Not-So-Basics of Hearing Aid Verification: Making the Most of Hearing Aid Analysis

Audiology

Advanced

Self-Study

2hr

Continuing Education

2.00 AG Bell CEUs
0.20 ASHA CEUs
0.20 AAA CEUs

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Course Outline

Course Overview

In this course, we will build upon the basics of best practices in pediatric hearing aid verification, covering current evidence-based protocols for providing speech audibility to start. We’ll go on to consider specific other considerations, including fitting for mild losses, for noise management, for frequency lowering, and for children who use bone conduction hearing aids. Case studies will be used to illustrate verification techniques using commonly-available clinical equipment, with a focus on getting the most out of your verification system.

Course Timeline

30 Days

Primary Audience

Audiology Professionals

Key Outcomes

Interpret the essential factors in clinical hearing aid fitting and verification protocols that lead to accurate fittings for infants and young children, including for bone-anchored hearing aids.
Contrast hearing aid fittings that are and are not candidates for frequency lowering signal processing.
Interpret complex factors in pediatric hearing aid fittings for determining candidacy for mild fittings, for noise management, and when linking outcomes to hearing aid fittings.

Course Outline

Chapter 1
2h
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Pre-learning Videos
1h
- Video 1 | 46m
  
  Introduction | 2m
  
  Overview of advances in verification | 10m
  
  Infant hearing aid fitting: factors in accuracy | 10m
  
  Bone conduction verification: new technologies | 10m
  
  Frequency lowering: how to determine candidacy through verification | 5m
  
  Mild hearing aid fittings: how to determine candidacy through verification | 10m
  
  Noise programs: Considerations in linking fitting and verification to outcomes | 10m
  
  Summary and next steps for live session | 3m
- Video 2
  
  Demonstrations | 14m
Live Session Recording
1h

Featuring

Susan Scollie
M.Cl.Sc, Ph.D., Reg. CASLPO
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Dr. Susan Scollie is a clinically-trained Audiologist and Professor of Audiology in Western’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She has served as the Director of the National Centre for Audiology since 2018, where she represents an interdisciplinary group of researchers who are interested in the technologies and evidence that change clinical practices and knowledge in hearing healthcare. Dr. Scollie is an award-winning teacher, having contributed to coursework in many facets of Western’s accredited professional program in Audiology, which is the largest in North America. As a member of the development team for the award-winning DSL hearing aid prescription software, she leads technology transfer to ensure its accurate implementation within the hearing industry globally.

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Scollie receives compensation from Western's School of Communications as Professor. She is a grant recipient from Phonak and Audioscan. She also receives compensation from Hearing First for teaching this course.

Non-financial Disclosures: Dr. Scollie is a Steering Committee Member for the International Hearing Aid Research Conference and a member of the International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology.

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