Learning Outcomes
- Readers will be able to discuss the various electroacoustic approaches that have been recommended for fitting and monitoring FM systems.
- Readers will be able to describe how to select the appropriate procedure for electroacoustic evaluation of nonlinear hearing instruments to FM receivers with adjustable FM level.
- Readers will be able to explain how to perform electroacoustic evaluation of FM systems using the FM offset procedure.
Course created on November 13, 2006
Presented By
Dawna E. Lewis
PhD
Senior Research Associate at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska
Dawna Lewis received her M.A. in Audiology from the University of Tennessee and her Ph.D. in Communication Disorders from the University of Nebraska. She currently works as a Senior Research Associate at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Lewis has presented and published on topics involving pediatric audiology/amplification and assistive listening devices, including FM systems. She received the Editor's Award from the American Journal of Audiology for two 1994 articles on assistive technology in the classroom. Dr. Lewis also received the 2006 Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Lewis has served on the steering committee for ASHA Special Interest Division 9, Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood, the Joint Committee of ASHA and the Council of Education of the Deaf, and the Research and Creative Endeavors Committee of EAA. She also has served as an Associate Editor for Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools and on the Editorial Board of Seminars in Hearing. Currently, Dr. Lewis is involved in research addressing issues in pediatric amplification and speech perception in children. Although I have conducted presentations and workshops that were supported by various manufacturers, I have no affiliations or financial interests in corporate organizations with commercial products that may be related to this article
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