20Q: Modern Hearing Aids: A Primer for Speech-Language Pathologists

Name: 20Q: Modern Hearing Aids: A Primer for Speech-Language Pathologists
Price: 129.00 USD
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Course: #9365Level: Intermediate 1.5 Hours 5027 Reviews

This course provides a general overview of modern hearing aids, including a description of new and innovative technology and its benefits to patients. Strategies used to evaluate the candidate and to obtain an optimum fitting of the aids will be discussed.

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Course Type: Text

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.15 Intermediate, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.5; IACET/0.2; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.5; RESNA/0.15 Intermediate; SAC/1.5

Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to describe clinical tests that are used to evaluate the hearing aid candidate.
After this course, participants will be able to describe the patient benefit expected from advanced hearing aid technology.
After this course, participants will be able to describe the evaluation and verification process for the fitting of modern hearing aids.

Course created on August 17, 2020

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Presented By

H. Gustav Mueller
PhD

Dr. H. Gustav Mueller holds faculty positions with Vanderbilt University, the University of Northern Colorado and Rush University. He is a Contributing Editor for AudiologyOnline, where he has the monthly column “20Q With Gus.” Dr. Mueller is a Founder of the American Academy of Audiology and a Fellow of the American Speech and Hearing Association. He has co-authored over ten books on hearing aids and hearing aid fitting, including the recent Hearing Aids for Speech-Language Pathologists. Gus is the co-founder of the popular website www.earTunes.com, and resides on a tropic North Dakota island, just outside the city of Bismarck. (http://www.gusmueller.net/fox-island-audiology-north-dakota-nd.htm).

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Dr. Gustav Mueller has authored and receives royalties for books that are related to this topic and are included in the reference list for this article. He is a Contributing Editor for AudiologyOnline, SpeechPathology.com's sister company. Nonfinancial: Dr. Mueller is a Founder of the American Academy of Audiology and co-founder of the popular website www.earTunes.com.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by SpeechPathology.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Intermediate Level
0.15 ASHA CEUs

California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board

SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for speech-language pathologists as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com are not included in the self-study limit under California professional development guidelines.

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

Continued, LLC, DBA SpeechPathology.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEUs for this program.

Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 1.5 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

The continued family of websites, including SpeechPathology.com, is an approved CE provider by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). This course is offered for 0.15 CEUs (Intermediate level, Area). The assignment of RESNA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by RESNA.

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Clinically certified members of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with SpeechPathology.com. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All SAC members are encouraged to participate in on-going education.