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Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Vanderbilt Audiology's Journal Club: Noise Reduction, Directional Microphones, and Listening Effort
January 25, 2016
Dr. Gus Mueller: Our presenter today for our Vanderbilt Journal Club is Dr. Erin Picou. We are fortunate to have someone talking about current hearing aid research who also is conducting and publish... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss VA Selections Vanderbilt Audiology Journal Club
20Q: Hearing Aids - The Future Ain't What it Used to Be!
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January 11, 2016
Back in May of 1994, I wrote an article titled, Update On Programmable Hearing Aids (With An Assist From Yogi Berra). At the time, there were a lot of questions surrounding the use of programmable hea... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults Practice Management and Professional Issues
Promoting High Value, Patient-Centric Care with Alternative and Complementary Devices
December 18, 2015
Today, I want to talk about some industry challenges and opportunities that are in front us as they relate to changes in the marketplace with the aging population and the influx of baby boomers. We wi... Read More
Assistive Devices
Parents' Perspective: The Decision Making Process for Bone Anchored Hearing Systems for Children
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December 14, 2015
Liz Presson: At Oticon Medical, through our work with patients and their families, we understand that the decision-making process for bone anchored hearing solutions for children (and for hearing solu... Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
Making a Good (Ear) Impression: Setting Up a Successful Impression-Taking Protocol
December 14, 2015
There is a need to be skilled at taking impressions for a number of reasons. One of those is the opportunity that lies in being able to be proficient at making ear impressions. The opportunity to prov... Read More
Earmolds and Ear Impressions
Addressing Hearing Aid User Needs with Binaural Strategies for Enhanced Hearing
November 23, 2015
Editor’s Note: This text course is an edited transcript of a live webinar. Download supplemental course materials.Dr. Melissa Ruscetta: In this course, I will be specifically reviewing the bina... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
20Q: Auditory Brainstem Implants - Continued Advancements for Both Adults and Children
November 9, 2015
1. Auditory Brainstem Implant? Isn’t that just another name for a special cochlear implant?No, not at all. Auditory brainstems implants (ABI) are actually are quite different. A cochlear implant (CI... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices Cochlear Implants Medical and Surgical VA Selections
The Numbers Don't Lie: Audiology Key Performance Indicators in an ENT Practice
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November 2, 2015
Historically, audiologists did not have the capability to systematically measure any part of their business. Sure, they had a general idea of their return rate, gross margin or annual revenue, but oft... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
The Verifit Directional Mic Test: Evaluating Modern Directional Microphone Technologies
October 30, 2015
Directional microphone technology has been available for nearly fifty years, and remains even to this day, the single most effective approach to improving signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for certain liste... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Practice Management and Professional Issues
Combined OAE and AABR Approach for Newborn Hearing Screening
October 26, 2015
Hearing screening of newborn infants with OAEs and automated ABR is not the end-all or final goal for any audiologist; it is the very beginning. We sometimes get hung up on different parts of this pro... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children Otoacoustic Emissions Pediatrics
Advanced Management of Complex Cases: Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct
October 26, 2015
I wanted to begin with a brief anatomy refresher as we begin talking about measurements used to define EVA. Think about the ear canal, tympanic membrane, middle ear ossicles, and the bony labyrinth of... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics
Evidence-Based Clinical Applications of OAEs in Children and Adults
October 19, 2015
We will be discussing evidenced-based clinical applications of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) in children and adults. In the first lecture in this series, I made some assumptions about the audience, but... Read More
Otoacoustic Emissions
Auditory Development Series: Factors that Impact Listening Outcomes
October 14, 2015
This text course is an edited transcript of a live webinar. Download supplemental course materials.Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this course, you will be able to understand the intrinsic and extrin... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Cochlear Implants Pediatrics
Auditory Development Series: Auditory Development Hierarchy
October 14, 2015
One of the first things we need to know when we are working with children is how to play, so we should know play milestones that are appropriate for young children. The two key things we need to know... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Cochlear Implants Pediatrics
New Wireless, Binaural Processing Reduces Problems Associated with Wind Noise in Hearing Aids
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October 12, 2015
With today’s hearing aid technology, we have become accustomed to providing significant aided benefit for our patients in a variety of listening conditions. Speech recognition in both quiet and in b... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children
20Q: The Cross-Check Principle in Pediatric Audiometry - Forty Years Later
October 12, 2015
The cross-check principle, however, is not specifically unique to that time frame, as it more or less applies to all aspects of diagnostic audiology. Over time, the key measures used for the audiologi... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics
Turning a Nightmare into a Dream: Taking Care of Musicians and Engineers
September 21, 2015
Learning Objectives Dr. Brian Fligor: After this course, you will be able to describe the values that musicians, music enthusiasts, and audio engineers bring to the table when they come seeking audio... Read More
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
Interventional Audiology: When is it Time to Move Out of the Booth?
September 14, 2015
Interventional audiology means managing hearing loss in order to impact other primary concerns. Hearing loss is neither the person’s nor the other health care provider’s primary concern. As an aud... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
The Ponto System and Benefits of Percutaneous BAHS
September 7, 2015
Editor’s Note: This text course is an edited transcript of a live webinar. Download supplemental course materials. Dr. Westbrook: I will start by giving a brief overview of Oticon Medical as a c... Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices
20Q: Pediatric Speech Recognition Measures - What's Now and What's Next!
September 7, 2015
Pure-tone thresholds are obviously extremely important, but we gain critical information from speech recognition testing as well. For example, speech testing can: 1) Provide a cross-check for behavior... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics
