CEU Courses

This course explores the integration of social determinants of health (SDOH) into audiology practice, emphasizing the impact of socioeconomic, educational, environmental, and healthcare access factors on hearing health outcomes. Participants will gain insights into identifying, addressing, and advocating for SDOH-related disparities to promote equity and improve patient care.

Hearing healthcare is not a siloed profession and we depend on our network of practitioners to improve the outcomes of our patients. This Grand Rounds presents cases where referrals helped, or would have helped, patients in achieving their best outcomes.

This pediatric grand rounds presentation presents case studies of six patients with hearing concerns. Collaboration, evidence-based practice, and innovation are used to obtain the best outcomes.

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.

This course covers the history and implementation of telehealth and teleaudiology, particularly focusing on synchronous teleaudiology in the VA system, including its use in Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT) for evaluations and fittings. It delves into VA's adoption of Teleaudiology technologies like VA Video Connect (VVC), remote programming, Automated Method for Testing Auditory Sensitivity (AMTAS), and Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations (ATLAS), alongside strategies for effectively managing a virtual workforce and clinical flow.

This course dives into the transformative journey of teleaudiology over the past decade, exploring its rapid growth, the impact of mobile health technologies, and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will gain insights into the current state of teleaudiology, including patient and audiologist perspectives, the challenges and opportunities ahead, and the potential for future innovations in hearing healthcare delivery.

This Grand Rounds session focuses on adult cases that incorporate a broad range of considerations in medical aspects of audiology and areas of health literacy and the interactions between hearing loss and speech impairment.

This course will explore the VA’s implementation of TeleAudiology technologies such as VA Video Connect, remote programming, AMTAS, and ATLAS. Case studies will be utilized to highlight examples of how to utilize these emerging technologies.

This course utilizes a case-history format to educate attendees on evaluating and managing patients presenting with facial nerve paralysis. Considerations for audiological assessment will be reviewed.

This Grand Rounds session features audiologists and speech pathologists who specialize in diagnosing and managing pediatric patients. During this course, a panel of speech and audiology professionals shares 5 clinically applicable cases that helped them grow and innovate their clinical practice. The importance of evidence-based care is highlighted to achieve the best outcomes for pediatric patients.