Aural Rehabilitation And Counseling Adults CEU Courses

Auditory skills training is designed to help people better use their hearing, however there are obstacles to the traditional approach of face-to-face training, such as distance to services and affordability. This course will discuss the benefits of offering auditory skills training via digital and online tools that are available via HearingSuccess.com.

After sudden unilateral hearing loss (UHL), single-sided deaf (SSD) listeners are expected gradually to adapt to their UHL through active everyday listening to sounds in the space around them; however, structured training in spatial localization of sound sources can potentially aid in aural rehabilitation for these SSD listeners. This presentation aims to reveal the advantages of such auditory training for SSD listeners (and also listeners with asymmetric hearing loss), particularly when employing a training program designed to attune them to unilateral acoustic cues that can enable them to localize speech sounds under conditions of uncertainty (via blind listening tests).

Learn, practice, and connect are the keys to hearing success! Find out how Advanced Bionics and Phonak are making it easy for you to help adults and children who are beginning or continuing on their hearing journey. This webinar will review the importance of aural rehabilitation and how to use HearingSuccess, an aural rehabilitation resource for adults and pediatrics.

Modern technology can be confusing for individuals who struggle to see past advertising rhetoric and expect the professional to explain it to them. Arm yourself with approaches from technology and audiology experts to support you in explaining hearing solutions to your patients.

This course is designed to introduce participants to the importance of binaural hearing. We will highlight the benefits and challenges that hearing healthcare professional may encounter when working with this population and discuss management and treatment strategies to ensure successful outcomes.

This webinar reviews the Symphonia system, which enables hearing care professionals to simulate real-world listening scenes so that patients can experience the benefits of hearing aids and advanced hearing aid features. Symphonia provides 360° directional sound sources and allows the professional to change the angle and distance from which sounds are perceived by the patient in real-time.

Aural rehabilitation and counseling can and should be built into every aspect of the audiologic care the patients receive. This course reviews techniques for individual counseling and group classes, and discusses how to determine what type of aural rehabilitation works best in your clinic setting. This course is presented in partnership with the Association of VA Audiologists (AVAA).

Starkey has changed the perception of what a hearing aid is by creating multifunctional devices that not only provide incredible sound quality but also address the health and wellness concerns of our aging population. With the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and sensors in our Thrive Platform hearing aids, patients are hearing better than ever and able to benefit from a wide array of features that provide convenience, assistance, and peace of mind. This session will review Starkey’s technology portfolio to assist you in selecting the best fitting options for each patient. With styles, features, and accessories to meet every need, Livio Edge AI, Livio AI and Livio hearing aids are changing what’s possible with patient-centered care.

This course examines the age-old question: “How do I ensure patient success with their hearing aid before they leave my clinic?” Two basic educational models are used to inform and create a new in-clinic patient experience, guided towards patient education and ensuring knowledge translation to patients.

A review of a study examining the impact of COVID-19 on hearing impaired people in two different geographic regions, and how the current results compare to research on patients earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic.