This 2-part course is designed to provide audiologic counseling for adult patients includes an understanding and effective use of patient-centered care (PCC) and family-centered care (FCC). This course will review evidence-based principles of PCC and FCC, and apply them to audiologic practices and will focus on identity, self-concept, social communication, self-determination and self-advocacy as part of the educational program.

Audiologic counseling for adult patients includes an understanding and effective use of patient-centered care (PCC) and family-centered care (FCC). This course will review evidence-based principles of PCC and FCC, and apply them to audiologic practices.

Social and emotional development is often overlooked in our academic-focused education systems yet the impact of social-emotional well-being for children who are deaf and hard of hearing has a significant impact on school performance and post-school outcomes. This presentation will focus on identity, self-concept, social communication, self-determination and self-advocacy as part of the educational program.

This text course discusses the rationale and considerations for cognitive assessment in clinical audiology in an engaging, Q & A format.

This two-part series presented in partnership with Salus University reviews the fundamentals and effective management of working with musicians within an audiology practice. Topics covered include terminology, diagnostic testing considerations, interpreting noise surveys, and hearing protection devices. In addition to prioritizing tinnitus, hyperacusis, diplacusis and hearing loss; engaging musicians in tinnitus management. Treatment considerations, selecting and fitting hearing aids that also optimize music listening will be discussed.

Musicians with hearing loss present with a unique set of needs and challenges. This course reviews the effective management of musicians within an audiology practice, with a focus on treatment considerations. Topics covered include prioritizing tinnitus, hyperacusis, diplacusis and hearing loss; engaging musicians in tinnitus management; and selecting and fitting hearing aids that also optimize music listening. This is part of a 2-part series presented in partnership with Salus University.

This course will introduce the unique needs of the Hispanic/Latino population as well as discuss ways to exhibit and implement cultural sensitivity and competency for effective counseling and delivery of hearing care services for this population.

Musicians with hearing loss present with a unique set of needs and challenges. This course reviews the fundamentals of effectively working with musicians within an audiology practice. Topics covered include terminology, diagnostic testing considerations, interpreting noise surveys, and important issues surrounding hearing protection devices that audiologists must be up to speed on to best serve musicians and audio professionals. This is part of a 2-part series, presented in partnership with Salus University.

This presentation will describe the results of a project funded by the Hearing Industry Research Consortium regarding detection and learning of new words by adults and children with hearing loss.

Emotions are central to the experience of being human and inherent to communication. This presentation will focus on the role of emotion to speech understanding and its role in aural rehabilitation.