Articles
Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Middle Ear Implants
August 28, 2000
Middle Ear Implants (MEIs) are useful for those with a purely sensorineural hearing loss. Historically, the first clinically available MEIs (by Drs. Suzuki and Yanagihara in Japan) were those with unr... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Medical and Surgical
Audiological Diagnosis: The Need To Establish Ourselves
August 22, 2000
In the January/February issue of Audiology Today my colleagues Drs. David Lipscomb and Michael Seidemann and I discussed the role of audiologists in the ''diagnosis'' of hearing impairment (Roeser, Li... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Adults Practice Management and Professional Issues
Directional Microphone Patterns: They also have disadvantages
August 21, 2000
Much has been written recently on the advantages to the hearing aid user of an aid having a directional microphone response: A directional aid can make it easier for the user to hear in noisy environm... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Advertising Myopia
August 21, 2000
In today's world of slogan saturation, discount dementia, special offers, free gifts and the never ending 'SALE SALE SALE', the private practice audiologist can often wonder if there is any real, meas... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Integrating Physiologic Technologies for Hearing Evaluation in Infants and Small Children: An Overview.
August 16, 2000
Everyday in the United States, 33 babies are born with severe to profound hearing loss (1-3 in 1,000 births). It is estimated that another 33 babies are born everyday with mild to moderate hearing los... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics
The Value of Valuations
August 10, 2000
Our first article in this series discussed various types of business reorganization and expansion models, including mergers, acquisitions, horizontal and vertical integration, and takeovers. The discu... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
A Note from the Youngest to the Oldest (in Class)
August 8, 2000
I learned a great deal in my first course at the Arizona School of Health Sciences this June. In the inaugural class we had 33 students and at least that many personalities! I learned that at 33 years... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Central Auditory Processing in Clinical Practice
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August 7, 2000
Teri James Bellis, Ph.D. Department of Communication Disorders University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD Barbara Roe Beck, M.A. Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Saint Louis Universit... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
Production and the Closing Rate
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August 2, 2000
You can really sum up the 'nuts and bolts' of an audiology practice in one word -- production. The term 'production' is well known in the physician's world. It is the bottom line that drives the exist... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Don't Roll-Over For Roll-Ups
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July 12, 2000
You have likely heard the terms ''merger'', ''acquisition'', ''joint venture'', ''vertical'' and ''horizontal integration'' and ''takeover''. Additionally, there has been a proliferation across all in... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Hot Summers, or Thoughts on Ear Impression Technique
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July 11, 2000
Hi guys! Summer's here, the beer is cold. Better still, the weekend is just ahead. Well then, why is it all so boring? Aliens haven't invaded Earth (yet). Not even one flying saucer has been spotted!... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Issues in Cerumen Management
June 19, 2000
Periodically, the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (ADA) conducts Cerumen Management Workshops. We invite local physicians to speak for approximately one hour regarding anomalies and conditions of t... Read More
Infection Control Medical and Surgical Practice Management and Professional Issues
The Au.D. - Why I Earned It, and What It's Done For Me
June 15, 2000
On May 6, 2000 I ended what for me was a 12 year journey in pursuit of the doctoral title. Since the 1988 Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (ADA) convention, I have anxiously awaited the day my colle... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Perspectives on the Au.D.
June 9, 2000
My name is Dr. Ken Lowder. I am fifty-seven years old. I was a speech pathologist for thirteen years and have now been a private practice audiologist for almost twenty years. I am a graduate of the Un... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Infection Control in Audiology
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June 4, 2000
Infection control is an important health care issue that affects many facets of clinical practice. Audiologists must be diligent in their effort to control the spread of infectious disease within the... Read More
Infection Control Medical and Surgical Practice Management and Professional Issues
My Au.D. Experience
June 2, 2000
Good morning, I'm Dr. Anderson, the Audiologist''. Since May 8, 2000, I have had the privilege of introducing myself as ''Dr. Anderson''. On that day I graduated from the University of Florida with a... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
AuD Update: Stats and Facts
May 30, 2000
The Au.D. is quickly changing the profession of audiology, the fund of knowledge and the day-to-day practice patterns of clinical audiologists in the USA. This brief article will outline the status of... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Auditory-Oral Education: Teaching Deaf Children To Talk
May 17, 2000
It is my belief that an auditory-oral approach to education teaches deaf children to use their residual hearing in combination with speech reading and contextual cues to better comprehend and use spok... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Pediatrics
Reflections on the Au.D.
May 5, 2000
As I sit here, reviewing the past 18 months, I feel rather melancholy. Approximately 18 months ago I registered for the University of Florida Au.D. Distance Learning program. My business partner thoug... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
''Selling'' In Audiology
April 24, 2000
The idea and action of ''selling'' by audiologists has traditionally been met with hesitation -- if not outright resistance! Selling is not usually included in university curriculums and ''sales'' tra... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
