Articles
Read CEU articles and transcripts from experts in audiology and industry.
Hearing Loss Associated with Aging
March 12, 2001
Zwaardemaker is credited with documenting the reduction of high-frequency hearing associated with increased age in 1891. His interest, however, involved determining the highest frequency heard at vari... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss
An Advanced Graphic Equalizer Hearing Aid: Going Beyond Your Home Audio System
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March 5, 2001
M.S., Manager of Marketing Communications , Ph.D., Vice-President for Auditory Research 2795 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 660 Salt Lake City, Utah 84121-7036 As a consumer you desire the best sound... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
The NAL-NL1 Fitting Method
February 26, 2001
Audiologists have an odd job to begin with, and then, every year or so, they have to absorb and understand yet another new fitting method. Our arsenal includes a plethora of hearing aid fitting protoc... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Performance of Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome On Selected Tasks of Central Auditory Processing
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February 19, 2001
Stephanie Tarrant Martin, PhD Minot State University Minot, North Dakota Bonnie McMillan Baxter, MS Lakeland Regional Health Authority Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada David R. McCormack, PhD Minot... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children Hearing and Hearing Loss Medical and Surgical Pediatrics
Digital Wireless Telephones and Hearing Aids
February 12, 2001
The introduction of digital wireless technologies in the mid-1990s created a potential new barrier to accessible phone communication for hearing aid wearers. When digital wireless telephones are in cl... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults Assistive Devices
Hearing Conservation: Is Compliance Effective?
January 30, 2001
Noise has been with us since the beginning of the Industrial Age, but it wasn't until about World War II that programs were developed to protect workers from its' effects. A combination of research, s... Read More
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
Hearing Conservation in the US: A Historical Perspective
January 25, 2001
The Noise Exposure Regulation became effective in 1971.1 So OSHA has been enforcing its regulations for 30 years. Since 1983, OSHA's regulation has included an amendment to require specific components... Read More
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
Annoyance and Hearing Aids
January 17, 2001
Donald J. Schum, Ph.D. Vice President of Audiology & Professional Relations for Oticon, Inc Listening to amplified speech through hearing aids all day can lead to fatigue and annoyance. Although they... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
An Outline of Cued Speech
January 17, 2001
Pamela Beck Manager of the National Cued Speech Association Information Services Cued Speech makes spoken languages visible. It provides cued hearing, cued speechreading, cued phonemes and cued langua... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults Aural Habilitation - Children Pediatrics
A Primer on CROS Fittings Using CICs
January 17, 2001
I have written this paper as an introduction to the use of Completely in the Canal (CIC) instruments for transcranial CROS fittings. It is intended as a set of guidelines for clinicians who have had l... Read More
Hearing Aids - Adults
Integrating Counseling Skills into Existing Audiology Practices.
January 4, 2001
The distance learning Audiology Doctorate (Au.D.) program offered by Central Michigan and Vanderbilt University Bill Wilkerson Center includes a core class in counseling (CDO 853, "Psychosocial Aspect... Read More
Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults
Professional Coding: Part Two. Clinical Coding: ICD-9
December 18, 2000
This is the second of a three part series on clinical coding. The first article focused on CPT coding. In that article, I discussed the origin of CPT codes as being owned and copyrighted by the Americ... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Managing Chronic Tinnitus As Phantom Auditory Pain
December 11, 2000
Robert L. Folmer Ph.D. Tinnitus Clinic, Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland Correspondence to: Robert L. Folmer, Ph.D. Oregon Hear... Read More
Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
The Au.D. in Private Practice
December 4, 2000
The AuD degree is well positioned to help elevate the hearing health care industry and the profession of audiology. The Au.D. may help expose the expertise that audiologists have long since held regar... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
In Search of the Digimold
November 27, 2000
We live in the digital era. While a great deal of attention has focused on technology and the algorithms of digital products, relatively little attention has been given to earmolds in the recent press... Read More
Earmolds and Ear Impressions
Serving Children with Hearing Loss
November 20, 2000
The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) is a unique membership organization and information center foron pediatric hearing loss and the auditory approach. AG B... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children Aural Habilitation - Children Pediatrics Pediatrics
Clinical Electrocochleography: Overview of Theories, Techniques and Applications
November 15, 2000
As the term implies, 'Electrocochleography' (ECochG) is a method for recording the electrical potentials of the cochlea. ECochG generally involves measurement of the stimulus-related cochlear potentia... Read More
Electrophysiology
New Audiology-Based Opportunities in the Management of the Dizzy or Balance- Disordered Patient
November 10, 2000
President and CEO NeuroCom International, Inc. Recent developments in the health care industry are not only changing the way patients are being managed but, together with new clinical advancements, ar... Read More
Vestibular Issues and Balance Disorders
Counterpoint To Recent Objections To The SLP Revised Scope Of Practice
November 8, 2000
Over the past few weeks I have read a number of opinions regarding ASHA's recent call for peer review of the Revised Scope of Practice in Speech-Language Pathology. After reading statements and opinio... Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Evaluating Hearing in Infants and Small Children
November 3, 2000
In the past several years, considerable data has been obtained supporting the need for newborn and infant hearing screening while emphasizing the benefits of early intervention for very young children... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics
