Evidence-Based Adult Cochlear Implant Counseling Using the CIQOL Instruments, in partnership with American Auditory Society
Course: #40075Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 40 Reviews
This course explains how the Cochlear Implant Quality of Life instruments provide a greater understanding regarding adult cochlear implant outcomes and how these tools can be used to improve individual patient decision-making during preimplant counseling.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to discuss how to apply a greater understanding of real-world adult cochlear implant functional outcomes in routine clinical care.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain how to directly compare potential CI users’ baseline abilities and expected outcomes to normative data.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify how to better align their clinical practice with needs of adult CI users.
Course created on November 20, 2024
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Current state of pre-CI counseling |
| 10-20 Minutes | CIQOL Instrument development |
| 20-30 Minutes | Application to improve patient understanding of CI outcomes |
| 30-45 Minutes | Measuring patient pre-CI expectations |
| 45-55 Minutes | Development of CIQOL Digital Platform and DECIDE |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary & Q/A |
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40 ReviewsPresented By
Teddy McRackan
MD, MSCR
Dr. Teddy McRackan, MD MSCR is a Professor in the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a fellowship trained neurotologist with a research career focused advancing our comprehensive understanding of the functional benefits of cochlear implantation in adults and developing interventions to enhance pre-cochlear implant (CI) patient counseling and post-CI outcomes. His research program has been supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, American Cochlear Implant Alliance, and the Doris Duke Foundation. He has received the Triological Society’s Harold Mosher Award for Outstanding Clinical Research and the American Auditory Society’s Early Career Research Award. His research 2 v0921 interests have been informed by his experiences in basic, translational, and clinical outcomes research, and as a practicing neurotologist. He completed a Masters of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) degree to provide formal training in epidemiology, clinical trial design and analysis, biostatistics and regression analysis, community engagement research, dissemination and implementation science, and team science. Through his K23 award, he also received formal and mentor-led training in mixed methods research, intervention mapping, and dissemination and implementation research. He also maintains an active clinical practice and serves as the Medical Director of the MUSC Cochlear Implant Program and Director of the MUSC Skull Base Center.
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Financial: Ted McRackan is employed by the Medical University of South Carolina. He serves on the advisory board for Envoy Medical. He received an honorarium for this presentation. Non-financial: Ted McRackan has no non-financial disclosures.
Sponsor Disclosure: This course is presented by the American Auditory Society in partnership with AudiologyOnline.
Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.
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