Aural Rehabilitation And Counseling Adults CEU Courses

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.

This Grand Round Series from 2018 features clinicians from the University of Pittsburgh, Henry Ford Health System and the University of South Dakota presenting actual case studies on adult amplification with a range of audiological and medical diagnoses represented.

This course addresses unique challenges for those who find themselves working with the aging population. An overview of dementia and the connections to hearing loss and hearing health care interventions will be discussed. Also, age-related changes in both sensory function and cognitive abilities and social disengagement and withdrawal as a result of listening fatigue will be reviewed.

Changes in the healthcare landscape and other factors make this a good time for audiologists to consider expanding their clinical practice beyond recommending and fitting hearing aids. This article uses an engaging Q & A format to provide an overview of auditory brain training, with examples from the clEAR program.

Health professionals and researchers worldwide recommend that health professionals take into account the needs of the patient and the needs of the family so they become partners in rehabilitation. Family Centered Care is acknowledged as the best way of involving family members.