ASHA Learning Pass

It has become increasingly clear in recent years that hearing involves both auditory and cognitive factors that require measurement beyond current audiometric practices revolving around the pure tone audiogram. Using listening difficulties (a concept related to auditory processing disorder) as a key clinical construct that includes both audition and cognition, this session will explore extended high frequency hearing, minimal hearing loss, selective attention, and language as crucial components of effective receptive communication. Variations across the lifespan will be considered, with a speculative aim to identify when opportunities for intervention might exist to assist individuals with such symptoms.

This course was recorded at the 2023 ASHA Convention in Boston (session 1148). It was developed by, and presenters invited by, Hearing, Balance, Tinnitus – Assessment and Intervention: Adults.

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Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Explain the limitations of standard audiometric evaluations with respect to auditory function
• Describe the brain systems that interact with hearing when listening to speech, especially under challenging listening conditions
• Identify the opportunities for early detection and intervention for listening difficulties

Presenter Information

Dave Moore, PhD, is Director of Communication Sciences at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Professor at the Universities of Cincinnati and Manchester (UK). Research interests include listening skills in children, large-scale studies of hearing, and hearing health delivery to underserved populations. Born and educated in Melbourne, Australia, he previously spent over 30 years in the UK, at Oxford University and the MRC. In 2015, he received the Career Award of the American Academy of Audiology.

Disclosures:

• Salaried by NIH R01 grant and Cincinnati Children's Hospital
• Speaker fee from various professional societies for presentations of some of this material
• ASHA Convention registration waiver

Lauren Petley, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Clarkson University. After completing her doctorate, she spent nearly a decade working in applied settings, developing novel neurotechnologies and diagnostics. Her research program uses electroencephalography (EEG) and behavioral cognitive tasks to understand how selective attention and auditory processing interact. This theory-driven work is complemented by collaborations to improve EEG-based technologies and our understanding of clinical conditions whose deficits hinge on interactions between cognition and audition.

Disclosures:

• Previous employee of Starkey Hearing Technologies
• ASHA Convention registration waiver

Lisa Hunter, PhD (nonpresenting author) is the Scientific Director for Audiology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Hunter’s clinical and research interests are ototoxicity, and detection and intervention for hearing loss in newborns. She has authored more than 130 articles as well as numerous chapters and books in pediatric audiology.

Disclosures:

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center employee 
• Executive Board, American Auditory Society

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: November 2023
End date: February 10, 2030

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).