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September 8, 2020
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Business Sustainment Strategies Amid the Pandemic
By Gordon Glantz

Experts share insights into how audiologists in private practice can navigate the unprecedented financial and operational challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic and adopt a viable sustainable business model for now and after the crisis has passed. Read More.

CIs with Known Potential for Failure: Monitoring, Management in Children
By Ashleigh Lewkowitz, AuD; Jennifer Harris, AuD; and Greg Licameli, MD

Timely assessment and monitoring of device function and performance in children with AR HiRes Ultra/Ultra 3D devices are imperative to limiting and mitigating any potential developmental impacts of prolonged listening with a failed device, and clinicians should have a low threshold for testing these CI users. Read More.

Digital Proficiency and Teleaudiology: Key Implications in Hearing Care
By Husmita Ratanjee-Vanmali; De Wet Swanepoel, PhD; and Ariane Laplante-Levesque, PhD

Using a validated digital proficiency survey questionnaire allows audiologists to assess a patient's technology savviness and usage and for the personalization of treatment plans and support materials ahead of time. Read More.

Optimizing Communication in Schools and Other Settings During COVID-19
By Jace Wolfe,PhD; Joanna Smith, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT; Sara Neumann, AuD; Sharon Miller, PhD, CCCA; Erin C. Schafer, PhD; Amy Lynn Birath, AuD, CCC-A/ SLP, FAAA, LSLS Cert. AVEd; Tina Childress, AuD, CCC-A; Catharine McNally; Caleb McNiece, AuD; Jane Madell, PhD, FAAA; Carrie Spangler, AuD; Teresa H. Caraway, PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT; and Christine Jones, AuD

As children return to school, it is paramount to address communication issues due to the widespread use of face masks and physical distancing. These experts outline potential solutions to optimize the communication abilities of children with hearing loss amid the pandemic. Read More.

Clinical Consultation: DIAGNOSE THIS CASE!
By Hamid R. Djalilian, MD; Ariel Lee; Brooke Sarna; Shahrnaz Jamshidi, MD; and Mehdi Abouzari, MD, PhD

A 58-year-old woman with no history of trauma to the head or neck presents with pulsatile tinnitus that has been going on for a few years but recently became continuous. What's the diagnosis?


ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: BONUS VIDEOS

WATCH accompanying patient videos online to improve your diagnosis of this month's Clinical Consultation Case.

Words Matter: Rethinking CI Candidacy Evaluation Documentation
By Sarah Sydlowski, AuD, PhD, MBA

It is incumbent upon audiologists to directly and accurately describe the factors involved in determining a patient's CI candidacy, not only for that patient but also for patients yet to come who deserve improved CI access. Read More.

It's Time to Engage in Public Health
By Jackie L. Clark, PhD, and Shelly Chadha, PhD

We can only quell the stigma surrounding hearing loss and hearing technology and give people with ear diseases and hearing loss equitable access to hearing care when we unite and work together as a team through public health efforts. Read More.

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