CEU Courses

This three-part series features leading experts discussing the following topics: World Health Organization’s Make Listening Safe initiative; tinnitus and suicide; and cochlear synaptopathy, sometimes called “hidden hearing loss”. This course was designed to inform audiologists and hearing care professionals on new initiatives and research in these areas that may impact clinical practices and patient care.

Children process speech in noisy environments less efficiently than adults, yet the underlying cognitive mechanisms driving these differences remain unclear. This study examines how age, noise level, and phonological awareness influence children's speech sound categorization in noise.

With recent advancements in technology, patients may experience issues bringing hearing aids into workspaces with security measures in place. Collaboration with the intelligence community and industry has resulted in solutions for this patient population, and the solution as well as ongoing issues are discussed.

This course reviews the basics of the neurodiversity movement, presents some of the current supporting research, examines common communication differences between neurotypical and neurodiverse communicators, and discusses how neurodiverse and D/hh identities may intersect to impact communication in a hearing healthcare environment.

The audiogram is the cornerstone of audiological assessment, but individuals with similar hearing thresholds vary in their ability to understand speech in noisy places and can have differing treatment outcomes. This course explores how the concepts of precision medicine can be applied to audiology to better understand this variability, and how new approaches to physiological assessments can improve clinical diagnosis and management of hearing loss.

This course discusses maximum conductive hearing loss and the prevalence of assertion. Case studies will be reviewed.

This two-part series will provide important background and guidance for Speech Language Pathologists, Audiologists, Educators and others who serve children whose hearing loss was early identified to help professionals support families to access the services and support that they need for their child. The program will be of interest to both those with little knowledge of the EHDI system and those with more extensive background as we address both programmatic elements and the barriers that may prevent a child from receiving services in a timely manner.

The course discusses recent research on hearing aids, focusing on research with findings that support clinical practice. Several research articles are discussed in depth, focusing on the study rationale, methodology, results, and clinical implications.

Passage of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) has led to dramatic increases in newborn hearing screening, but early intervention of identified children still falls short, with up to 30% of identified children not receiving definitive hearing testing or intervention after initial screening—a phenomenon known as “lost to follow-up.” This presentation reviews the specific barriers associated with the failure of children to receive timely services, including inequities posed by Medicaid, complex enrollment processes, and lack of understanding by many parents and PCPs of the importance of timely follow-up.

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) 101 will describe the complex system of care that has evolved over the last 22-plus years. This presentation will include an overview as well as new, emerging initiatives and how you can collaborate with your state of territory program.