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Best Practices for Cochlear Implant Candidacy: Pediatrics, in partnership with American Cochlear Implant Alliance

Course: #33025Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 324 Reviews
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This course examines both the Food and Drug Administration and best-practice candidacy assessment practices for pediatric cochlear implantation. Medical, audiology, speech-language pathology, and other assessments and considerations will be discussed to help identify best practices for candidacy determination.

Please note: You may earn ABA Tier 1 credits for this course if you complete it as part of the course 33372, "Best Practices and Beyond Cochlear Implant Basics." Course 33372 contains recordings of all four events from our 2019 series on Cochlear Implant Best Practices. ABA Tier 1 CEUs can be earned only when all modules are completed as part of course 33372.

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CEUs/Hours Offered: AAA/0.1 Intermediate; ACAud/1.0; AG Bell - LSLS/1.0 Domain 1; BAA/1.0; CAA/1.0; IACET/0.1; IHS/1.0; Kansas, LTS-S0035/1.0; NZAS/1.0; SAC/1.0

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Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to state three parts of the medical evaluation as part of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to state four audiology considerations for determining pediatric cochlear implant candidacy.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to state three areas to assess in a speech language pathology cochlear implant candidacy assessment.

Course created on May 8, 2019

Agenda

0-5 Minutes Introduction
5-10 Minutes FDA Candidacy Criteria and JCIH Position Statement
10-15 Minutes Medical Evaluation for CI
15-30 Minutes Audiology Evaluation for CI
30-35 Minutes Speech and Language Evaluation for CI
35-45 Minutes Additional Evaluations and Counseling; Special Populations
45-50 Minutes Determining Candidacy: Whether or Not to Recommend a CI
50-55 Minutes Insurance Considerations
55-60 Minutes Conclusions/Questions and Answers

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Presenter Disclosure: Denise Thomas: Financial: Denise Thomas is employed by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She received an honorarium for this course. Non Financial: Denise Thomas is a state champion for ACIA.

Lindsay Zombek: Financial: Lindsay Zombek is emplooyed by University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. She received an honorarium for this course. Non Financial: Lindsay Zombek is a board member of a state chapter of AG Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and is a Committee Member of the Ohio Department of Health Subcommittee on Universal Newborn Infant Hearing Screening.


Sponsor Disclosure: This course is presented by AudiologyOnline in partnership with the American Cochlear Implant Alliance.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Academy of Audiology

American Academy of Audiology

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Australian College of Audiology

Australian College of Audiology

AudiologyOnline courses are approved for Continuing Education Points by the Australian College of Audiology. Automatic ACAud Approval Number 20000. This course is offered for 1 CEP.


AG Bell - Listening and Spoken Language Credential

AG Bell - Listening and Spoken Language Credential

This course is offered for 1 hour(s) of CE Credit from the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language. For an explanation of content areas, view PDF listing all 9 domains.


British Academy of Audiology

British Academy of Audiology

This course has been accredited with 1 CPD point/s by the British Academy of Audiology.


Canadian Academy of Audiology

Canadian Academy of Audiology

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International Association for Continuing Education and Training

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International Hearing Society

International Hearing Society

This program is approved by the International Hearing Society and its educational committee, the International Institute for Hearing Instruments Studies. To learn more about earning IHS CE Credit, click here.


Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services

Kansas Department of Health and Environment: Approved for 1 continuing education clock hours for Kansas licensed Audiologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number LTS-S0035.


New Zealand Audiological Society

New Zealand Audiological Society

This course is offered for 1.0 Continuing Education points through the New Zealand Audiological Society.


Speech-Language & Audiology Canada

Speech-Language & Audiology Canada

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