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Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
20Q: 25 Years of MarkeTrak - The Highlights
June 4, 2012
Remember the spring of 1990? You were probably talking about the movie that had just been released starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. And maybe listening to some good Tom Petty music from the 19... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Practice Management and Professional Issues
The Audiology of Oticon Intiga
May 21, 2012
Every aspect of the hearing device — the appearance, the fit and feel and the signal processing — has to be right. Oticon Intiga provides a solid foundation to change the patient's preconc... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Constructing a Hearing Aid Fitting Using the Latest Clinical Evidence
May 21, 2012
This is a transcript of an AudiologyOnline live seminar. For the next hour, we will talk about constructing hearing aid fittings using clinical evidence. We will compare the construction of hearing ai... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Be Your Own Boss: 5 Tips for Successfully Buying an Audiology Practice
May 14, 2012
Buying a business fulfills a lifelong dream for many people, and many who take this leap of faith look back on the decision to work for themselves as one of the best decisions they made in their lives... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Oticon Medical: Introduction to the Ponto Bone Anchored System
May 8, 2012
This is a transcript of a live seminar. To view the course recording, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/bone-conduction-implants-aids-hearing-aids-adults-oticon-medical-introduction-to-ponto-19805... Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices Hearing Aids - Adults Medical and Surgical
20Q: Any Color, So Long As It's Black - Individualizing Clinical Audiology Practice
May 7, 2012
One of things we all learned in our early days of audiology training is how to use the configuration of the audiogram to assist us in determining the etiology of the hearing loss. You know how it goes... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Evaluation - Adults
The Emergence of Hearing Loss in the Adult Patient
April 23, 2012
This is a transcript of a live seminar. To view the recorded course, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/hearing-hearing-loss-215-hearing-aids-adults-emergence-hearing-loss-in-adult-19816 This is th... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
Healthcare and Regulatory Issues: What Audiologists Need to Know
April 16, 2012
This is a transcript of a live recorded course. To view the full course, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/professional-issues-ethics-practice-management-marketing-business-issues-healthcare-and-r... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Cutting the Wire Part II: Fitting Wireless CROS/BiCROS Devices in Practice
April 10, 2012
This is a transcript of a live course presented February 23, 2012. To view the full course, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/hearing-aids-adults-cutting-wire-part-ii-fitting-20047. Welcome to tod... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Assistive Devices
April 20Q Bonus: Harvey Dillon and Susan Scollie Discuss their Latest Fitting Formulas
April 9, 2012
In this month's 20Q, our Question Man travelled to eastern Tennessee to talk to our guest author Earl Johnson. Their conversation resulted in a very informative comparison of the two hearing aid presc... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
20Q: Same or Different - Comparing the Latest NAL and DSL Prescriptive Targets
April 9, 2012
What? You say you don't believe in prescriptive methods for programming hearing aids? Really? Then let me ask you this: Your Monday morning patient has a relatively flat 60 dB loss of cochlear origin.... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
Hearing Aid Compression: Effects of Speed, Ratio and Channel Bandwidth on Perceived Sound Quality
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April 2, 2012
Studies on the effect of hearing aid compression time constants and compression ratios indicate that while fast regulation times may increase objectively measured speech intelligibility scores, slow r... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Psychosocial Items Relating to Hearing aid Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study
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March 26, 2012
In order to examine the range of non-technical parameters influencing a hearing aid fitting, a new questionnaire was developed and delivered to 871 users from 3 public clinics in Denmark. The aim was... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
The Inside Scoop on In-Situ Testing
March 19, 2012
Hearing aid manufacturers are ever increasing the technology and functionality of hearing aid software to better serve the fitting needs of patients and hearing care professionals. With growing eviden... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Acceptable Noise Level - Update 2012
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March 12, 2012
Melinda Freyaldenhoven Bryan, Ph.D., CCC-A, Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University, AudiologyOnline Contributing Editor - Adult Amplification Jessica Leigh Ann Newman, B.A., 4th year resident,... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Flip Your Expectations: Introducing the Sonic Flip miniRIC
March 9, 2012
This is a transcript of a live course presented January 10, 2012. To view the full course, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/hearing-aids-adults-flip-your-expectations-introducing-miniric-19797 Go... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Modernizing Your Practice in Uncertain Economic Times Part 1: Promotion, Arrival and the Reception Area
March 5, 2012
In today's era of economic uncertainty, there are an abundance of challenges facing many hearing aid dispensing practices. Regardless of your particular business model, these challenges are likely to... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: Fee-for-Service in an Audiology Practice
March 5, 2012
A discussion of the whys and hows of unbundling in an audiology practice, written in a Q & A format. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management and Professional Issues
Cognitive-based Assessment of Signal Processing
February 27, 2012
This is a transcript of a live Expert e-seminar. To view the recorded course, please visit:/audiology-ceus/course/hearing-evaluation-adults-hearing-aids-adults-cognitive-based-assessment-signal-proces... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
Spectral iQ: Audibly Improving Access to High-Frequency Sounds
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February 20, 2012
Frequencies above 3,000 Hz contain approximately 25 percent of speech cues that contribute to recognition of spoken language (ANSI S3.5-1997). The highest frequency speech sound, the fricative /s/, is... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
