TAA Continuing Education, Sponosrship Opportunities, and Upcoming Events

Continuing Education Opportunities & Upcoming Events

Continuing Education Sponsorship Opportunities

TAA is an approved sponsor for audiology and speech pathology continuing education hours in the State of Texas.

If your organization needs CE sponsorship for courses offered to audiologists and speech pathologists in Texas, please download and read the following instructions, and fill out and submit the subsequent application:

Instructions for CE Approval

Application for CE Sponsorship

If you have any questions please contact the TAA CE Administrator, Jana Hensley.

Send email to CEU Administrator.

Upcoming TEHDI eSP™ Trainings May 31st, June 11th and June 28th

To all Audiologists that screen and or provide diagnostics to infants and children. The Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (TEHDI) is excited to introduce their newest feature, “Search Other Facilities.” It allows providers to locate patients and assign them to their case load. They are also providing an expanded menu of data elements available for search and export for both patients and providers, the ability to capture more data elements related to a patient’s mother, new tracking of modifications to a patient’s record in case notes, as well as some minor changes to the user interface and a bug fix related to generating letters. They are confident the changes to TEHDI eSP™ will improve your overall experience in using the application and in managing the care for your patients.

We would encourage you to join one of the upcoming TEHDI eSP™ trainings to learn more about the new enhancements. The trainings will be offered 2X per month on Tuesday (2nd tuesday of each month) and Friday (last Friday of each month) and will continue until August. The training is free and will last no more than 1 hour. This training will allow you to look up your child, find out what has been done and allow you to add test outcomes. A succinct hearing record will be available for each child. This will help all Texans as the Department of health will know which children have been cared for and which children still need to receive care. This will help Texans so that no child is "lost to follow-up". For more information contact DaShondra Daniels, ddaniels@oz-systems.com. She will provide you the call in number and meeting number for the training. She will also set you up for access to use this new tool in TEHDI eSP™.

The next training dates are May 31st, June 11th and June 28th.

The North Texas Audiology Conference - Practice Management - Friday, June 7, 2013

Join us for the North Texas Audiology Conference hosted by the University of North Texas - Student Academy of Audiology (UNT-SAA). This year's conference on Practice Management will be held Friday, June 7, 2013, in the Environmental Education Science and Technology Building on the UNT Campus. Hear presentations from a variety of speakers discussing topics such as marketing and advertising, the need for rehabilitation services, reimbursement and coding, professional development and retention, and improving adoption rates. For more information, please contact UNT-SAA at SAAConference@gmail.com.

This program has been approved for a maximum of 6.5 clock hours of continuing education credit by TAA. TAA approval of this program does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

Speakers:

Barry A. Freeman, Ph.D., Audiology Consultants, Inc.:
Fewer Audiologists and More Patients: So what (!) and how will that affect my practice?

Harvey Abrams, Ph.D., Starkey Hearing Technologies:
Audiologic Rehabilitation for the 21st Century

Debbie Abel, Au.D., American Academy of Audiology:
Coding and Reimbursement: Crossroads and Opportunities

Brian Taylor, Au.D., Unitron
Reality-based Practice: Effectively Blending Medical and Commercial Strategies

Amyn M. Amlani, Ph.D., Univ. of North Texas:
Improving Hearing Aid Adoption Rates

Dangerous Decibels Educator Training Workshop

May 31–June 1, 2013, in Austin

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Learn a fun, interactive way to teach noise-induced hearing loss prevention to "kids" of all ages. Dangerous Decibels is a public health campaign internationally recognized for excellence in hearing loss prevention interventions. Scholarships available.

The 3M Foundation is generously sponsoring Dangerous Decibels Educator Training Workshops this year. Scholarships are available – first-come, first-served.

We prepare and equip you to expertly present a 50-minute program that has been proven effective at changing knowledge, attitudes, and intended behaviors in students regarding their hearing health.

This two-day certification workshop is lead by Oregon Health & Science University, Portland State University, and University of Northern Colorado hearing conservation, health communication, educational outreach experts. Participants receive an educator kit with graphics, simulations, supplies, a sound level meter, and a script needed to present the classroom program.

Workshop includes:

2 days of training including hands-on practice time with feedback
6 faculty members
Dangerous Decibels Educator Kit ($150 value)
Detailed script for the evaluated Dangerous Decibels’ presentation
Breakfast refreshments & lunch
Certificate of training
1.4 AAA CEUs
Post-workshop support

Download Dangerous Decibels Workshop flyer

Download Dangerous Decibels Workshop scholarship/registration form

21st Annual Conference - Mangement of Tinnitus

University of Iowa
June 14th-15th, 2013

Dr. Zeng; Tinnitus and Hyperacusis-Models for the Future
Dr. Bauer; The Tinnitus Brain
Tom Brozoski, Animals Have Tinnitus
Dr. Gans; Mindfulness Tinnitus Treatment
Dr. Tyler; Tinnitus Activities Treatment, Setting up a Tinnitus Clinic

and more!

To see the complete program and to register go to:
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/oto/tinnituscourse/

A free hour of continuing education credit for newborn hearing screening is available online here. Other modules are also available at the same website. (Click on "Available Courses.")