Troubleshooting a Silent Hearing Aid: Tools to Enhance Earlens Fittings
Course: #37251Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 40 Reviews
The Earlens Contact hearing solution provides audibility over a wide frequency range from 100-10,000Hz. This session will outline the principles and steps for fitting and troubleshooting this revolutionary hearing device.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how to use calibration for troubleshooting the Earlens device.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe steps to diagnose if a sound-related issue is due to a lens or an eartip or a processor.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe steps to optimize iOS settings for streaming.
Course created on December 20, 2021
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introductions and disclosures |
| 5-15 Minutes | How to use calibration for troubleshooting |
| 15-25 Minutes | Differential diagnosis of Eartip issues |
| 25-35 Minutes | Differential diagnosis of Lens issues |
| 35-50 Minutes | Differential diagnosis of Processor issues |
| 50-60 Minutes | How to optimize streaming/iOS settings for patients |
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40 ReviewsPresented By
Pragati Rao Mandikal Vasuki
PhD
Senior Research Audiologist and Hearing Scientist
Dr. Pragati R. Mandikal Vasuki is a Senior Research Audiologist and Hearing Scientist at Earlens Corporation, where she leads research efforts investigating the benefits of this technology. She earned her PhD in Audiology and Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. After receiving her doctorate, she was recruited to an industry Research Audiologist position in the United States at Starkey Hearing Technologies and worked on the development of signal processing techniques and EEG measurement of hearing aid benefit. Dr. Mandikal Vasuki has published peer-reviewed articles in top-tier audiology and hearing journals. She is an author on over 20 presentations at peer-reviewed conferences and has been invited to present at over 10 forums/colloquia. She serves as an editorial board member of the Journal of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association and frequently serves as a reviewer for top-tier Audiology journals including Ear and Hearing, International Journal of Audiology, JAAA, and JASA.
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