Articles
Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Staying in the Loop: When Hearing Aids Are Not Enough
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August 22, 2005
Editor's Note: Dr. Diles wrote the article below for our consumer website (www.healthyhearing.com). However, as it was so useful for so many patients, we are making it available here, with Dr. Diles'... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Assistive Devices
Office Management Software - 101
August 15, 2005
Digital technologies and the integration of computers into administrative functions, diagnostics and fitting protocols offer tremendous advantages over previous methods. Technology has changed the way... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Discrimination of English Vowels by Bilingual Spanish/English Adults and Children
August 8, 2005
Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx, New York Email address: sandra.levey@lehman.cuny.edu The discrimination of English vowel contrasts in real and novel words by 101 bilingual Sp... Read More
Automatic Follow-up Appointments: Issues in 2005
August 1, 2005
Editor's note: I urge ALL clinicians to read and review this article as soon as possible as it will potentially impact the management of every patient you see. I would like to personally express my gr... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Sensory Memory and the Mismatch Negativity
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July 25, 2005
N.Kartik, Postgraduate student (Audiology), All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore, Mysore, India, akartik1@yahoo.com Khaladkar Ashok Aditee, Postgraduate student (Audiology),... Read More
Electrophysiology
Book Excerpt from Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human
July 18, 2005
Editor's Note: This is a very unusual event for us. We have not previously published an excerpt from an autobiography. Despite my own personal 21 years of experience researching and working with patie... Read More
Cochlear Implants
Audiology in the Year 2010
July 4, 2005
Virginia Ramachandran Au.D. Student, Class of 2008 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Editor's note: This paper was one of the excellent "runner-up" submissions received for the 2005 NAFDA-AO wr... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
The Hearing Technology Predisposition Assessment (HTPA)
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June 27, 2005
Marcia J. Scherer, Ph.D., MPH, FACRM Institute for Matching Person & Technology Webster, NY Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults
Effectiveness of Hearing Aid Manipulation Training for Elderly Hearing Aid Users
June 27, 2005
Maintaining independence and control over one's life is an increasingly important issue as we age. Appropriate hearing aid and related amplification contributes to independence and control. Using a Li... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults
On Being an Audiologist in 2010
June 20, 2005
NAFDA member Denby Fukuda of Hawaii, has submitted the winning "Audiology Online-NAFDA Student Writing Contest Winner of 2005." Ms. Fukuda will receive a check from AudiologyOnline in the amount of $5... Read More
Hearing Aid "Sticker Shock" and Things to Consider When Purchasing
June 20, 2005
We've all heard about the guy that knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing? It turns out the price of things is not always linked to some intrinsic value, their materials or their size... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Personal Digital Assistants in Clinical Practice: Considerations & Suggestions
June 13, 2005
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center Boston, Massachusettes George.Charpied@bmc.org The personal digital assistant (PDA)... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
APD, ADD, ADHD and AD/HD: Personal and Scientific Reflections
June 6, 2005
I'm not a stranger to research or behavioral conditions based in physiology. I am the mother of a 9 year old child with an auditory processing disorder, and I have a Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology.... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) Hearing and Hearing Loss Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics
Identifying "Neuro-reflexes" of the External Ear Canal
May 30, 2005
This study addresses measures and methods for identifying three under-recognized neuroreflexes of the external ear canal. These three neuro-reflexes are related to hearing instrument dispensing practi... Read More
Medical and Surgical
Speech Burst and Click Evoked ABR
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May 23, 2005
Aditee Ashok Khaladkar, Postgraduate student (Audiology), Department of Audiology, All India institute of Speech and Hearing, Naimisham campus, Manasagangothri, Mysore - 570006. kaditee@yahoo.com N.Ka... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss Electrophysiology
A Practice Conundrum: E-waste Disposal
May 23, 2005
Computers and related information technologies (workstations, scanners, printers, docking stations, personal digital assistants, hand-held diagnostic and screening tools, cell phones, servers, etc.) a... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
An Exercise in Futility: Frustrations of a Hearing Conservationist (An Historical Review and Summary of Hearing Conservation Issues)
May 16, 2005
Of all industrial injuries, occupational hearing loss is entirely preventable." Dr. Joseph Sataloff Over the years, it has been the author's responsibility to consult with federal agencies; to establi... Read More
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
The Road Back
May 9, 2005
I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1996. I searched for experts to help me recover from the loss of balance, facial function, eye function, hearing, reduced stamina and overall lesser motivation fo... Read More
Vestibular Issues and Balance Disorders Hearing and Hearing Loss Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices
Tinnitus Loudness Perception in Precipitous HF Losses.
April 18, 2005
Ringing in the ears" is the most common complaint described by people who also suffer from precipitous high frequency sensorineural hearing impairment. In many cases, their tinnitus can be frequency m... Read More
Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Hearing and Hearing Loss
A New Definition for Modern Hearing Aids
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April 11, 2005
(noun, plural) (archaic) : electronic devices usually worn by a person for amplifying sound before it reaches the auditory receptor organs. (modern) : electronic devices worn by a person for processin... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
