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Course introduction:
People with intellectual disabilities face inequalities in accessing high quality healthcare, and audiology is no exception. As research builds in optimising care for this population, this presentation focuses on how hearing assessment could be modified and tailored to the individual needs of adults and children with intellectual disabilities.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this seminar the participants will be able to:
• Describe impacts of modifications to behavioural hearing assessments for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
• Quantify impacts that syndromes associated with intellectual disabilities have on auditory electrophysiological measures.
• List “reasonable adjustments” that can be made to audiological care for individuals with intellectual disabilities that can support access to care.

CE Credits:

Natus Medical Incorporated is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of .1 CEUs. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy’s Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.

Course introduction:
Frequency lowering techniques are available in many hearing aids today.
But how do they work? Which patients would benefit and how much is too much?
This session aims to equip clinicians with the knowledge to fit frequency lowering techniques with confidence.
We will learn how to use the Aurical PMM and Aurical HIT to visualize and verify the various techniques of 6 hearing aid brands.
We will also discuss the evidence surrounding frequency lowering and its role in hearing aid fittings.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this seminar the participants will be able to:

• describe the theoretical differences between compression, transposition and envelope manipulation.
• explain the current clinical guidance of verification using S & Sh phoneme audibility.
• discuss some of the most recent evidence relating to the benefits, goals and limitations of frequency lowering techniques.

Natus Medical Incorporated is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of .15 CEUs. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy’s Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.