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Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Maximizing Outcomes for Children with Auditory Disorders: What are Children Hearing in the Classroom?
February 22, 2016
Why is assessing auditory functioning important? Hearing is a complex function. It is not safe to assume that a child has normal hearing or normal speech perception. A child may respond to some sounds... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Pediatrics
Maximizing Outcomes for Children with Auditory Disorders: Auditory Brain Development - Listening for Learning
February 22, 2016
What is Hearing? Hearing is a first-order event for the development of spoken communication and literacy skills. Anytime the word hearing is used, we should think auditory brain development, because w... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Pediatrics
New RECDs and a New ANSI Standard: Revisiting RECD Basics and Applications
February 15, 2016
Dr. Susan Scollie: Verification of hearing aids is best practice, because we know that people of all ages vary in their ear canal acoustics (Bagatto et al., 2002; Saunders & Morgan, 2003). If we don't... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
Introducing the New Widex UNIQUE: Because Every Situation is Unique
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February 15, 2016
Widex has a long legacy, for a number of reasons. Number one is sound quality and the ease of listening. Those of you who have worked with Widex know what our hearing aids sound like. If you are new t... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Minimally Invasive Ponto Surgery - A New Perspective on Bone Anchored Surgery
February 8, 2016
Dr. Holmberg: Today’s course will focus on why we have developed minimally invasive Ponto surgery (MIPS), how it is done, the preclinical clinical results, as well as patient benefits. We’ll start... Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices Medical and Surgical
From Pioneer to Modern Day: The Nucleus 22 Implant Upgrade to the Nucleus 6 System
February 8, 2016
Janet Clarke: It is my honor to speak to you today about the Nucleus 22 implant upgrade to the Nucleus 6 sound processor. There are several handouts available for you. Please make sure that you downlo... Read More
Cochlear Implants
20Q: Tinnitus and Hyperacusis - Reassessment of an Old Problem
February 8, 2016
I seem to be hearing more and more about tinnitus research. Is there really that much more to learn?It’s certainly true that tinnitus has been studied for some time, but yes, there still is much mor... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Tinnitus and Hyperacusis VA Selections
Advanced Management of Complex Cases: Children with Multiple Medical Conditions
February 1, 2016
Cochlear implantation was introduced in the United States as a viable treatment for hearing loss in the 1980s. Originally, the anticipated benefits were awareness of sound and enhancement of speech re... Read More
Cochlear Implants Pediatrics
2016 Coding and Reimbursement Update
February 1, 2016
Dr. Kim Cavitt: Today’s course will cover changes related to CPT as well as to PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) for 2016. It is recommended that you download the course handout as a referen... Read More
Billing and Coding Practice Management and Professional Issues
Vanderbilt Audiology's Journal Club: Noise Reduction, Directional Microphones, and Listening Effort
January 25, 2016
Dr. Gus Mueller: Our presenter today for our Vanderbilt Journal Club is Dr. Erin Picou. We are fortunate to have someone talking about current hearing aid research who also is conducting and publish... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss VA Selections Vanderbilt Audiology Journal Club
Phonak CROS II
January 25, 2016
Editor’s Note: This text course is an edited transcript of a live webinar. Download supplemental course materials.Learning ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this course, you will be able to describ... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children
Everybody on your Feet! Introducing Cheer!
January 25, 2016
This course is an introduction to the Cheer family of products. Cheer is a well-balanced line-up of Sonic products featuring impressive sound quality statistics. Anyone who has ever fit a Sonic produc... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
20Q: Hearing Aids - The Future Ain't What it Used to Be!
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January 11, 2016
Back in May of 1994, I wrote an article titled, Update On Programmable Hearing Aids (With An Assist From Yogi Berra). At the time, there were a lot of questions surrounding the use of programmable hea... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Practice Management and Professional Issues
Promoting High Value, Patient-Centric Care with Alternative and Complementary Devices
December 18, 2015
Today, I want to talk about some industry challenges and opportunities that are in front us as they relate to changes in the marketplace with the aging population and the influx of baby boomers. We wi... Read More
Assistive Devices
Parents' Perspective: The Decision Making Process for Bone Anchored Hearing Systems for Children
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December 14, 2015
Liz Presson: At Oticon Medical, through our work with patients and their families, we understand that the decision-making process for bone anchored hearing solutions for children (and for hearing solu... Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
Making a Good (Ear) Impression: Setting Up a Successful Impression-Taking Protocol
December 14, 2015
There is a need to be skilled at taking impressions for a number of reasons. One of those is the opportunity that lies in being able to be proficient at making ear impressions. The opportunity to prov... Read More
Earmolds and Ear Impressions
Addressing Hearing Aid User Needs with Binaural Strategies for Enhanced Hearing
November 23, 2015
Editor’s Note: This text course is an edited transcript of a live webinar. Download supplemental course materials.Dr. Melissa Ruscetta: In this course, I will be specifically reviewing the bina... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
20Q: Auditory Brainstem Implants - Continued Advancements for Both Adults and Children
November 9, 2015
1. Auditory Brainstem Implant? Isn’t that just another name for a special cochlear implant?No, not at all. Auditory brainstems implants (ABI) are actually are quite different. A cochlear implant (CI... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices Cochlear Implants Medical and Surgical VA Selections
The Numbers Don't Lie: Audiology Key Performance Indicators in an ENT Practice
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November 2, 2015
Historically, audiologists did not have the capability to systematically measure any part of their business. Sure, they had a general idea of their return rate, gross margin or annual revenue, but oft... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
The Verifit Directional Mic Test: Evaluating Modern Directional Microphone Technologies
October 30, 2015
Directional microphone technology has been available for nearly fifty years, and remains even to this day, the single most effective approach to improving signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for certain liste... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Practice Management and Professional Issues
