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

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

 


A Practical Guide to CROS/BiCROS Fittings

Donald Hayes, PhD

July 24, 2006

There are Audiology groups in most large urban centers affiliated with teaching hospitals or large scale otolaryngology services. The clinical populations of such groups are often skewed toward a larg...   Read More


Common Errors in ENG/VNG

Kamran Barin, PhD

July 17, 2006

During electronystagmography (ENG) or videonystagmography (VNG), the examiner often faces a critical decision. Do the test results accurately reflect the physiologic and pathologic status of the patie...   Read More

 


Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC), Part I - CRM: The Ginsu Knife for Marketing

Holly Hosford-Dunn, PhD, FAAA

July 10, 2006

Editor's Note: Dr. Hosford-Dunn has provided an excellent overview of customer relationship marketing systems and how they relate to the dispensing practice. I would encourage you to download and read...   Read More


Auditory and Vestibular Evoked Potentials Assessment in Clinical Practice and Research

R. Steven Ackley, PhD, CCC-A, FAAA

June 19, 2006

Auditory electrophysiological assessment of patients and research subjects is well established in clinical practice and dates back to the early 1930's when electroencephalographic (EEG) measurement wa...   Read More


The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Audiologists Who Serve Children

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

June 5, 2006

With early identification of hearing loss, many children are benefiting from hearing technology prior to their first birthday. Research has shown that even children with a mild hearing loss or a unila...   Read More

   


HATs Aren't Just for Adults: Improving Communication Access in Childhood

Dawna E. Lewis, PhD

May 15, 2006

As a result of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs, infants with hearing loss are being identified within the first few months of life. Once hearing loss has been identified, it i...   Read More

   


Advantages and Limitations of Various Business Legal Structures

Robert M. Traynor, EdD, MBA

May 1, 2006

In the beginning an Audiology practice is usually a simple situation. The audiologist is the primary clinician that sees patients and provides high quality diagnostic and rehabilitative services. As t...   Read More


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