Training in REM
Fitting Hearing Aids in Complicated Cases
Description
It can be difficult to manage and fit hearing aids to complicated hearing losses. In this webinar Amanda Goodhew walks through several cases studies and discusses how to improve the hearing aid fittings.
Explore the presentation of individuals with complicated hearing losses. Consider how to assess and evaluate clients with challenging audiological profiles. Understand how to optimise technology to improve the fitting of hearing aids
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.
