CEU Courses

Current trends in tinnitus treatment are discussed by conducting a literature review across both audiological and non-audiological journals. This session provides participants with an overview of the tinnitus treatment-related literature that was published in 2023.

This course provides the annual update of coding, managed care, reimbursement, and compliance issues that impact the profession of audiology. This includes a discussion of new CPT codes, prior authorization requirements, and operationalizing different types of Medicare and Medicaid.

An introduction to human trafficking for professionals working in hearing health care settings. Topics covered include important terminology, the different types of human trafficking, and the scope of the problem within the United States. How to recognize the signs and risk factors for trafficking and conducting trauma-informed screenings for victims is also reviewed.

Learn about the different types of connectivity and how to integrate hearing devices with video game systems, educational tools, and a variety of accessories. This course discusses how to counsel/instruct patients to pair and use their devices with more than a phone.

This course discusses the history of telehealth and teleaudiology and synchronous teleaudiology in the VA system as it is used in CVT for evaluations and fittings.

This article reviews Medicare coverage policies for audiology services. An overview of health policy statutes related to audiologist participation in the Medicare program are provided.

Vestibular migraine seems elusive yet ever-present and misunderstood. Everything from features to test results and how to better serve this population of patients is covered in this course.

This article comprehensively examines the intricacies and applications of frequency-lowering technologies in hearing aids. It delves into the various methods of different manufacturers, detailing the technical aspects and potential impacts on speech perception. It emphasizes the need for careful consideration in applying these technologies, tailored to individual needs, and highlights the balance between enhancing audibility and preserving the perceptual distinctions between frequency-lowered speech sounds. The article is a crucial resource for clinicians and researchers, offering insights into optimizing hearing aid performance through frequency-lowering techniques.

In order to understand the history of how OTC hearing aids came to be, what it means to audiologists, and how practitioners are integrating OTC into their practices (or not), this course explores the history of OTC hearing aids (legislative action, public policy outcomes), potential impacts to the practice and provision of audiology, and how audiologists can leverage their knowledge of electroacoustic test methods to evaluate any product (including OTC) in the context of an evidence-based clinical treatment approach.

Sound enhancement is a cornerstone of the clinical management of chronic bothersome subjective tinnitus. This course reviews the subtle but effective adjustments to hearing aid programming when hearing aids are fitted for the purpose of managing tinnitus symptoms, including masking sounds and soft-sound enhancement.