This course will cover practical steps and cybersecurity best practices to help protect professionals and their patients’ protected health information. Participants will learn how to recognize malicious emails and websites, how to select strong passwords, how to protect smartphones, and how to secure sensitive data.

This course will discuss supervision considerations for teaching students counseling skills. This information will help supervisors support students in learning how to integrate person-centered care in practice.

This multi-course presentation will cover topics that the presenters learned from their own experiences launching new private practices. The third webinar will discuss audiology specific financing options of a startup private practice such as personal savings, friends and relatives, investors, suppliers, banks, government-sponsored agencies, community-focused financial institutions, venture capital firms, or sale of stock. This course series is sponsored by CareCredit.

This course addresses the increased interest in cannabidiol (CBD) oil for hearing loss, tinnitus and balance disorders in addition to addressing the use of essential oils for the same auditory/vestibular issues. Patient counseling strategies are discussed.

A discussion of standards, as well as the rationale, purpose, and current activities of the Audiology Practice Standards Organization, written in an engaging Q & A format.

This multi-course series will cover topics that the presenters learned from their own experiences launching new private practices. This webinar will discuss budgeting, planning, and procuring a location, equipment, furniture, utilities, systems, employees, and supplies. We will cover many of the daunting and surprisingly difficult questions encountered while trying to complete the financial assumptions and startup expenses estimates of a business plans. This course series is sponsored by CareCredit.

This course will identify common complaints and characteristics associated with a diagnosis of misophonia, as well as determine appropriate assessment measures to guide referrals, resources, and recommendations. An overview of how clinicians can differentiate misophonia from alternative sound intolerance conditions and psychoacoustic disorders to improve patient care and overall quality of life.

The course will discuss how telehealth can be provided to patients using case study examples. The topics included in this lecture will discuss: hearing aid fittings, hearing aid follow-ups, tinnitus treatment, and cochlear implants.

In this Webinar we review the process for preparing a case study for publication, including the importance of securing informed consent from the patient. We will also provide guidelines for submitting case study manuscripts to an appropriate journal.

The CI2020 Online conference in partnership with American Cochlear Implant Alliance features renowned researchers, physicians, clinicians and educators presenting high-quality scientific information applicable to all professionals working in the field of cochlear implantation. The conference explores a range of current and emerging topics that significantly impact outcomes for adults and children with cochlear implants and other auditory devices.

CI2020 Online is offered in three sessions. Session 1 consists of four, 1-hour presentations covering the following topics: Implications and Techniques for Individualized Mapping; Challenging Mapping Cases; Candidacy Evaluation for Expanding Indications for Cochlear Implantation; and, Maximizing the Possibilities for Every Patient.