CEU Courses

This session covers how to support children with severe to profound hearing loss described in the context of specific patient needs. Additionally, clinical decision-making to determine the best solution to address the developmental and educational requirements for hearing well in noisy situations will be reviewed.

This course is presented by faculty and AuD students at The Ohio State University. Five challenging pediatric cases that incorporate current evidence and perspectives of patient care will be discussed. Each case provides “take-home” messages to incorporate into clinical practice.

Caregivers play a critical role in helping patients live longer, healthier lives. Patients wearing Starkey’s Livio Edge AI hearing aids can view information about their social engagement, physical activity, and hearing aid use via the Thrive app. This information can be shared with family members and care providers via the Thrive Care app to provide them with peace of mind, knowing their loved one is safe and well, while patients can maintain their independence. This session will provide an overview of Starkey’s healthable features, the information that can be shared via Thrive Care, and the benefits and convenience of using the Thrive Care app for the patient, caregiver, and hearing healthcare professional. How to set up and use Thrive Care will be illustrated.

An in-depth discussion of how cortical neuroplasticity can be used clinically to investigate and diagnose hearing loss.

This course addresses infection control precautions both broadly and as related to COVID-19. It discusses how to select personal protective equipment, hand hygiene products, and disinfectants that are appropriate for hearing healthcare settings, as well as how to properly implement these and other infection control measures.

The co-morbidities of hearing loss include social isolation and loneliness, depression, increased risk of falls, as well as cognitive decline, and related dementias. In this presentation, we will describe how digital therapeutics are changing the face of healthcare, and then present an example of how digital therapeutics may be used to treat hearing loss and its downstream effects.

This course is part of Cochlear's Foundations series, providing professionals new to hearing implants the foundational knowledge they need to begin working with patients. In this course, we will discuss fitting the Cochlear Osia system and provide information that can be used to counsel and support patients.

Presenters from the Audiology program at the University of South Dakota provide specific, real-world cases exemplifying considerations, benefits and limitations of various means of service-provision aimed to support the population of a rural/frontier state.

There are a variety of decision points in a patient's hearing help journey. This talk will describe how we can make sure we are part of the patient's journey no matter where the journey starts and regardless of the technology involved in the hearing solution. Digital as well as brick and mortar strategies will be discussed.

This course will introduce My Sound as the 3rd generation of Widex’s Machine Learning feature application within the MOMENT app. After taking this course, participants will be able to describe Widex’s use of AI and machine learning applications and demonstrate My Sound benefits to clients.

Learner Outcomes:

1. After this course, participants will be able to describe Widex’s legacy of AI use in Sound Class Technology, SoundSense Learn, and My Sound
2. After this course, participants will be able to discuss and demonstrate My Sound use and benefits to end-users.

Agenda:

0-5 minutes - The History of Widex AI driven Personalization
5-10 minutes - Evolution of a 3rd Generation Solution – My Sound
10-15 minutes - Personalizing sound with other MOMENT App features