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Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.

DSL version v5.0: Description and Early Results in Children

Susan Scollie, PhD

January 15, 2007

In 2005, a new version of the Desired Sensation Level (DSL) prescriptive formula was released. Version 5.0 of DSL® updates both the protocols and targets from DSL v4.1. In this article, I will rev...   Read More

 


Vestibular Neuritis: Acute Clinical Picture

Don W. Worthington, PhD, Bryan J. Layton, AuD, Jocelyn Monroe, PT, Rhoda Jenson, MS

December 11, 2006

Work completed at Intermountain Healthcare Hearing and Balance Center 230 South 500 East, Suite 150 Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 *Dr. Layton is now at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Otol...   Read More

 


Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC), Part II - Strategic Messaging to Build Brand

Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD, FAAA

December 4, 2006

It is just possible that marketing and brand are the most confusing words in the audiology vocabulary right now—our literature is becoming replete with discussions for different facets of market...   Read More


Auditory Brainstem Response Testing: Stimulus Rate Revisited

R. Steven Ackley, PhD, CCC-A, FAAA, Linda Herzberger-Kimball, MS, Shannon Burns, MA, CCC-A, Shay Darnell Balew, MA, CCC-A

November 20, 2006

R. Steven Ackley, Ph.D., CCC-A, FAAA Gallaudet University Audiology Online Contributing Editor Linda Herzberger-Kimball, M.S. Kaiser Permanente Denver Shannon Burns, M.A., CCC-A Phoenix Children's Hos...   Read More


Electroacoustic Evaluation of Advanced FM Systems

Dawna E. Lewis, PhD

November 13, 2006

Advances in hearing instrument and frequency modulated (FM) assistive technology have provided audiologists with a variety of options to meeting client/patient needs when fitting these devices. Howeve...   Read More

   



Fundamentals of Clinical ECAP Measures in Cochlear Implants Part 2: Measurement Techniques and Tips

Michelle L. Hughes, PhD, CCC-A

November 6, 2006

The first article in this two-part series provided an overview of how telemetry is used to measure the electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) in patients with cochlear implants (Hughes,...   Read More

 


Guideline for Audiologic Management of the Adult Patient

Michael Valente, PhD

October 30, 2006

Task Force Members In 2003, Angela Loavenbruck, then President of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), asked the author to consider chairing a new Task Force whose goal was to develop a national g...   Read More

 


T-Coils: Beyond the Telephone

Douglas Beck, AuD, Preben Brunved

October 16, 2006

T-coils (also called induction pick-up coils, or magnetic induction systems) have existed within personal hearing aids since the late 1940s (Ross, 2004). T-coils can be thought of as mini-antennas, wh...   Read More

 


Bluetooth 101: The Audiologist's Guide

Nancy Bridges, MA, CCC-A, FAAA

October 16, 2006

Bluetooth technology has been implemented in numerous consumer electronic devices (Miller 2002) and has now struck the field of Audiology. A handful of Bluetooth products are now available to patients...   Read More

 


Hearing Aid Compatibility for Digital Wireless Phones

Linda Kozma-Spytek, MA, CCC-A, CED

October 9, 2006

Hearing aid compatibility (HAC) for digital wireless phones was not, until recently, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirement. One of the primary reasons the FCC reconsidered the HAC exem...   Read More


Amplification and Medically Complex Hearing Loss

Donald J. Schum, PhD, Douglas Beck, AuD

October 9, 2006

Hearing aids are generally fit based on the type and degree of hearing loss, not etiology. However, in medically complex cases, hearing loss is only one manifestation of an underlying and ongoing dise...   Read More

 


Behavioral Verification of Speech Recognition Benefit for Children with FM Systems Coupled to Cochlear Implants

Linda K. Thibodeau, PhD, CCC-A/SLP

September 25, 2006

The options for interfacing frequency-modulated (FM) equipment with cochlear implants (CIs) are increasing with the development of new implant features and new FM options. Because traditional methods...   Read More

     


Rayovac - Your Hearing Aid Battery Questions Answered!

Tom Begley

September 18, 2006

Do you have questions about hearing aid batteries? At Rayovac, we pride ourselves in having the best built, longest lasting hearing aid batteries on the market. Still, there are lots of ways that you...   Read More

 


Sound Therapy Option Profile (STOP): A Tool for Selecting Devices Used in Tinnitus Treatment

Craig W. Newman, PhD, Sharon A. Sandridge, PhD

September 4, 2006

The use of sound therapy is a fundamental component of the widely used tinnitus management approaches, namely masking (Vernon & Meikle, 2000) and habituation including Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT...   Read More

 


Supervision of Clinical Fellows: A Mentoring Process

Lisa Cabiale O'Connor

August 28, 2006

In today's workplace environments, responsibility for supervising others is increasingly becoming a part of our job responsibilities. These responsibilities may involve oversight of individuals with v...   Read More


FM Made Friendly

Douglas Beck, AuD, Maureen D. Tomasula, Johnnie Sexton

August 28, 2006

Advanced technology hearing aids allow tremendous capabilities for people with hearing loss, providing benefits such as: improved signal-to-noise ratio, reduced background noise, high fidelity sound q...   Read More

   


Fitting Options for Adult Patients with Single Sided Deafness (SSD)

Michael Valente, PhD, Maureen Valente, PhD, Karen Mispagel

August 14, 2006

Michael Valente, Ph.D. Audiology Online Contributing Editor for Adult Amplification Director of Adult Audiology Washington University School of Medicine Maureen Valente, Ph.D. Director of Audiology St...   Read More


The Importance of Pricing in the Audiology Practice

Robert M. Traynor, EdD, MBA

August 7, 2006

The profit of the practice is governed by the price of products and costs of operation. Profit, of course, must be the reason why the practice exists, as without it the practitioner will go out of bus...   Read More


Audiologic Rehabilitation with the Geriatric Population

Patricia B. Kricos, PhD, FAAA

July 31, 2006

The percentage of Americans 65 years and older is expected to increase rapidly, with the fastest growing age group being individuals 85 years and older (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2...   Read More

 


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