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ReSound Smart Fit - August 2024

Ask The Experts

Q&A from the most trusted names in audiology.

Should I Refrigerate My Hearing Aid Batteries?

Tom Begley

October 9, 2006

Hearing aid batteries: to refrigerate or not to refrigerate?   Read More

 


Getting the Best Telecoil Response

Michael Block

October 2, 2006

I need to purchase a new hearing aid, and neither my audiologist nor I can find a hearing aid that has pre-amplified telecoils. I have tried several hearing aids with conventional telecoils and find i...   Read More


Diagnostic Code for Auditory Neuropathy

Robert C. Fifer, PhD

October 2, 2006

What is the diagnostic code for auditory neruopathy? I was not able to find a code specific for AN.   Read More


Real-Ear Measures for Open-Fit Devices

Dave Fabry, PhD

September 25, 2006

What are the considerations needed for real-ear measurements when doing an open ear fitting?   Read More


Hearing Aid Fitting Guidelines Based on ANL

Melinda C. Freyaldenhoven, MA, CCC-A, Patrick N. Plyler, PhD, CCC-A

September 18, 2006

I have been looking at some of the literature on Acceptable Noise Level (ANL) and how it relates to fitting hearing aids. Based on a patient's ANL, would you recommend any guidelines for fitting a hea...   Read More


Care and Maintenance of Custom Monitors Worn In the Ear for Musicians

Dale Douglass

September 18, 2006

What are the most common long-term care and maintenance issues with musicians' monitors worn in the ear?   Read More

 


Packaging Options for Mail Order Batteries

Tom Begley

September 11, 2006

We sell a lot of hearing aid batteries by mail order. What kinds of packaging options are available for ready-to-mail packages?   Read More

 


Billing for ABR Threshold Testing at Multiple Frequencies

Robert C. Fifer, PhD

September 11, 2006

I have a question about billing for an ABR. I currently use multiple stimuli (clicks and frequency specific tone bursts) and perform threshold testing in each ear when I evaluate infants. I know that...   Read More


Upward Spread of Masking and Pediatric Hearing Aid Fittings

Richard Seewald, PhD

September 4, 2006

I am working with a 3-year old with a hearing loss of 40 dB at 250, 65 dB at 500 and the rest of the frequencies (750 - 6000 Hz) are at 100 dB and NR. She is wearing a power digital hearing aid. To me...   Read More

     


Data Security

Ridge Sampson

September 4, 2006

I use web based Sycle practice management software and wanted some additional information about where my data is stored.   Read More


Insertion Gain Measures with Type C Tympanogram in Children

Steve Huart, AuD

August 28, 2006

What kind of results will you expect while doing insertion gain measurements in children with a Type C tympanogram where the eardrum is retracted? What are the important things to keep in mind while p...   Read More

 


Hearing Protection from General Purpose Materials?

Elliott H. Berger, MS, INCE Bd. Cert.

August 28, 2006

Do you really need to use specially designed earplugs for hearing protection? Can you use other, more inexpensive materials such as cotton balls, or other similar household items, or can you just stic...   Read More


Directional Hearing Aids for Unilateral Hearing Loss

Todd Ricketts, PhD, CCC-A

August 21, 2006

I am working with an 8 year old patient who has a unilateral conductive hearing loss that has not been able to be corrected with surgery. The referring audiologist has recommended a hearing aid with a...   Read More

  


APD - Getting it 'Right'

Jack Katz, PhD, CCC-A/SLP

August 21, 2006

If a child passes the SSW but has a tremendous amount of reversals, or quick responses, etc., how do we interpret the results? Is the SSW deemed normal, and we simply state the findings? Or do we cons...   Read More

    


Sleeping on the Job

Kris English, PhD

August 14, 2006

I work with an audiologist who is 74 years old, and during the day dozes off to sleep snoring loudly for the whole clinic to hear. I've seen him many times doze off during testing (him doing the testi...   Read More


Impression techniques for custom musician monitors worn in the ear.

Dale Douglass

August 14, 2006

I have a person coming in for a pair of custom monitors for a musician, and I need to take an impression as they will be worn in the ear. Do I need to do anything special when taking these impressions...   Read More

  


Infection Control for Earmold Impressions

A. U. Bankaitis, PhD, FAAA

August 7, 2006

I have a question about earmolds and infection control. What precautions do I need to take when the impression is taken from a patient with Cytomegalovirus (CMV) or Healthcare-Associated Methicillin R...   Read More

 


Determining Hearing Aid 'Market Share'

Don Marsh

August 7, 2006

How large of a population should you have per audiologist in order to have good market share and to be reasonably profitable? i.e. One audiologist per every so many thousand people living in a particu...   Read More


When to Change Batteries

Tom Begley

July 31, 2006

Do you think that if the battery quits on one hearing aid, you should change the other at the same time so that the voltage will be the same on both ears?   Read More

 


Buyers Groups, Stark Laws, Antikickback, and Ethical Practices

Bryan Liang, MD, JD, PhD

July 31, 2006

Is there a violation or an appearance of a violation to the stark laws, a violation of the ethical practices guidelines, or an appearance of a conflict of interest when an Audiologist who owns their o...   Read More


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