Ask The Experts
Q&A from the most trusted names in audiology.
Packaging Options for Mail Order Batteries
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
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Upward Spread of Masking and Pediatric Hearing Aid Fittings
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
Hearing Aids - Children Aural Habilitation - Children Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics Pediatrics Pediatrics
Data Security
September 4, 2006
I use web based Sycle practice management software and wanted some additional information about where my data is stored. Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Insertion Gain Measures with Type C Tympanogram in Children
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 Aids - Children Pediatrics
Hearing Protection from General Purpose Materials?
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
Hearing Conservation and NIHL
Directional Hearing Aids for Unilateral Hearing Loss
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
Hearing Aids - Adults Hearing Aids - Children Pediatrics
APD - Getting it 'Right'
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
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) Aural Habilitation - Children Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics Pediatrics
Sleeping on the Job
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
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Impression techniques for custom musician monitors worn in the ear.
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
Assistive Devices Hearing Conservation and NIHL Earmolds and Ear Impressions
Infection Control for Earmold Impressions
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
Infection Control Earmolds and Ear Impressions
Determining Hearing Aid 'Market Share'
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
Practice Management and Professional Issues
When to Change Batteries
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
Hearing Aids - Adults
Buyers Groups, Stark Laws, Antikickback, and Ethical Practices
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
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Tracking Referral Sources
July 24, 2006
I want to track my referral sources so I know where to focus my marketing efforts. Are there options to do this in some of the available office management software? Read More
Practice Management and Professional Issues
Evaluation and Treatment Recommendations for a Child With Dyspraxia - a Complicated Case
July 24, 2006
I am presently working with a 6.4yr. old (semi) verbal male who attends a private Kindergarten three days a week. He has received private Sp. therapy for 2 yrs. and was labeled as dyspraxic. I have wo... Read More
Aural Habilitation - Children Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics Pediatrics
Getting Started with Custom Monitors for Musicians
July 17, 2006
I am interested in providing custom musicians' monitors for musicians that are worn in the ear. How do I get started? Read More
Assistive Devices Hearing Conservation and NIHL
ASSR with Auditory Neuropathy
July 17, 2006
I recently diagnosed a 2 year old male with bilateral auditory neuropathy using DPOAEs, TEOAEs and ABR with reversed polarity while under sedation. Due to time constraints in the OR, I was not able to... Read More
Electrophysiology Hearing Evaluation - Children Otoacoustic Emissions Pediatrics
Treacher Collins Syndrome
July 10, 2006
I'm currently attending school for my masters in Speech and Language Pathology and was working on a group presentation regarding Treacher Collins Syndrome as it relates to language disorders. I had a... Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Children Medical and Surgical Pediatrics
Screening for Retrocochlear Pathology
July 3, 2006
If one is not using ABR, what are currently the most time-efficient and sensitive tools for screening for retro-cochlear pathology? Read More
Hearing Evaluation - Adults
Post Head-Shaking Nystagmus
July 3, 2006
When nystagmus is observed post head shake, can the side of peripheral lesion be determined based on the direction of nystagmus observed? Are there typical abnormal response patterns? What treatments... Read More
Vestibular Issues and Balance Disorders Medical and Surgical
