CEU Courses

The goal of Starkey’s Inspire fitting software is to provide the professional with an easy and intuitive tool to offer patients their best possible hearing. Inspire is built to ensure patients get all the benefits of the Starkey Sound. Inspire is truly the very cutting edge in hearing aid programming. This session will be a live demonstration of the software highlighting typical fitting tools and with a focus on the latest features offered with the introduction of Livio Edge AI and Edge Mode adaptive sound processing.

In today's busy clinical environments clinicians strive to improve efficiency but may be unsure of the potential outcomes or risks of taking advantage of time-saving modifications to clinical practice. The goal of this presentation is to evaluate the clinical tasks of a hearing instrument fitting, and for practitioners to be able to identify ways to tighten up time spent on tasks that are clinically relevant but low value, as perceived by the patient.

The course will introduce and demonstrate intervention approaches and principles in effective adult rehabilitation programs following cochlear implantation (CI). This course is presented by AudiologyOnline in partnership with ACIA.

Starkey’s Livio Edge AI healthable hearing devices gather valuable information into a patient’s daily use of hearing aids, physical activity and general wellness. Patients access this data via the Thrive app and can share it with loved-ones or caregivers through the Thrive Care app. Thrive Care provides an easy way for the hearing aid wearer and caregiver to stay connected. This session provides an overview of Livio AI healthable features, the data that can be shared with caregivers via Thrive Care, and how sharing this information can lead to desired outcomes. How to set up and use Thrive Care will be illustrated.

What is a firmware update? Is it important to install firmware updates? Are firmware updates important to the service plan you offer? This webinar will answer all your questions.

Starkey offers the most advanced hearing aid technology to provide the leading edge of sound quality and improved hearing for your patients. And, with Starkey’s invention of healthable technology, clinicians can also support for a patient’s general health and wellbeing. This session will provide an overview of Starkey’s latest healthable hearing technology features, technology levels and styles. New mobile apps and wireless accessories will also be discussed.

In this paper, we report on an investigation regarding the relationship between the level of TeleCare user engagement, measured by the number of interactions with some of the key features during the first weeks of hearing aid use, and the subsequent decision made by the wearer on whether to keep the hearing aids following their initial purchase decision.

This course will cover topics associated with cochlear implant (CI) surgery including medical candidacy, electrode choice, surgical technique and commonly asked questions about CI surgery. This course is presented by AudiologyOnline in partnership with ACIA.

Word recognition testing seems pretty basic, yet many audiologists take shortcuts and use techniques based on habit and convenience rather than evidence. These methods may have a negative clinical impact. This article uses a Q & A format to explain how to follow best practices for word recognition testing, common pitfalls, and why it matters.

This presentation will examine the pathophysiology of diabetes on hearing and balance as well as audiology medical management of diabetes associated hearing and balance issues. The course will look at the research we know and do not know, patient care and interprofessional collaboration around diabetes care.