Articles
Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Integrating New Technology: Addressing Old Problems
March 21, 2005
Processing speech in difficult listening environments to allow maximal word and sentence recognition is the single greatest challenge facing hearing aid researchers and manufacturers. Interference fro... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Automated Audiometry: Progress or Pariah?
January 17, 2005
The chapter titled "Automatic Audiometry" in Jerger's 1963 Modern Developments in Audiology began with.... The number of audiometric examinations made today has grown to such a magnitude that it is on... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Adults
From 'Free Service' to 'Fee for Service'
January 3, 2005
As the profession of audiology progresses, I believe we'll need to make changes in the status quo. When considering the future, it's helpful to review our history and our evolution towards independent... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Audiology Clinical Technique and Personal Style
December 20, 2004
Adjunct Professor of Audiology University of Florida Gainesville, FL In a previous article for Audiology Online, I presented issues and considerations relating to the personality of hearing impaired p... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults
The Automatic Directional System: Factors in Solving the Noise Problem
December 13, 2004
The hearing aid industry has made significant strides regarding the fidelity and sophistication of hearing aid signal processing and fitting strategies for state-of-the-art hearing aids. Nonetheless,... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Hearing Aid Compatibility: Technical Update
December 6, 2004
Making Wireless Accessible to You' was the hearing aid compatibility (HAC) theme at the recent Self Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH) convention in Omaha. The Hearing Industry Association (HIA) and the... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Assistive Devices
A White Paper Addressing the Societal Costs of Hearing Loss and Issues in Third Party Reimbursement
November 8, 2004
The purpose of this paper is to provide policy makers, government officials, third party payers and consumers a brief overview of hearing health challenges in the United States and highlight the heari... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing and Hearing Loss
Redefining the Hearing Aid Selection Process
November 1, 2004
When audiologists began dispensing hearing aids some 30 years ago, our ostensible rationale was that in order to provide a total aural rehabilitative program to our patients, we needed to control the... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Hearing Aids - Adults
Parent Infant Programs (PIP) & Preschool Education of Children with Hearing Impairment
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November 1, 2004
District Center for Rehabilitation for the Persons with Disabilities Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a parent infant program (PIP) on academic pe... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Pediatrics
To Au.D or not to Au.D?. . . . that was my question!
October 25, 2004
Klamath Falls, OR louisd@hearingoffice.com I started college in 1980 after finishing a tour of duty with Uncle Sam. I lived in Port Angeles, WA, and enrolled at Peninsula College. By 1987, I completed... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
The BAHA® System Demo
October 18, 2004
The Baha System is the only implanted treatment for hearing loss that works through direct bone conduction. This unique method of sound transfer utilizes the skull bones to send sound to the cochlea,... Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices
Quantitative Method in the Analysis of Pure-Tone Audiometry
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October 11, 2004
Michael J.M. Raffin, Ph.D. Department of Audiology Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL Francis J. Nourie, Ph.D. Department of Management Science, LUC John P. Leonetti, M.D. Department of Otol... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Adults
Issues in Coding and Billing: A Fireside Chat....
September 6, 2004
Some questions tend to plague clinicians in their endeavor to execute appropriate coding and billing practices. To resolve some of these issues, I offer this "Fireside Chat" to address the following i... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
T-Coils: Getting The Most Out Of Your Hearing Aid
August 16, 2004
Consumers report they want hearing aids to provide more benefit in noisy situations, have better sound quality and produce less feedback (Kochkin, 2002). Many of these problems occur due to limitation... Read More
Assistive Devices Hearing Aids - Adults
ALDs and Movies: Missed Opportunities and How to Overcome Them
August 9, 2004
Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) are fairly common in America's movie theaters, thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although significant progress has been made, problems and opportu... Read More
Assistive Devices
Cochlear Implant Technical Issues: Electrodes, Channels, Stimulation Modes and more
June 21, 2004
Graduate Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Cochlear Implants (CI) exist at the crossroads of biology and technology. Research and development of CIs has... Read More
Cochlear Implants
Artificial Intelligence: The New Advanced Technology in Hearing Aids
June 7, 2004
Vice President, Audiology & Professional Relations Oticon, Inc. I visited my favorite internet news site this morning and found a story about a new "smart" running shoe. The shoe has a computer chip o... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Single Sided Deafness: Issues and Alternatives
May 31, 2004
In the United States, an estimated 60,000 people per year acquire Single Sided Deafness (SSD), typically caused by viral infections, Meniere's disease, head or ear trauma, or through surgical interven... Read More
Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices
The Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act: Educating Congress about Hearing Loss
May 24, 2004
Legislative Counsel to the Hearing Industries Association Alexandria, Virginia Financial assistance may be on the way for millions of older Americans and children who have untreated hearing loss. For... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Hearing Protector Evaluation and Performance Ratings: The Good, the Bad, and the EPA
May 17, 2004
Sonomax Hearing Healthcare, Inc. In addition to working to assess and remediate hearing loss, audiologists have a professional responsibility to prevent hearing loss from occurring if/when possible. P... Read More
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
