New Insights for Audiologic Management During a Pandemic: Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Name: New Insights for Audiologic Management During a Pandemic: Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (283 reviews)

Course: #35596Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 283 Reviews

This course summarizes current evidence-based practice for audiologic management during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on habits for appropriate infection prevention for in-person clinic visits. Amending barriers to communication for children with hearing impairment, including the impact of face masks, and considerations for assistive devices will also be addressed.

Educational Audiology Practice Management and Professional Issues

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CEUs/Hours Offered: AAA/0.1 Intermediate; ACAud/1.0; AHIP/1.0; ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; BAA/1.0; CAA/1.0; Calif SLPAB/1.0; IACET/0.1; IHS/1.0; Kansas, LTS-S0035/1.0; NZAS/1.0; SAC/1.0

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to list strategies for providing safe & efficient hearing healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
After this course, participants will be able to explain how to assess the impact of physical and acoustic barriers to communication and determine the best method to overcome these barriers for individuals with hearing impairment.
After this course, participants will be able to discuss how to implement lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic in day-to-day practice.

Course created on March 17, 2021

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-15 Minutes	Guiding Principles for Staying Safe While Providing Audiologic Management
15-20 Minutes	Providing In-Person & Remote Care - “Hybrid Services”
20-25 Minutes	Strategies for Infection Prevention
25-35 Minutes	Overcoming Acoustic Barriers
35-40 Minutes	Other Device Modifications
40-55 Minutes	A List of Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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283 Reviews

by Julie on June 6, 2021

For at least 30 minutes the instructor spoke of the importance of "us as medical professionals" researching medical data to arrive at authentic conclusions regarding subjects such as the vaccines and masks. Either she assumes that we as professional audiologist have not researched the topics or that we all have arrived at her stated conclusions. This approach does not reflect true scientific debate or diversity. Both she and her audience are professional audiologists. Though trained in scientific investigation/research in our field of audiology and even in how our field intersects with other fields both applied and behavioral we are none the less not infectious disease specialists etc. etc. In other words the topics of vaccines and masks are not our areas of expertise on which we can explicate professionally. We, as all, should investigate and inform ourselves through various means of research; however, to present any information outside our field of expertise as fact is in itself unprofessional. How we as hearing healthcare providers, professional audiologists, interact with the reality of vaccines and masks is most definitely our concern. A significant part of the presentation was a professional overreach. I think it will be helpful for this instructor to recognize what happened with her presentation.

Presented By

Beth Haley
AuD CCC-A

Elizabeth Haley, Au,D., CCC-A, is a clinical and research audiologist. Currently, she holds a joint position as a clinical audiologist at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and as a research coordinator in the Pittsburgh’s Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital.

After completing her clinical doctorate in audiology at the University of Pittsburgh, Elizabeth returned to pursue a Ph.D. in audiology. Her research interests include: pediatric speech and music perception, neurobiological correlates of language development in children, central auditory processing disorder, language learning in children with hearing loss and knowledge transfer in perceptual learning.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Elizabeth Haley is employed at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh’s Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital. She accepted an honorarium for presenting this course. Non-Financial: Elizabeth Haley has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by AudiologyOnline, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

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British Academy of Audiology

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Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services

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New Zealand Audiological Society

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