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Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Understanding Hearing Loops
December 5, 2011
An Audio Frequency Induction Loop System, or AFILS, is a relatively new acronym for an old approach to assistive listening that is more commonly known as a "hearing loop". Using the full term may seem... Read More
Assistive Devices Hearing Aids - Adults
Connect and Convert: Internet Marketing Best Practices
November 21, 2011
This is a transcript of the live seminar presented on April 28, 2011. To view the course recording, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/practice-management-marketing-business-issues-website-marketin... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Pediatric Hearing Aid Fittings: Selection and Verification of Features
November 14, 2011
Providing amplification for infants and children is an increasingly complex and challenging endeavor for pediatric audiologists. Rapid innovation in hearing aid signal processing has provided new oppo... Read More
Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
20Q: A Tribute to Edgar Villchur
November 7, 2011
In the fall of 1965 I left the farm and went off to the big city of Fargo, North Dakota for college. In those days, nothing said college like fraternity life, and my first experience was "rush week."... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Hearing Aids - Adults
Recreational NIHL: A Summary of the Evidence
October 31, 2011
This is an edited transcript of the live expert e-seminar presented in July 2011. To view the course recording, register here. In addition, please ensure to download the slide handouts (PDF) that acco... Read More
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
Precepting and the University Clinic
October 24, 2011
At the recent 29th Annual Council of Academic Programs in Communications and Disorders, a discussion took place regarding the quality and expertise of clinical educators in audiology. Many participant... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Unitron Business Accelerator Series: Beyond Basic Financial Statements (Part 3)
October 10, 2011
This is a transcript of the live seminar presented on June 17, 2011. To view the course recording, register here. Welcome, everyone, to Part 3 of this three-part series about financial statements tool... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Unitron Business Accelerator Series: Financial Statements in Depth - How to Read and Analyze (Part 2)
October 3, 2011
This is a transcript of a live seminar. To view the course recording, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/practice-management-marketing-business-issues-unitron-practice-development-series-part-18771... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: Moving from Evidence to Practice - Can Knowledge Translation and Implementation Science Help Audiology Get There?
October 3, 2011
Whether our primary daily responsibility is routine diagnostics, balance function testing, electrophysiologic assessment, cochlear implants or hearing aid fittings, we all pretty much believe that 'Be... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Practice Management and Professional Issues
Unitron Business Accelerator Series: Achieving Financial Management Peace of Mind in Your Business (Part 1)
September 26, 2011
This is a transcript of the live expert e-seminar. The recorded course can be accessed here. Part 2 of this series is available here, and Part 3 of this series is available here. This is a three-part... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Preventing Medical Errors for Audiologists - 2011 Update
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September 26, 2011
This is a transcript of the live seminar presented on June 9, 2011. To view the course recording, register here: /audiology-ceus/course/va-selections-medical-surgical-professional-issues-ethics-preven... Read More
Medical and Surgical Practice Management and Professional Issues
Using Scientific Principles in the Hearing Aid Consultation
September 19, 2011
Editor's note: This is a transcript of the live expert e-seminar. To view the recorded course, please register at /audiology-ceus/course/hearing-aids-adults-aural-rehabilitation-counseling-adults-prac... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Hearing Aids - Adults
Are We (Still) Asleep At The Wheel? An Update from Seven Years Ago
September 12, 2011
I recently listened with interest to the comments aired on the news program 60 Minutes by Dr. Martin Cooper, the inventor of the cell phone (Browning, 2010). As Dr. Cooper put it, when product enginee... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
20Q: What is Old is New Again - Why Hearing Loops are Back to Stay
September 12, 2011
If you're an audiologist fitting hearing aids, it's always fun to talk about new features and technology when you get together with colleagues. Which company's noise reduction algorithm does the best... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Assistive Devices Hearing Aids - Adults
New Degree/Severity Classification for the Audiogram: What do Audiologists Have to Say?
August 29, 2011
The history of the audiogram dates back to the early days of audiology during and after World War II in the 1940s. The audiogram has become the standard graphical representation of the results of pure... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Adults Practice Management and Professional Issues
Go Out on Top: Six Ways to Maximize Value When Selling Your Practice
August 22, 2011
An audiology practice owner faces many tough decisions when confronted with retirement and exit planning, chief among them, how to do it and who to trust. Unfortunately, most articles on the subject o... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Everybody Needs a Little Groove - Introducing Groove from Sonic Innovations
August 22, 2011
This article is a transcript of the live e-Seminar. To view the course recording, please register here. Today we are going to learn about the new micro completely-in-the-canal (CIC) device from Sonic... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Dynamics: The Third Dimension of Speech
August 15, 2011
This is a transcript of the live expert e-seminar. To view the course recording, please register here Today I want to discuss a signal that we as audiologists spend a lot of time talking about but, in... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Electrocochleography, MLR, P300 and Cortical Responses, Evoked Auditory Potentials Part 2
August 8, 2011
This article is a transcript of the live e-Seminar. To view the course recording, please register here. Hello, everyone. My name is Wendy Crumley-Welsh. I am the product manager for the ICS product li... Read More
Electrophysiology
20Q: The Right-Ear Effect - Going Strong After Fifty Years!
August 1, 2011
The 1960s were an exciting time for diagnostic audiology. We were moving beyond simple air and bone conduction threshold testing, and beginning to construct diagnostic tests that would allow us to ide... Read More
20Q with Gus Mueller Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) Hearing and Hearing Loss