CEU Courses

This course will provide an overview of cochlear synaptopathy and the potential functional consequences of this pathology. Implications of this research for musicians and other performing artists with loud sound exposure will be discussed.

This content of this course will include a description of evidence-based tools suitable for measuring auditory outcomes in infants and young children who wear hearing aids. Practical applications will be discussed to provide support for clinical uptake.

This foundational-level course is designed for audiologists who are new to working with Baha systems. After attending this course, participants will be able to determine if someone is a candidate for Baha systems, including the Baha Connect and Baha Attract Systems. Topics will include testing for candidacy, counseling potential candidates and demonstrating Baha systems. This course is designed as part of the overall “Foundations of Baha Implants” series.

Musicians are at high risk for hearing disorders, including hearing loss and tinnitus. This course reviews the most current approaches to audiological management of musicians with these hearing disorders.

This course describes the role of the pediatric audiologist along with public health in providing services to a child who has been identified as having hearing loss or at risk for hearing loss. The collaboration of the pediatric audiologist and the state Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program is essential to ensuring the child receives the services to which they are entitled.

This course will review the results from pilot studies on user preferences and interactions with Phonak's smartphone fine tuning app.

We will introduce the first bone anchored sound processor on the Velox S platform. It is the world’s smallest BAHS sound processor and comes with new exciting connectivity options. We will take a look at OpenSound Navigator™ and how it is a paradigm shift in sound processing. Open Sound Navigator true 360˚ sound for your patients, as well as innovative design changes and the future of wireless connectivity today and in the future are now all available.

This course will cover a review of recent key hearing aid journal articles with clinical implications, by Drs. Todd Ricketts and Erin Picou from Vanderbilt University.

This course provides clinical tools to the cochlear implant (CI) audiologist and goes beyond the basics. A review of past and present cochlear implant candidacy criteria for pediatrics and adults and ways to identify potential cochlear implant patients is discussed. Various ways to measure the quality of life in the cochlear implant population is covered. In addition, data are presented regarding the quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients.

Do you ever wonder what happens every year when your equipment is calibrated? A NASED certified service technician will explain the procedures and the reasons equipment requires calibration.