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This courses focuses on achieving a proper ear mold impression and the impact the impression has on custom in-the-ear hearing aid and custom receiver design. This course also reviews the manufacturing process for custom hearing aids and receivers to set appropriate expectations.

Caregivers play a critical role in helping patients live longer, healthier lives. Patients wearing Starkey’s Livio Edge AI hearing aids can view information about their social engagement, physical activity, and hearing aid use via the Thrive app. This information can be shared with family members and care providers via the Thrive Care app to provide them with peace of mind, knowing their loved one is safe and well, while patients can maintain their independence. This session will provide an overview of Starkey’s healthable features, the information that can be shared via Thrive Care, and the benefits and convenience of using the Thrive Care app for the patient, caregiver, and hearing healthcare professional. How to set up and use Thrive Care will be illustrated.

This course is presented by faculty and AuD students at The Ohio State University. Five challenging pediatric cases that incorporate current evidence and perspectives of patient care will be discussed. Each case provides “take-home” messages to incorporate into clinical practice.

This course provides instruction on when and how to use the advanced features in the ReSound Smart Fit software for fine-tuning adjustments.

This session covers how to support children with severe to profound hearing loss described in the context of specific patient needs. Additionally, clinical decision-making to determine the best solution to address the developmental and educational requirements for hearing well in noisy situations will be reviewed.

Today’s technologies are being transformed by AI and machine learning. AI provides new opportunities for hearing aids to do so much more for your patients. This session will discuss how AI extends the capabilities of hearing aid technology to perform tasks that can enhance your patient’s listening experience and assist them in their daily lives. A variety of intelligent assistant features patients want and demand such as Thrive Assistant, Translate and Reminders will be reviewed and demonstrated. Learn the benefits and conveniences these features can provide to ensure your patients get the most out of their Livio Edge AI hearing aids.

Non-surgical options for managing significant unilateral hearing loss include remote microphone and CROS systems. Although remote microphone systems are often the recommended choice for school-aged children, CROS systems have the potential to help adults and children in a variety of listening situations. This course will review recent research related to the potential benefits and limitations of CROS systems for adults and children with unilateral hearing loss.

This course is intended for audiology clinical externship coordinators, current externship supervisors, and those considering becoming a supervisor. The intent is to share strategies that make placements successful as well as ways to work through challenges from both a coordinator and supervisor perspective.

New hearing aid technology in the past 5-10 years has resulted in vast improvements for the hearing impaired but also a whole new set of challenges for today’s hearing care professional. This course examines the current challenges facing hearing care professionals who dispense hearing aids and provides tips and strategies on how to overcome them.

Evidence-based guidelines for setting and verifying gain in hearing aid fittings are well established, but currently, best-practice recommendations for advanced settings are still in their infancy. The purpose of this presentation is to provide hearing care providers with guidance for setting advanced features in hearing aids based on scientific literature evaluating audiometric configuration, acceptable noise level, and previous experience with hearing aids.