This session will provide a practical approach to helping patients that present with tinnitus in a clinical setting. Myths and facts about patients presenting with tinnitus will be addressed and the focus will be how many patients with tinnitus can be treated in the general audiology setting.

Patients with tinnitus have unique needs and benefit from a customized treatment plan. This course will provide an overview of the most common tinnitus causes and triggers, as well as steps for successful tinnitus management that can include a combination of amplification, sound therapy, and counseling.

Patients desire small, discreet, high performing hearing devices the that are nearly or completely invisible. Phonak has a complete In The Ear Portfolio, including Lyric, that is aimed at meeting various patient needs when an invisible or custom device is what they desire.

An audiology partnership with home health providers for the purpose of improving communication during recovery and beyond will be described. Data related to the program including pre-testing of home health care provider knowledge of hearing and resources, uptake of the program, and post-test of knowledge will be provided.

The proportion of challenging pediatric cases is on the rise. This course features clinicians from Boston Children’s Hospital describing tactics that can be used to improve the quality and quantity of audiometric test information obtained through behavioral testing.

SoundDNA is a revolutionary hearing technology platform from Sonic that currently supports two Sonic product lines, Captivate and Enchant. The SoundDNA platform is Sonic’s most automatic, dynamic and flexible hearing aid technology to date and now includes a new feedback management system.

Audiologic counseling for adult patients includes an understanding and effective use of patient-centered care (PCC) and family-centered care (FCC). This course will review evidence-based principles of PCC and FCC, and apply them to audiologic practices.

Social and emotional development is often overlooked in our academic-focused education systems yet the impact of social-emotional well-being for children who are deaf and hard of hearing has a significant impact on school performance and post-school outcomes. This presentation will focus on identity, self-concept, social communication, self-determination and self-advocacy as part of the educational program.

Our Audiology and Technical Services Team at Unitron has received many success stories from hearing care providers. In speaking with them, we’ve also uncovered common questions about fitting Discover products. This course shares the top 10 questions around fitting Discover Moxi Fit and Moxi Jump R products to help ensure your success.

This course focuses on the factors related to successfully achieving a proper ear mold impression and the characteristics and impacts on custom in-the-ear hearing aid design. It also reviews the manufacturing process as it relates to custom in-the-ear hearing aids and the key landmarks and physical components that directly impact size and discretion. In addition, this course will review the tools available from Phonak that support a deeper, more complete ear mold impression process as well as tools used to determine candidacy for in-the-ear products.