The Journal of the American Academy of Audiology (JAAA) is the Academy's scholarly peer-reviewed publication, issued 10 times a year and available online at no cost to Academy members as a benefit of membership. The journal publishes articles and clinical reports in all areas of audiology, including audiological assessment, amplification, aural habilitation and rehabilitation, auditory electrophysiology, vestibular assessment, and hearing science.
The mission of the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education (ACAE), an autonomous organization, is "to assure the public that only those programs that have complied with this agency's standards and that graduate competent audiologists trained at the Au.D. level will be accredited." The ACAE also assures its communities of interest that graduates of ACAE accredited programs will be able to function according to the national scope of practice as defined by the profession. ACAE accreditation recognizes, reinforces, and promotes the highest quality in AuD educational programs through a rigorous verification process.
The mission of the American Academy of Audiology Foundation is to promote philanthropy in support of research, education, and public awareness in audiology and hearing science. The Foundation’s programs and initiatives impact audiologists, audiology doctoral students, consumers, and those with hearing impairments and balance disorders. Our portfolio of research grants, educational humanitarian, and public awareness scholarships, lectureships and more strive to broaden the knowledge base and understanding of the impact hearing loss and balance problems have on an individual. Our mission areas of public awareness, research, and education attempt to address these issues across the spectrum through improved understanding of normal hearing and balance processes to determine effective treatment of deficits when they occur.
Visit the Foundation web site to view the latest annual report, or make a donation.
The Student Academy of Audiology is the national student organization of the American Academy of Audiology that serves as a collective voice for students and advances the rights, interests, and welfare of students pursuing careers in audiology. The vision of the SAA is to be essential in the lives of audiology students by equipping them with the knowledge to begin a patient-centered career that promotes the profession and advances research in audiology.
Visit https://saa.audiology.org/ for more information.
eAudiology consists of several CEU opportunities that can be completed from your home or office:
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Audiology Today (AT) is the American Academy of Audiology’s award-winning magazine of, by, and for audiologists. Each issue of this full-color, bimonthly magazine provides comprehensive reporting on topics relevant to audiology, including clinical activities and hearing research, current events, news items, professional issues, individual-institutional-organizational announcements, and other areas within the scope of practice of audiology.
HEARCareers is the American Academy of Audiology’s year-round resource for jobs and externships in audiology. It provides employers with an audience consisting of only audiologists and allows job seekers to view jobs that cater specifically to their profession. As a member, you will receive discounted rates on job postings and résumé posting is always free. All HEARCareers job postings come with access to the résumé database, which is available while the job posting is active, as well as having the job posting feed directly onto the Academy’s Facebook page via the Career Center.
HEARCareers now includes externships! FREE for clinical sites to post and FREE for students and universities to view.
Move your hearing aid fittings into the world of the touch screen! The new FP35 Touch adds a new interactive dimension to hearing instrument verification. Touch the screen to navigate to the desired test screen or to make changes to important settings. Swipe the screen and move to the next one or call up local menus—real control at your fingertips!
Frye Electronics has leaped ahead of the competition with a new, revolutionary audiometer built into an Android Tablet. With an intuitive touch-based interface that mimics the controls of a traditional audiometer, the FONIX COLT Audiometer is easy to use for both beginning and experienced clinicians.
Touch Interface
In the past, audiometers used push buttons and knobs to perform a variety of basic functions. These audiometers had limited functionality, but were generally easy to use because all the controls were in front of the user. Later-generation audiometers added new functionality, but often at the expense of the user interface, requiring users to use a mouse to navigate through multiple menus in order to adjust settings. The FONIX COLT Audiometer is a new third-generation audiometer, combining the easy-to-use controls and layout of a traditional audiometer with the advanced flexibility of a computer-based audiometer. No mouse or complicated menus are required for opera...
The FONIX 8000 is the world’s most advanced hearing aid test system, featuring the unique Polar Plot Sound Chamber, capable of performing automatic polar plot measurements of directional hearing aids. Although the results are not a replacement for laboratory testing using an anechoic chamber, the 8120 Polar Plot chamber provides the hearing health professional with a clinical tool for verifying approximate directionality characteristics of the hearing aid. As directional hearing aids continue to grow in popularity, this feature has become essential in the modern hearing aid clinic.
Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential (CAEP) measurements are used to detect whether particular sounds produce an electrical response in a patient’s brain. HEARLab provides the hearing health professional with an easy-to-use method of performing this measurement.
A transducer such as an insert earphone, bone vibrator, or sound field speaker is used to deliver the test signal to the patient who is passively alert. Electrodes placed on the patient’s head measure the cortical response. A statistical analysis of each response (a “p-value”) is automatically calculated to determine the probability that a CAEP signal was present. The clinician can verify this analysis with a visual examination of the measured cortical response.
CAEP can be tested on patients who are unable or unwilling to communicate to the clinician about whether they can hear a signal. This could include infants and small children who have not yet developed language skills, and adults who are...
