CEU Courses

This course provides insights into the degree to which provider interaction influences patient readiness towards audiological services. Patient readiness is quantified through predisposed and post-appointment expectation profiles across 10 dimensions and among three professional settings. Overall, outcomes indicate that patient readiness is influenced by the behavior of the provider which, at present, appears to be a barrier to patient acceptance of treatment options.

This course will introduce the Plan-Do-Study-Act Quality Improvement Model, and how this can be used to implement effective change in clinical practice. Specific tools and real-life clinical examples will be provided.

This 5-hour Master Class demystifies frequency lowering amplification technology, to bring a new level of understanding for clinicians and to empower clinical decision making. A review of the goals of this technology and factors that may influence its effectiveness is included, as well as general guidelines for verification using probe microphone measurements. Finally, a demonstration of the differences between the various techniques in use today concludes this comprehensive 'look under the hood' at frequency lowering amplification.

The authors will review an online experiment conducted to evaluate speech recognition in noise in persons with normal and impaired hearing when the talker wore an opaque and a transparent mask. Significant benefit of the transparent mask over the opaque mask was attributed to the addition of facial cues rather than acoustic differences between the two masks.

Moderated by Dr. Catherine Palmer, this roundtable discussion brings together 5 industry experts from leading hearing aid (Oticon, Resound, Starkey, Unitron) and cochlear implant companies (MED-EL), as part of the 2021 Industry Innovations Summit. The evidence behind new amplification technologies and their practical benefits for professionals and patients will be addressed in a dynamic roundtable discussion format.

As part of the 2021 Industry Innovations Summit, this roundtable discussion brings together industry experts from CaptionCall, CareCredit and Cognivue to discuss practical solutions and innovations that audiology practices can implement today. This course will be moderated by industry expert Alicia D. Spoor AuD.

This course describes how to create a tele-audiology infrastructure for the diagnostic assessment of infants by providing specific examples from the South Dakota Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program. Strategies for overcoming existing and current challenges will be discussed.

This course covers the principals of digital marketing and provides practical advice and considerations for integrating digital marketing solutions into the audiology clinic.

This course will briefly review the human balance system, common balance disorders and the aging process as related to balance. Complementary approaches to improving and maintaining balance will be reviewed.

This course summarizes current evidence-based practice for audiologic management during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on habits for appropriate infection prevention for in-person clinic visits. Amending barriers to communication for children with hearing impairment, including the impact of face masks, and considerations for assistive devices will also be addressed.