PSAPs: Our Role in this Disruptive Environment - Clinical and Business Practice Issues
Course: #30085Level: Introductory 1 Hour 333 Reviews
This course is the second part of a 2-part series addressing Personal Sound Amplification Products (PSAPs). This course will address clinical and business practice changes that audiologists may consider to effectively adapt to the new legislative landscape formed by recent disruptive innovations.
Learning Outcomes
- After this course learners will be able to list one test or procedure for the three main components endorsed in Best Practice guidelines for dispensing hearing aids to adults.
- After this course learners will be able to explain one way PSAPs could be incorporated into an audiology practice.
- After this course learners will be able to provide 2 alternative communication solutions for consumers who are not ready for hearing aids where a PSAP may not be appropriate.
Course created on November 8, 2017
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Review of research addressing service delivery models |
| 15-20 Minutes | Best Practice guidelines for dispensing hearing aids to adults |
| 20-25 Minutes | Status Quo approach to PSAPs |
| 25-40 Minutes | Going Forward approach to PSAPs |
| 40-55 Minutes | Alternatives to PSAPs for those not ready for hearing aids |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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333 ReviewsPresented By
A.U. Bankaitis
PhD FAAA
Vice President, Oaktree Products, Inc.
A.U. Bankaitis, PhD is Vice President of Oaktree Products, Inc of St. Louis, MO, a multi-line distributor of audiology and hearing health care products. Dr. Bankaitis earned her doctorate from the University of Cincinnati in 1995 where her funded research investigated the effects of varying degrees of HIV on the auditory system. This research naturally led to the area of infection control. Dr. Bankaitis is considered one of the leading experts in this area as it pertains to the hearing industry, authoring numerous infection control publications including the popular text book Infection Control in the Audiology Clinic. none
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