Articles
Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Measuring Quality in Your Practice: First Rate Clinical Practices = Unsurpassed Business Success
June 1, 2009
Quality can be difficult to define, but to paraphrase a U.S. Supreme Court justice's ruling on a far more tawdry subject; most people know it when they see it. This rather loose definition of quali... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Managing Patient Expectations
April 13, 2009
Editor's Note: This is part of a series of six expert seminar presentations and articles on the human side of the fitting process. This series is being presented throughout 2009, and is designed to wa... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Hearing Aids - Adults
Adults with Severe Hearing Losses: Practical Approaches to Making Hearing Aid Selection Decisions
March 30, 2009
Patients with severe and profound hearing loss can be challenging to fit with amplification. Furthermore, our experience tells us that many of the advanced features implemented in modern hearing aids... Read More
Cochlear Implants Hearing Aids - Adults
Resume Redux - Tips for Tough Times
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March 23, 2009
Redux is Latin for 'brought back' or 'revisited'. During these challenging economic times, whether you're actively seeking a new job, biding your time waiting for the economy to turn in order to make... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss Practice Management and Professional Issues
The Performance Perceptual Test (PPT): Clinical Applications
March 2, 2009
It is not uncommon for audiologists to encounter patients whose reported hearing difficulties seem misaligned with his or her measured hearing difficulties. For instance, there are those patients who... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Hearing Aids - Adults
Subjective and Objective Measures of Hearing Aid Outcome
February 9, 2009
It is well documented that individuals who have hearing loss often complain of considerable difficulty understanding speech, especially in a background of noise. Recent advancements and improvements i... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Motivating the Older Patient to Take Action
February 9, 2009
Editor's Note: This is part of a series of six expert seminar presentations and articles on the human side of the fitting process. This series is being presented throughout 2009, and is designed to wa... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss Hearing Aids - Adults
Discovery/Fulfillment: A Consultative Selling System for Audiologists
January 26, 2009
In many respects, communication skills may be the most important asset of an effective audiologist. In fact, one of the hallmarks of a successful audiologist is the ability to be a great listener and... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Practice Management and Professional Issues
Severe Hearing Loss - Recommendations for Fitting Amplification
January 19, 2009
As audiologists, we are accustomed to categorizing hearing loss from mild to profound. Is severe loss just a point on a continuum, somewhere between moderate and profound, or are patients with severe... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Improving Communication and Counseling for Pediatric Audiology Evaluations
January 12, 2009
Why do so many pediatric audiologists seemed stressed? There are many reasons. One thing is undeniable: it is not an easy job. One specific reason is that it is often difficult for information to be o... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics Pediatrics
Options for Preserving Residual Hearing with a Cochlear Implant
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January 5, 2009
There are many types and configurations of hearing losses that require interventions to help listeners function more effectively in the hearing world. Some listeners have losses that are successfully... Read More
Cochlear Implants Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
(C)APD Testing and Interpreting 101: Recommendations for Audiologists
December 15, 2008
& The assessment of (central) auditory processing disorders, (C)APDS, is an aspect of audiology with which many clinicians seem to struggle, especially when working with children. Surveys indicate tha... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
What is Important to Audiologists and Their Individual Decision Choice when Dispensing a Hearing Aid Brand?
November 10, 2008
How do audiologists decide which manufacturing brand they will use when dispensing hearing aids to patients? Based on ideology and methodology from the field of consumer behavior, this article offers... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Practice Management and Professional Issues
Auditory Processing in Adults: Beyond the Audiogram
November 3, 2008
Audiologists are faced daily with patients who report communication issues that they may attribute to hearing loss. These types of communication issues may include difficulty hearing in less than opti... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
Effects of Smoking on the Auditory System
October 27, 2008
Although the link between cigarette smoking and peripheral hearing loss was established over 40 years ago, information on the effects of smoking at the cochlear and auditory central nervous system lev... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) Hearing and Hearing Loss Otoacoustic Emissions
The Vanishing Air-Bone Gap - Audiology's Dirty Little Secret
October 20, 2008
A colleague once pointed out to me that the audiogram is one of the most powerful diagnostic tests in medicine (David Zapala, Ph.D., personal communication). It influences the diagnosis and selection... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Adults
The Naída Power Hearing Instrument Family - Field Test Results Demonstrate Better Speech Clarity - Unparalleled in its Class
October 20, 2008
The unique combination of Naída's nonlinear frequency compression (SoundRecover), PowerProcessing, and BassBoost provides an extraordinary level of audibility and clarity. In addition to the Na... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
In-Ear Monitors: Tips of the Trade
October 13, 2008
Until recently, hard wired in-ear monitor (IEM) systems were mainly used by top touring acts; however, new, lower-cost wireless and hard-wired IEM systems are making the technology available to a b... Read More
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
There is a Change in the Air: An Update on Reimbursement Issues and Coding for 2008
October 6, 2008
Even in the world of billing and reimbursement, where fluidity and change are commonplace, 2008 has already yielded some of the most significant guideline, policy, and coding updates ever seen in the... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
