CEU Courses

This course will help attendees understand the differing characteristics and behaviors of a new generation of hearing aid consumers and ways to adapt current hearing care business practices to attract, communicate, and work with this new consumer segment. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how these consumers are a force of change in the hearing aid industry by leading more health plans to partner with third-party managed care companies, and how to accurately measure profitability of these third-party referrals.

Learn proactive procedures to ensure your equipment will perform effectively for years. Also, basic troubleshooting techniques will be reviewed to keep your office up and running.

A discussion of hearing loss in older adults and its relationship to dementia and cognitive decline, based on the findings of current research.

This course discusses best practices care for the music industry. From recommended diagnostic procedures to seeing a band backstage at a venue, attendees will learn how to modify best practices to suit clinical and “real world” situations.

This foundational-level course is designed for Audiologists who are new to working with Baha systems. After attending this course, participants will be able to fit Baha 5 sound processors to patients with Baha Connect and Baha Attract implants. Topics will include surgical aftercare, connecting the device, programming considerations and follow up care. This course is designed as part of the overall “Foundations of Baha Implants” series.

This course will review the benefits and use of Widex Remote Care, a tele-health approach to virtual hearing aid follow-up services. After taking this course, clinicians will understand how to implement Widex Remote Care and describe the benefits of this value added service for their practice and for their patients.

Hearing healthcare is evolving at a rapid rate. Origins of this evolution stem, in part, from the recent proliferation of disruptive innovations (e.g., OTCs/PSAPs, pharmaceuticals), along with changes in population dynamics. This course provides participants with evidence and hands-on tools that promote opportunities for increased audiology awareness, and increased adoption of services and technologies in this changing market landscape.

This course will provide an overview of cochlear synaptopathy and the potential functional consequences of this pathology. Implications of this research for musicians and other performing artists with loud sound exposure will be discussed.

This content of this course will include a description of evidence-based tools suitable for measuring auditory outcomes in infants and young children who wear hearing aids. Practical applications will be discussed to provide support for clinical uptake.

This foundational-level course is designed for audiologists who are new to working with Baha systems. After attending this course, participants will be able to determine if someone is a candidate for Baha systems, including the Baha Connect and Baha Attract Systems. Topics will include testing for candidacy, counseling potential candidates and demonstrating Baha systems. This course is designed as part of the overall “Foundations of Baha Implants” series.