CEU Courses

This course will examine the Audiology Patient Choice Act (APCA) through the lens of the current legislative and regulatory landscape. The impact of APCA on state licensure and scope of practice and Medicare reporting requirements will be discussed. The lecture will also include pathways toward passage of the legislation and regulatory components, which may impact audiologists.

This course goes through the current state of hearing aid applications and connectivity innovation and explores what’s on the horizon for Bluetooth hearing aids and the expanding use cases that they’ll possibly support. This course will cover ancillary industries and the innovation transpiring within them, and explore how that innovation may bleed into our industry.

Changes in the healthcare landscape and other factors make this a good time for audiologists to consider expanding their clinical practice beyond recommending and fitting hearing aids. This article uses an engaging Q & A format to provide an overview of auditory brain training, with examples from the clEAR program.

This course will be especially pertinent for those who find themselves working with the aging population. Although most of the oldest-old have impaired hearing and cognition, their functional capability in these areas may be considered "normal for their age". The differences in functional capabilities between the Young-Old (65 to 75 years of age) and the Older-Old (80+ years ) present unique challenges for those who work with these populations and will be addressed in this course.

This course will discuss recent investigations on the perception and communication of vocal emotion in speech by child and adult listeners with cochlear implants. The effects of development due to age and hearing loss on vocal emotion recognition will be covered. Topics will include voice pitch perception with cochlear implants and with acoustic hearing, acoustic cues for vocal emotions, descriptions of our studies and results, and implications for patients with hearing loss, with or without cochlear implants.

This two-part course series highlights basic concepts of genetics and its relation to syndromic and non-syndromic hearing losses. A variety of hereditary syndromes and birth defects associated with hearing impairments and their genetic features are discussed.

This lecture will review the relevant cerebellar structures for the control of eye movements. Also covered will be the key ocular motor findings associated with impairments of these structures.

The Sonic Enchant hearing aid on the revolutionary SoundDNA platform has dazzled Hearing Care Professionals and patients alike, and now it is getting even better. Join us in this spotlight to learn about all that is new with the Enchant product, including new custom offerings and new technology levels.

This course will address syndromic and non-syndromic hearing losses in depth. A variety of syndromes associated with hearing loss and their genetic features will be discussed.

This course will address basic concepts of genetics and its relation to syndromic and non-syndromic hearing losses. Additionally, hereditary syndromes and birth defects associated with hearing impairments will be reviewed.