Super Hear-O's Academy: Amplifying Educators' Impact on the Care of Patients with Age-Related Hearing Loss

All sessions are listed in Central Time (CT). 

Workshop

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  • Track: Clinical Practice
  • CME/CE: 1.0

Sponsored by the Teachers Section and Education Committee

Moderator: Becky Powers, MD AGSF

This interprofessional train-the-trainer workshop will provide hands-on tips, tricks, and teaching materials to clinician educators about teaching about the diagnosis, management, and communication techniques for patients with age-related hearing loss. We anticipate that educators from all health professions backgrounds will find the sessions useful as hearing loss impacts patients in all clinical settings and their trainees often lack skills on assessing and managing hearing loss. Learning Objectives: (1) teach implementation of practical tips and troubleshooting for hearing aids and equipment; (2) teach evaluation of candidates for hearing aids and/or cochlear implants; (3) teach interpretation of audiograms and their relationship to cognitive assessment; (4) teach performance of bedside testing and communication with a focus on health equity.

Overview and Introduction 

Becky Powers, MD, AGSF

Station 1: Teaching Practical Tips and Troubleshooting Hearing Aids 

Lindsey Jorgensen, AuD, PhD

Skills Station 2: Beyond the Simple Hearing Aid: CROS/BiCROS Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants 

Tina Gonzales Childress, AuD

Skills Station 3: Teaching Audiogram Interpretation to Trainees 

Anna Jilla, AuD, PhD

Skills Station 4: Teaching Tips for Teaching the Assessment of Hearing Loss (And What Do You Do If Your Patient Cannot Hear) 

Amit Shah, MD, AGSF

Skills Station 5: Personal Amplifiers (Pocket Talkers): Teaching How to Use Them and Obtaining Them for Trainees or Clinics 

Becky Powers, MD, AGSF