An Update on Clinical Protocols: The Quebec Experience
Course: #37117Level: Intermediate 0.5 Hours 89 Reviews
Most audiologists would agree the professional landscape is changing. Over-the-counter and self-fitting hearing aids are on the horizon, reimbursement options, including the possibility Medicare will pay for hearing aids is looming in Washington DC, and telecare is fast becoming a routine part of clinical practice.
This changing landscape is spurring renewed interest in clinical standards, guidelines, and protocols. For example, the Audiology Practice Standards Organization (APSO) recently published clinical standards for fitting adults with hearing aids (see, https://www.audiologyonline.com/articles/20q-new-hearing-aid-fitting-27938). While standards tell us “what” we should be doing in the clinic to optimize patient outcomes, guidelines and protocols tell us “how” to conduct those best-practice standards.
In this Signia podcast, Brian Taylor discusses the Québec Audiological Assessment Protocol with its co-creator, Mathieu Hotton, associate professor of Audiology at Laval University in Quebec Canada. In this podcast, Mathieu and Brian discuss the origins of the QAAP, and how to implement many parts of it in clinical practice.
After listening to the podcast for additional information on the QAAP, you can contact Professor Hotton at mathieu.hotton@fmed.ulaval.ca.
For access to the article discussed, go to the ISA gated website: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14992027.2021.1947532
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe key components of patient-centered clinical protocol
- After this course, participants will be able to define Quebec Assessment Protocol for Younger and Older Adults (QAAP-YOA)
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how to implement this clinical protocol in daily clinical practice
Course created on October 18, 2021
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-15 Minutes | Describe key components of patient-centered clinical protocol |
| 15-30 Minutes | Define Quebec Assessment Protocol for Younger and Older Adults (QAAP-YOA) and describe how to implement into daily clinical practice |
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Mathieu Hotton
PhD
Mathieu Hotton is an audiologist and assistant professor at Laval University, located in Quebec City, Canada, in the Rehabilitation Department of the Faculty of Medicine. He holds a master's degree in speech-language pathology and audiology from the University of Montreal, obtained in 2001, as well as a Ph.D. in experimental medicine from Laval University, obtained in 2017. He also pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in speech-language pathology and audiology in 2018 and in 2019, at the University of Montreal and at the Research Center of the University Institute of Geriatrics of Montreal. Mr. Hotton is a clinical researcher interested in the application and effectiveness of new hearing aid technologies, in particular hearing aids, as well as in audiology intervention approaches for people with hearing loss. He has nearly 20 years of clinical experience, acquired while working in the field of audiological rehabilitation at the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale (formerly IRDPQ). During his doctoral work, he studied the effectiveness of frequency-lowering hearing aids and electroacoustic cochlear implants in adults with severe to profound high frequency hearing loss. The research he started as a postdoctoral fellow and is currently pursuing focuses on the audiological needs assessment in adults and seniors living with hearing loss. As part of his current research program, Mr. Hotton is also interested in the hearing aid fitting process as experienced by users, the recycling of hearing aids, the use and satisfaction with hearing aids, effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on communication of people with hearing loss, audiological rehabilitation as well as speech measurement tools.
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Brian Taylor
AuD
Brian Taylor is a Doctor of Audiology and Senior Director of Audiology for Signia. He is also the editor of Audiology Practices, a quarterly journal of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology, editor-at-large for Hearing Health and Technology Matters and adjunct instructor at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Taylor has authored several peer reviewed articles and textbooks and is a highly sought out lecturer. Brian has nearly 30 years of experience as both a clinician, business manager and university instructor.
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Financial: Brian Taylor is employed by Signia. Non-financial: Brian Taylor has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by Signia in partnership with AudiologyOnline.
Content Disclosure: This podcast reviews recent research conducted at Laval University in Quebec Canada and builds on the 2006 AAA clinical protocol guidelines that have yet to be updated. This podcast reviews the creation and implementation of the Quebec Assessment Protocol for Younger and Older Adults (QAAP-YOA) and it gives the clinician specific directions on what to do with the information gathered during an in-take (HAE) appointment
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