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Optimizing Patient Benefit in Acoustically Challenging Social Situations, Part 1: Place
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October 3, 2022
This article describes the factors associated with communicating in acoustically challenging social situations. Part 1 focus on room acoustics, signal-to-noise ratios and their consequences on older a... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
20Q: Measuring Clinical Productivity—the Hunt for the Right Metric
September 12, 2022
How do you know if you are working hard enough, or too hard? Is your clinic’s workload similar to others in your region? Productivity measures can help answer these questions. This article describes... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: Hearing Aids, Hearables and the Future of Hearing Technology
August 8, 2022
This article covers the innovation occurring within today’s hearing aids and consumer hearables, and highlights the key differences between the two product-sets. In addition, the article explores th... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults
20Q: Adding Vestibular-Balance Neurodiagnostics to Your Audiology Practice
July 11, 2022
Why audiologists should include vestibular-balance neurodiagnostics in their practices, and considerations for getting starting such as selecting a test battery, establishing referral sources, trainin... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management and Professional Issues Vestibular Issues and Balance Disorders
What Big Data Has to Say About Individual Differences in Hearing Aid Use: Insights From GN Online Services (Gnos)
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June 13, 2022
This article provides insight in hearing aid wear time from a large manufacturer database. It explores the contribution of some known variables such as hearing loss severity, age, gender, and others t... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children
20Q: Extended High Frequency Hearing Loss - Translating Science into Clinical Practice
June 13, 2022
Hearing impairment in the extended high frequencies (EHFs) can occur in the presence of a normal audiogram. This 20Q reviews the current knowledge on EHF hearing impairment and the usefulness of EHF a... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing and Hearing Loss Hearing Evaluation - Adults Pediatrics
HIPAA for Allied Health Professionals
May 13, 2022
Review the foundations of HIPAA privacy, security, breach notification, and marketing requirements and guidelines as they relate to hearing healthcare. This introductory course is intended for new hir... Read More
Compliance and Regulatory Issues Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant Wear Time in Children - Eyes Open, Ears On!
May 9, 2022
A review of research examining hearing technology wear time in children and its effect on outcomes, as well as clinical tips for optimizing hearing technology wear time in children with hearing loss. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Cochlear Implants Hearing Aids - Children Hearing and Hearing Loss Pediatrics
Study Reveals Signia Split Processing Significantly Improves the Signal-to-Noise Ratio
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May 1, 2022
A study describing acoustic measurements of the new split processing implemented in Signia AX hearing aids, and a comparison of those measures to the effect of other common processing algorithms, incl... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
20Q: Occupational Stress and Audiologists
April 11, 2022
This article reviews recent literature on occupational stress in audiology, discusses the need for additional research in this area, and describes ways in which individual audiologists and audiology p... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller
Covid-19 With Older Adults: An Update
March 21, 2022
Therapy practitioners serve an important role for older adults amidst COVID-19 as we address ADL, safety, quality of life, mental health, and other areas directly impacted by this virus. Our contribut... Read More
20Q: Hearing Loss and Public Health Initiatives
March 14, 2022
How hearing loss is associated with healthcare-seeking behaviors and unmet health care needs. A new hearing loss public awareness campaign and public health training initiatives that are open to audio... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing and Hearing Loss
Keeping Hearing Aids Out of the Drawer: Emphasizing Effective Patient Education to Improve Your Practice
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March 7, 2022
This course examines the age-old question: “How do I ensure patient success with their hearing aid before they leave my clinic?” Two basic educational models are used to inform and create a new in... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Snapshot of the Impact of Covid-19 on People with Hearing Loss in Chicago, Illinois and Copenhagen, Denmark
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February 21, 2022
A review of a study examining the impact of COVID-19 on hearing impaired people in two different geographic regions, and how the current results compare to research on patients earlier in the COVID-19... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: Assessing Auditory Wellness in Older Adults
February 1, 2022
A discussion of perceived hearing difficulty in adults, including correlation with pure-tone audiometry, relationship to auditory wellness, and effect on candidacy for intervention. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing and Hearing Loss Hearing Evaluation - Adults
20Q: Forensic Audiology
January 4, 2022
The need for forensic audiology as well as the role and expectations of a forensic audiologist as an expert witness for a legal case. An overview of the stages of a civil legal case is also discussed. Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller
20Q: Promoting Healthy Hearing Over the Lifespan - Considering Comorbidities
December 13, 2021
Collaborating closely with primary care physicians, audiologists can mitigate the development of hearing loss over a person's lifetime by looking at lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise, as wel... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Aging Hearing and Hearing Loss
Precepting: A VA Perspective
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November 29, 2021
This course aims to describe the components of a preceptor program that is both fulfilling to the preceptor and results in a valuable learning experience for the resident. Read More
Supervision VA Selections
Fostering an Inclusive Workspace
November 22, 2021
In this course, we will spend time examining what diversity means in providing culturally competent care, as well as what we can do as hearing healthcare professionals to foster inclusive work spaces... Read More
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: Healthy Hearing Over the Lifespan - Effective and Efficient Diagnostic Assessment
November 8, 2021
How audiologists can prevent or mitigate hearing loss over a patient's lifespan by following an assessment approach that considers an individualized selection of auditory test procedures, a careful an... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing and Hearing Loss Hearing Evaluation - Adults