With the goal of helping hearing-aid users in difficult listening situations, Edge Mode+, an on-demand processing feature, was designed for Starkey hearing aids to provide additional signal processing to optimize listening experiences. This presentation will review the research studies that demonstrate the benefits of this app-based, on-demand processing feature on multiple measures of patient outcomes
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CEUs/Hours Offered: ACAud/0.5; ASHA/0.05 Intermediate, Professional; BAA/0.5; CAA/0.5; IACET/0.1; IHS/0.5; Kansas, LTS-S0035/0.5; NZAS/1.0; SAC/0.5
Under Review: AAA/0.05 Intermediate
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe one research outcome that demonstrates how hearing aids can contribute to reduced listening effort.
- After this course, participants will be able to list two evidenced-based patient benefits of Edge Mode+.
- After this course, participants will be able to list two of the three patient demographics demonstrated to show greater benefit of Edge Mode+
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | What is Edge Mode+? |
| 10-20 Minutes | Speech Understanding in Noise and Edge Mode+: Research Results |
| 20-25 Minutes | Listening Effort and Edge Mode+: Research Results |
| 25-30 Minutes | Summary |
Presented By
Michelle Hicks
AuD
Michelle Hicks, PhD, Vice President of Education and Audiology, leads the Clinical and Audiology Research team at Starkey. She received her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science in 1997 from Arizona State University. For the past 20 years, Dr. Hicks has held positions in clinical, academic, and industry settings, including as a professor at the University of Maryland and the University of Utah, teaching courses in Amplification, Pediatric Audiology, Psychoacoustics, Anatomy and Physiology, and Research Methodology. She has numerous publications and has presented at state, national, and international conferences on topics including Hearing Science, Amplification, and Tinnitus.
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