Aural Rehabilitation And Counseling Adults CEU Courses

A recent report suggests approximately 20% of hearing aid non-owners cite stigma as a barrier to pursuing hearing aids – even when lower cost, direct-to-consumer options are made available to them. This article outlines the underlying causes of stigma, how older adults with hearing loss manage stigma, and how both clinicians through better person-centered communication, and manufacturers through improved product design can more effectively address and overcome the deleterious effects of stigma.

Cultural literacy is an important component of patient-centered care, but how this is addressed by audiologists and their respective workplaces remains largely varied. This session provides an overview of audiologists’ perspectives on cultural literacy and the degree to which audiologists are prepared and confident in delivering culturally sensitive care necessary for patient-centered care.

The ability to counsel patients with hearing loss in a manner that educates and motivates them to pursue hearing health is an important skill for hearing care professionals. This series was designed to provide you with helpful strategies for encouraging patients to embark upon the journey to better hearing. Part I focused on how to establish great patient-provider relationships, shared ideas on how to provide impactful education on hearing loss and amplification and highlighted valuable tools for identifying the unique listening needs of patients. This course will explore how to make an expert technology recommendation, address how to help patients overcome a variety of objections to amplification, and conclude with professional tips for implementing the ideas shared in the series.

As hearing aid technology becomes more automated and easier to use for persons with hearing loss, the need for humanistic interactions with a professional is more important than ever. A how-to guide for clinicians who want to provide evidence-based, holistic care to persons with hearing loss is discussed. By focusing on person-centered communication, this practical text is an incredible tool for providers who utilize both in-person and remote telehealth approaches to care.

Effective counseling practices make a tremendous difference in hearing healthcare. Being able to communicate the benefits of advanced technology in simple language patients can understand is the key element in this process. This course will provide suggestions for consumer-friendly language based on clear benefits when making a strong recommendation for premium technology as the standard of care.

Starkey is delighted to bring you a 2-part series on Empowering Patients to Pursue Hearing Health. The ability to counsel patients with hearing loss in a manner that educates and motivates them to prioritize hearing health is an important skill for hearing care professionals. This series will provide you with helpful strategies for encouraging patients to embark upon the journey to better hearing. This course will focus on how to establish great patient-provider relationships, share ideas on how to provide impactful education on hearing loss and amplification, and highlight valuable tools for identifying the unique listening needs and goals of patients.

This five-course series on adult assessments in hearing health is intended to stimulate collaborative approaches for hearing health professionals, regardless of what hearing technologies they typically provide. Ideally, professionals will support patients in their long-term hearing loss journey, facilitating transitions when appropriate and a comfortable sense of the range of ways hearing loss can be addressed throughout one’s hearing journey.

This course will review the multiple roles audiologists and hearing aid dispensers play in the continuity of care for hearing aid users—from screening and referring potential cochlear implant candidates to performing comprehensive cochlear implant evaluations prior to referring candidates to cochlear implant surgical teams. Adults with hearing loss live with a chronic condition that requires hearing services for life. Professionals working with them must be able to provide services and guidance to these patients throughout their lifespan. Depending on their licensure and scope of practice, hearing aid dispensers and audiologists can screen, assess, and counsel their own patients regarding cochlear implants as a treatment option.

Since COVID-19, offering hearing care follow-up support using the internet has gained traction, but is it a viable alternative or replacement for traditional in-person care? This podcast reviews one randomized controlled trial that compared a web-based follow-up support to in-person care. The implications of this study for practitioners will be discussed.

This course highlights some of the new tools and apps that are available for aural rehabilitation (AR). It will specifically explore how we have incorporated them into our cochlear implant (CI) program in a VA setting.