CEU Courses

A hallmark of age related hearing loss is difficulty understanding in noisy environments. The difficulty requires significant listening effort on the listener’s part which, when prolonged, is associated with fatigue. The fatigue in combination with the listening effort and cognitive load often leads people to withdraw from social situations. Social disengagement has many downstream negative outcomes which will be discussed in this course.

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview on precepting in audiology. It begins with a look at demographics, data and the need for preceptors, and delves into the necessary elements required of the program, site, student and preceptor. It also reviews facts and myths about precepting, as well as policies and procedures. The goal is to provide support and resources for audiologists in this critical role that help ensure the future of the profession.

This course is part of a 2-part series on precepting that is presented in partnership with Salus University. This course covers the preceptor/student relationship, what students want in clinical experiences, facts and myths, and policies and procedures.

This course will describe a new method for fitting bone-anchored hearing devices (BAHDs), designed specifically for abutment-worn devices. The use of a DSL-based prescriptive formula integrated into a Speechmap® fitting environment provides targets and enables verification and fine-tuning of BAHDs on the Audioscan Verifit skull simulator.

Counseling is most effective when it includes both content-giving and allows for patient feelings that arise from the audiology diagnosis and treatment process. This article is written in a Q & A style and discusses relevant counseling principles and tools from psychology that may help audiologists facilitate positive patient outcomes.

This course is part of a 2-part series on precepting, presented in partnership with Salus University. This course is designed to help identify the necessary elements for precepting on the part of the program, the site, and the student. The desired outcomes are to support audiologists in recognizing their value as clinical preceptors and that they are not on their own once accepting to host students.

The Audiology Assistant is an underutilized tool in the busy hearing healthcare clinic for boosting productivity and improving patient care. This course will illustrate how a busy practice can successfully train and incorporate an audiology assistant and will give examples of how productivity and patient care can be improved.

This course will introduce members to age-related changes in both sensory function and cognitive abilities, with the goal of explaining the contribution of each to impaired speech perception in older adults. Current theories of speech perception as they apply to age-related changes in understanding spoken language will also be discussed.

This course will address the numerous planning considerations for school age children using cochlear implant technology. It will discuss the many interwoven factors that impact student outcomes, effective educational placements and supports, and recommended planning considerations for students who may be enrolled in any educational setting.

Counseling serves as the foundation for our patient relationships, yet we know that - despite our best efforts - it is often ineffective. We will explore innovative ways to improve what patients remember and increase the likelihood they will follow through with recommendations.