CEU Courses

Today, most all major hearing aid manufacturers have partnered with one or more probe-mic companies to facilitate autoREMfit. That is, the interaction between the fitting software and the real-ear measures allow for automatically fitting to prescriptive targets. The notion is that this approach is faster than traditional verification, speeding up the fitting process. But is the procedure valid? Is it reliable? Is it as good as "clinician fit"? That's what we'll talk about in this webinar.

Educational audiology is a related service stated in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (special education law), but service provision varies, depending on the area of the country. This course will describe how clinical audiologists can support their patients and advocate for educational audiology services.

Fitting Sonic hearing instruments in the EXPRESSfit® Pro fitting software has never been easier. Join us in this Sonic Spotlight to learn how you can perform a first fit of Sonic hearing instruments in just seven easy steps.

The services of a dispensing practice are sought out by patients who range in age, socioeconomic status, health condition and many other factors that can directly impact their health and that of those around them. It is imperative that the dispensing practice ensure the safety of all involved, both patients and staff alike in the prevention of the potential transmission of disease. As new harmful microbes arise and diseases thought to be eradicated return, the dispensing practice must be diligent in practicing proper and consistent infection control. This course will focus on the risk of infection control in the dispensing workplace as well as the development and implementation of an office infection control protocol.

This webinar will provide an overview of frequency lowering technology and the latest fitting techniques for both determining patient candidacy and adjusting frequency lowering features for maximum utility. These techniques will be demonstrated using Audioscan Verifit technology.

This course will discuss improved outcomes following cochlear implantation (CI) and the use of CI as an option for patients with single-sided deafness (SSD). Tools to determine subjective sound quality of CI will be reviewed.

With today’s sophisticated hearing devices, knowledge of compression needs to be part of any hearing professional’s core skills. This course will provide an overview of the rationale behind compression, identify the different types of compression and define compression vocabulary.

This course will present an overview of the newest product updates and additions to the Lyric™ product offering. New product improvements as well as improved clinical efficiency and workflow improvements in Phonak Target™ software will be discussed. Participants will learn about the expanded fitting range and product improvements in the new Lyric3 product allowing more patients to benefit from extended wear, Lyric technology.

A discussion of current and future applications of otoacoustic emission measures in audiology clinical practice, written in an engaging Q & A format.

Lyric is an FDA-approved hearing aid for individuals with mild to moderately-severe hearing loss. Since it is worn 24 hours per day for months at a time, Lyric needs to fulfill various requirements with regard to biocompatibility and pressure applied to the skin of the ear canal, as well as environmental properties such as breathability and moisture transport, in order to maintain healthy ear canals. Factors which appear to be associated with poorer ear health are smaller Lyric devices, and poor general overall health. This course will discuss the proper ear canal management as well as factors which may contribute to overall Lyric ear health outcomes and success.