The course will provide clinicians with a framework for evaluating and treating tinnitus patients, including counseling for Thoughts and Emotions, Hearing, Sleep and Concentration difficulties. It will include the application of hearing aids, and wearable and non-wearable sound therapy devices.

Remote adjustments of hearing aids are becoming more frequent. To gauge patient engagement, several studies were conducted to evaluate improvement on multiple outcome scales. In one study the caregivers for hearing impaired individual subjects with cognitive decline reported on the impact of remote programming on a reduction of burden scale. Implications for use of remote programing with several patient population will be discussed.

The characteristics of the sound environment have a fundamental impact on the performance of the hearing aid user. In this course, we will describe the obvious and sometimes more subtle aspects of sound environments that will affect hearing aid performance.

With the healthcare delivery model in constant evolution, hearing healthcare providers have the opportunity to develop an innovative fitting approach to proactively engage their patient in the fitting process. This presentation discusses clinic setup, equipment considerations and economics of expanding business services integrating verification and 3D digital ear scanning in the fitting process to improve patient experience and satisfaction.

Today's busy clinic requires fast and accurate testing, and the GSI AudioStar Pro provides the tools to meet the demands of every hearing healthcare provider. The purpose of this course is to provide an in depth overview of the enhancements of the AudioStar Pro FW version 2.0 clinical audiometer and the configuration application. Additionally, the course will provide tips and tricks for customizing settings and protocols for maximum productivity will be reviewed. 

Feedback in a hearing aid fitting can be problematic for a number of reasons. Potential consequences include not only annoyance and discomfort for the listener, but also a reduction in sound quality and speech understanding that can impact the overall benefit of amplification. This course will discuss what feedback is, when and why it occurs, and will provide the professional with an understanding of the signal processing strategies used to manage feedback in hearing aid technology today along with some practical clinical considerations.

This course will summarize current research efforts focusing on gene manipulation, gene therapy and stem cell transplantation for repairing or replacing damaged mammalian cochlear hair cells. The presentation will emphasize how these approaches might be used therapeutically. Finally, the presentation will review how this research applies to clinical audiology and what role the audiologist will play in future biochemical and pharmacological approaches to hearing restoration.

Bone conduction audiometry is a standard test performed in an audiologic evaluation. Bone scores help indicate the site of lesion and type of hearing loss that may be present; however, there are times when unexplainable air/bone gaps or bone thresholds poorer than air thresholds are obtained. This webinar will address some of the oddities of bone conduction audiometry and clear up some of the frustration felt by clinicians when strange results are obtained.

Oticon’s pediatric ambition is clear; we want to create a better future for every child with hearing loss – not least of those being children with a severe-to-profound hearing loss. In most cases, these children need immediate support in order to open up to the world, connect with loved ones, grow, thrive, and learn. This session will introduce the latest solutions setting a new standard among pediatric power hearing aids.

The Audeo Marvel family has gone beyond expectations, delivering love at first sound to patients who wear it and universal connectivity for the audiologists who fit it. With Marvel 2.0, Phonak is introducing even more hearing performance, more connectivity and apps, and more choice. This course will review the new additions to the Marvel portfolio as well as new technology updates.