Training in Corticals (ALR P300 MMN)
Getting started: Aided cortical testing
Description
Newborn hearing screening and the correspondingly earlier provision of hearing aid amplification provides well understood benefits, however there remains a challenge in the process of validating the success of amplification in young infants. There has opened up a larger time gap between the point of amplification provision and the availability of behavioral testing, leading to lengthier periods of time before which validation can be performed behaviorally. In this session we will explore the benefit and utility of aided cortical evoked potential testing as a tool for assessing patients' access to speech sounds via their hearing instruments.
Learning Objectives
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Explain how to prepare the room, patient and equipment for aided cortical testing
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Describe the latest advancements in aided cortical stimuli
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Describe how to perform aided cortical testing in the pediatric population
Presenter
Amanda Goodhew
Amanda holds a Master's degree in Audiology from the University of Southampton, where she now teaches as a Visiting Academic. She has extensive experience holding senior audiologist positions in numerous NHS hospitals and clinics, where her primary focus has been pediatric audiology. Her specific areas of interest include electrophysiology (in particular ABR, ASSR and cortical testing), neonatal diagnostics and amplification and the assessment and rehabilitation of patients with autism and complex needs. Amanda has a particular interest in pediatric behavioral assessment and has twice held the Chairperson position for the South London Visual Reinforcement Audiometry Peer Review Group, and is a member of the Reference Group for the British Society of Audiology Pediatric Audiology Interest Group. Amanda also works as an independent technical assessor, undertaking quality assessment for audiological services throughout the UK, and is a member of the expert reference group for the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership on Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss.
