Studies have demonstrated variability of fittings for the same hearing loss across hearing instrument manufacturers. This course discusses how familiarity with input parameters and their impact on the target allows clinicians to quickly recognize and reconcile sources of variability and improve patient outcomes.
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Learning Outcomes
- Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to identify parameters that impact conversion of values from dB HL to ear canal SPL and how this influences the prescriptive target.
- Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to describe stimulus presentation and analysis variables and relate their significance in being able to achieve the prescribed target.
- Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to describe key fitting details and describe those settings that are most likely to result in disparities between the NAL or DSL target generated by the fitting software and probe microphone measurement system
Course created on August 23, 2012
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction; Review of Evidence Based Prescriptons |
| 5-15 Minutes | Accuracy of the Verification Process |
| 15-35 Minutes | NAL NL2 Fitting Details |
| 35-55 Minutes | DSL Fitting Details |
| 55-60 Minutes | Conclusions, Questions |
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Mona Dworsack-Dodge
AuD
Senior Audiologist
Mona Dworsack-Dodge, Au.D. is a Senior Audiologist for Otometrics Denmark. Clinically she has been Coordinator of Electrophysiology/Senior Audiologist and Director of the Newborn Hearing Screening Program at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Pediatric Audiologist in the House Ear Institute CARE Center and Screening Coordinator in its Southern California Hearing Coordination Center. She has been Western Area Program Specialist for Bio-logic. Mona served on the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality- Medical Home Collaborative and is on the American Academy of Audiology-Guidelines for Infant Pediatric Assessment Taskforce. She holds a Master’s degree from Arizona State University and a Doctor of Audiology degree from University of Florida.
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