Pediatric Hearing Aid Verification: Innovative Trends
Course: #11516Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 3 Reviews
Advanced hearing aid technologies including adaptive directional microphones and noise reduction are increasingly being utilized for children with hearing loss. An evidence-based approach to hearing aid selection and verification for young children will be presented.
Learning Outcomes
- Participants will be able to apply evidence-based techniques for the evaluation of advanced hearing aid technologies for pediatric patients in their clinical practice.
- Participants will identify the differences between the listening needs of adults and those of children and use those needs as the framework for making decisions about the application of advanced hearing aid technology for their patients.
- Participants will use a combination of behavioral and real ear approaches to validate their hearing aid fittings for pediatric patients.
Course created on July 19, 2008
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Presented By
Ryan McCreery
PhD CCC-A
Research Associate
Ryan McCreery, Ph.D. is a Research Associate at Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH) in Omaha, Nebraska, where his research examines methods of optimizing audibility for children with normal hearing and hearing loss. Ryan is also a collaborator in multiple research laboratories at BTNRH.
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