clinical considerations, and discusses future trends in treating tinnitus. Read More
Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
Signia Expert Series: Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids - Opportunity or Disaster?
January 22, 2018
The current state of regulations is reviewed to put the OTC (over-the-counter) hearing aid conversation in context. The possible impact of OTCs on consumers and audiologists as well as how OTCs could... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
The Importance of Television Closed Captioning and Captioned Telephone Service for People with Hearing Loss
January 15, 2018
How closed captioning and captioned telephone service can help people with hearing loss have a better understanding of speech on the television and telephone. Read More
Assistive Devices
Introduction to the Naida CI All-In-One Solution
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January 8, 2018
This course on the Naída CI All-In-One Solution includes information about the system components, features, benefits, wireless accessories, and programming. Read More
Cochlear Implants
Signia Expert Series: Hearing Aid Speech Mapping Verification - Some Explanations for Puzzling Outcomes
January 4, 2018
Speech mapping has become a routine method to verify prescriptive fittings. Sometimes, however, things just don't look right, and we wonder if the problem is the equipment, the hearing aid, the patien... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Hearing from the Other Side: Understanding the Candidacy for SSD and Treatment Options
December 15, 2017
This course will provide professionals with an up-to-date overview about treatment options for patients with conductive hearing loss, mixed hearing loss and single-sided deafness. Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices
Complex versus Standard Fittings: Part 1
December 11, 2017
An examination of the assumptions that underpin our field’s typical approach to fitting amplification, its limitations, and an introduction of the concept of Residual Capabilities, which maximizes t... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
MED-EL Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Clinical Trial Outcomes
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December 4, 2017
The study design and important outcomes from the US Clinical Trial for Electric-Acoustic Stimulation. Data collected from study subjects will be presented within the context of the clinical trial as w... Read More
Cochlear Implants
Sound Quality as the Key to User Acceptance
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November 27, 2017
Sound quality and speech recognition benefit are important to the long term benefit and use of hearing aids. This article examines key features of hearing aid signal processing that contribute to soun... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
