CEU Courses

This three-part series features leading experts discussing the following topics: World Health Organization’s Make Listening Safe initiative; tinnitus and suicide; and cochlear synaptopathy, sometimes called “hidden hearing loss”. This course was designed to inform audiologists and hearing care professionals on new initiatives and research in these areas that may impact clinical practices and patient care.

With recent advancements in technology, patients may experience issues bringing hearing aids into workspaces with security measures in place. Collaboration with the intelligence community and industry has resulted in solutions for this patient population, and the solution as well as ongoing issues are discussed.

A review and discussion of Federal and State regulations pertaining to hearing aid dispensing in the state of New York.

This course presents the components and variables involved in starting an audiology private practice. It also presents the essential components for success as described in various chapters of Strategic Practice Management, 4th Edition, San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.

This course provides educational information about when to refer a patient for a cochlear implant and updates on cochlear implant technology. It also discusses the benefits of cochlear implants and variables that impact overall performance.

This annual presentation provides an update on compliance, coding and reimbursement issues, including informed consent, application of credit card surcharges, tele-audiology, use of technicians and assistants, evaluation and management code use in audiology, and managed care updates.

The American Academy of Audiology recently published a clinical consensus statement on pediatric vestibular assessment to serve as a guide for assessing vestibular function in the pediatric population. The purpose of this presentation is to review content provided within the guide. Test considerations and interpretation of appropriate bedside assessment techniques, vestibular evoked myogenic potential, video head impulse, videonystagmography, rotary chair and various pediatric questionnaires will be reviewed.

This course discusses maximum conductive hearing loss and the prevalence of assertion. Case studies will be reviewed.

This two-part series will provide important background and guidance for Speech Language Pathologists, Audiologists, Educators and others who serve children whose hearing loss was early identified to help professionals support families to access the services and support that they need for their child. The program will be of interest to both those with little knowledge of the EHDI system and those with more extensive background as we address both programmatic elements and the barriers that may prevent a child from receiving services in a timely manner.

Passage of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) has led to dramatic increases in newborn hearing screening, but early intervention of identified children still falls short, with up to 30% of identified children not receiving definitive hearing testing or intervention after initial screening—a phenomenon known as “lost to follow-up.” This presentation reviews the specific barriers associated with the failure of children to receive timely services, including inequities posed by Medicaid, complex enrollment processes, and lack of understanding by many parents and PCPs of the importance of timely follow-up.