CEU Courses

This course reports on a project using community-engaged activities to infuse patient narratives into a course on hearing devices. Results showed improved student understanding of the impact of hearing differences, and increased student desire to include community engagement and involvement as part of their career path.

With the introduction of Over the Counter (OTC) hearing aids, it is important to investigate wearer satisfaction with the devices. This article examines outcome measures for wearers of a self-fitted OTC hearing aid design.

To live well with hearing loss clients must employ non-technical dynamics that are often underrepresented or overlooked in standard clinical practice, such as the reframing of attitudes towards hearing loss, and embracing a range of non-technical behavioral game-changers. This course introduces client-centered concepts to help them become stronger self-advocates, better builders of relationships and equipped to improve almost any listening situation.

Cultural literacy is an important component of patient-centered care, but how this is addressed by audiologists and their respective workplaces remains largely varied. This session provides an overview of audiologists’ perspectives on cultural literacy and the degree to which audiologists are prepared and confident in delivering culturally sensitive care necessary for patient-centered care.

As hearing aid technology becomes more automated and easier to use for persons with hearing loss, the need for humanistic interactions with a professional is more important than ever. A how-to guide for clinicians who want to provide evidence-based, holistic care to persons with hearing loss is discussed. By focusing on person-centered communication, this practical text is an incredible tool for providers who utilize both in-person and remote telehealth approaches to care.

This five-course series on adult assessments in hearing health is intended to stimulate collaborative approaches for hearing health professionals, regardless of what hearing technologies they typically provide. Ideally, professionals will support patients in their long-term hearing loss journey, facilitating transitions when appropriate and a comfortable sense of the range of ways hearing loss can be addressed throughout one’s hearing journey.

This course will review the multiple roles audiologists and hearing aid dispensers play in the continuity of care for hearing aid users—from screening and referring potential cochlear implant candidates to performing comprehensive cochlear implant evaluations prior to referring candidates to cochlear implant surgical teams. Adults with hearing loss live with a chronic condition that requires hearing services for life. Professionals working with them must be able to provide services and guidance to these patients throughout their lifespan. Depending on their licensure and scope of practice, hearing aid dispensers and audiologists can screen, assess, and counsel their own patients regarding cochlear implants as a treatment option.

This course highlights some of the new tools and apps that are available for aural rehabilitation (AR). It will specifically explore how we have incorporated them into our cochlear implant (CI) program in a VA setting.

This course features selected webinars from the series held in partnership with The Association of VA Audiologists (AVAA). Highlights include expansion of the telehealth program, aural rehabilitation and counseling, interprofessional collaboration, and how to implement an inpatient audiology program.

This course focuses on how language barriers impact access and quality of healthcare. It reviews the difficulties non-English speaking patients encounter when navigating the healthcare system and how that may impact the quality of services they receive. It also provides an overview of current trends in the use of professional interpreters, common errors interpreters make (professionals and ad-hocs), as well as parts of the message that generally do not get interpreted. Last it highlights the benefits of language concordance between the healthcare provider and the patient and lists some recommendations for clinicians working non-English speaking patients with special focus on the Spanish speaking population.