The One Percent: Working with Complex Tinnitus Patients
2024-12-03 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters:
Emily McMahan, AuD
Gail Whitelaw, PhD
CEUs: 0.1 AAA / Tier 1 CEUs
Duration: 60 minutes
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Program Focus: Knowledge
Description:
Millions of Americans experience chronic tinnitus, seeking support from audiologists to assess and treat their tinnitus. Many audiologists feel confident in addressing “run of the mill” or low needs tinnitus patients; however, are uncomfortable with those patients with significant degrees of anxiety/depression/distress, what we are referring to as the one percent. This webinar will focus on higher level tinnitus treatment to those patients with the greatest difficulties with managing their tinnitus. The difference between motivation and desperation will be discussed. Tools and techniques for working, establishing critical referral partnerships, and successfully working with this population of patients will be provided.
Learning Outcomes:
1. List factors that contribute to a patient being in a category of “catastrophic” tinnitus distress.
2. Discuss addressing anxiety/depression, sleep interruption, and stress that impact the patient with tinnitus and tools for supporting these patients.
3. Describe a plan for the audiologist to address potential caregiver fatigue with this population and how to be proactive in addressing these needs.
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Unveiling the Truth About Cochlear Implants
2024-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenter: Meredith Holcomb, AuD
CEUs: 0.1 AAA / Tier 1 CEUs
Duration: 60 minutes
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Program Focus: Knowledge
Description:
The utilization rate for cochlear implants in the U.S. adult population is 2-12 percent. In large part, this is due to ambiguity and confusion of cochlear implant (CI) candidacy amongst all hearing-health-care providers (audiologists, physicians, and hearing instrument specialists). Patients who need a CI often spend many years in hearing aids that are not providing adequate amplification and speech understanding. This webinar will cover how to identify CI candidates in your practice, when to refer patients for CI evaluation, and how to counsel patients through this process. Current CI technology, candidacy, and evidence-based outcome data will be discussed. Resources and tools for patients will be outlined, and case studies will be used to demonstrate CI outcomes.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to identify patients who should be referred for a formal CI evaluation.
2. Participants will be able to understand current FDA CI criteria for adults.
3. Participants will be able to describe benefits of CI over hearing aids.
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2025 Membership Renewal Deadline
2025-01-01 | Virtual
Renew Your Membership Now!
Membership renewals for 2025 are due January 1, 2025. If you are enrolled in EZ Pay, separate communications will be sent to you from Academy staff.
Members who renew their 2025 membership by December 15, 2024, will be entered into a random drawing for a chance to WIN one of two prizes:

Complimentary AAA 2025+HearTECH Expo registration
Complimentary AAA 2025+HearTECH Expo registration
Three-night hotel accommodations*
Up to $500 travel stipend

Note: Members enrolled in the Academy’s EZ Pay Program or on an installment plan are ineligible for this promotion.
*While the Academy will make every effort to place the winner in the hotel of their choice/the hotel selected during the registration process, we retain the option of placing the winner at a different AAA hotel.
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2025 membership dues are listed on the Membership Renewals page. Please note that the Academy WILL NOT be mailing printed renewal notices.
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Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: Lessons for Collaboration
2025-01-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Rebekah F. Cunningham, PhD; Devin L. McCaslin, PhD
CEUs: 0.1
Duration: 60 minutes
Instructional Level: Advanced
Available on AudiologyOnline
Description:
This presentation focuses on the audiologic, genetic, radiologic, vestibular, and surgical results of a 10-year-old girl with previously unidentified SSCD. Interprofessional collaboration and how to best assist these children in and out of the classroom with their hearing, technology, and symptoms of the dehiscence will be emphasized.
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Single Sided Deafness?
2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Melanie Lutz, AuD; Virginia Milne, AuD
CEUs: 0.1
Duration: 60 minutes
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Available on AudiologyOnline
Description:
Single-sided deafness (SSD) poses unique challenges to both the patient and the managing audiologist as SSD negatively impacts the ability to localize sound as well as speech understanding, especially in the presence of background noise. Clinical recommendations may be inconsistent as there is not a definitive best practice for the audiologic management of SSD so this presentation will review patients across the lifespan who pursued each treatment option and experienced varying outcomes.
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Advocacy and You in 2025: A Conversation with the Academy’s Advocacy Leaders
2025-02-13 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Tina Stern, AuD; Joanne Zurcher, MPP
Duration: 60 minutes
Description:
It is a new year, a new Congress, and a new forecast for audiology. Join a membership discussion about the political landscape for 2025 and how to get involved to help advance priorities and seek opportunities for audiology. Tina Stern, AuD, chairperson of the Academy’s Legislative and Regulatory Committee, will introduce members to the new head of the Academy’s advocacy staff team, Joanne Zurcher, Vice President of Government Relations & Policy. Dr. Stern will interview Joanne about the current environment, her outlook on advancing audiology legislation, and how her experience combined with the engagement of members can make a difference for the profession.
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Beyond the Booth: Crafting Your Leadership Identity–A Strategic Approach for Audiology Leaders
2025-02-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Alena Conley, MBA, PPP
Duration: 60 minutes
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Program Focus: Skill
Description:
In today’s evolving healthcare landscape, developing a strong leadership identity is crucial for audiologists transitioning into leadership roles. This interactive webinar guides emerging and mid-level leaders through the process of crafting their unique leadership brand and creating a strategic development plan. Participants will explore their current leadership position, define their leadership philosophy, and create actionable steps for growth. Through practical exercises and evidence-based frameworks, attendees will gain tools to build credibility, enhance their professional presence, and accelerate their leadership journey in audiology. This session complements the conference presentation on “The Coach Advantage” by providing hands-on strategies for personal leadership development.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Develop a personalized leadership development strategy that aligns your clinical expertise with leadership aspirations while identifying specific growth opportunities within the audiology field.
2. Create a distinctive leadership brand identity that effectively communicates your value proposition and enhances your professional presence within healthcare teams and the broader audiology community.
3. Construct an actionable 90-day plan that incorporates specific milestones, resource utilization, and networking strategies to advance your leadership goals within your current role.
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Audiology Quality Consortium Webinars: Preparing for Payment Cuts: Navigating the MIPS Maze: Part I
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Presenters: Deborah Carlson, PhD, Tracy Murphy, AuD, and Debra Abel, AuD
Description:
These sessions will provide an overview of the transition from fee-for-service to value-based payment models, specifically focused on Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP). Updates will be provided on the 2025 QPP Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), program parameters, pathways for participation, changes in MIPS reporting requirements for audiologists, and how an audiologist can determine if participation is required. Resources will be provided to identify the reporting mechanisms for designated measures requirements for quality reporting, measure specifications, and examples of how to report measures.
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Motion Sickness Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentation
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Jamie Bogle, AuD, PhD
CEUs: 0.1
Duration: 60 minutes
Instructional Level: Advanced
Available on AudiologyOnline
Description:
Motion sickness is a common condition in the general population and more so in certain vestibular system disorders. This presentation aims to describe the vestibular system’s involvement in triggering motion sickness and possible management strategies.
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Audiology Quality Consortium Webinars: Preparing for Payment Cuts: Navigating the MIPS Maze: Part II
2025-03-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Presenters: Deborah Carlson, PhD, Tracy Murphy, AuD, and Debra Abel, AuD
Description:
These sessions will provide an overview of the transition from fee-for-service to value-based payment models, specifically focused on Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP). Updates will be provided on the 2025 QPP Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), program parameters, pathways for participation, changes in MIPS reporting requirements for audiologists, and how an audiologist can determine if participation is required. Resources will be provided to identify the reporting mechanisms for designated measures requirements for quality reporting, measure specifications, and examples of how to report measures.
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AAA 2025+HearTECH Expo
2025-03-26 08:00 - 2025-03-29 17:00 (America/New_York) | New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, United States

2025 Annual Membership Meeting
2025-03-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
2025 Membership Meeting at AAA 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 1:00–2:00 pm
Would you like to hear more about the Academy’s initiatives, advocacy efforts, and decision-making process? Join us for our Annual Membership Meeting at AAA 2025+HearTECH Expo in New Orleans.

An Overview of the American Academy of Audiology Clinical Consensus Statement on Assessment of Vestibular Function in the Pediatric Population
2025-04-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Violette Lavender, AuD, Kristen Janky, PhD, Katheryn Bachmann, PhD, Melissa Caine, AuD, Micheal Castiglione, AuD, Guangwei Zhou, ScD
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
The American Academy of Audiology recently published a clinical consensus statement on pediatric vestibular assessment to serve as a guide for assessing vestibular function in the pediatric population. The purpose of this presentation is to review content provided within the guide. Test considerations and interpretation of appropriate bedside assessment techniques, vestibular evoked myogenic potential, video head impulse, videonystagmography, rotary chair and various pediatric questionnaires will be reviewed.
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Ethical Dilemmas and Decision-Making
2025-05-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Erica Friedland, AuD, Sarah Wakefield, AuD, Alyssa Needleman, PhD
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
Audiology often involves ethical dilemmas that challenge clinicians to navigate between competing values and principles. This course addresses these dilemmas to make informed decisions that require a solid grasp of the four pillars of medical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice, and how they relate to the Academy Code of Ethics.
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Simplifying Advanced Vestibular Cases
2025-06-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Sara Jagger, AuD, PhD, and Kim Rutherford, PT, DSc, COMT
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
The course reviews vestibular disorders, diagnostics, and treatment through a case study approach. Topics covered include advanced case study presentations, case history considerations, vestibular test battery options, creating and maintaining good relationships with referring providers, and physical therapy management.
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Beyond the Booth: Ted Lasso's Leadership Playbook
2025-06-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Lindsay Ash and Steve Hughbanks
Description:
Elevate your leadership skills by taking a page out of the playbook of Apple TV+ soccer coach Ted Lasso. We’ll dive into his unique approach to leadership and focus on how he champions belief, optimism, and teamwork to help his teams be the best they can be. In this course, we will break down each of these principles and so participants understand and can put together a plan to apply these in their lives and businesses.
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Improving Adult Hearing Care in the U.S. Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration
2025-08-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Sarah Sydlowski, AuD, PhD, MBA, Erin Miller, AuD, Ian Windmill, PhD, Matthew Carlson, MD, MBA
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
The Hearing Health Collaborative is a multidisciplinary alliance between audiologists, physicians, professional organizations, and patient advocacy groups that took a scientific approach to understand the causes preventing early identification of hearing loss. Three primary factors were identified: (1) the need for a vital sign for hearing loss, (2) a necessary hearing loss staging system, and (3) clearly defined best practices for screening and referral, particularly within primary care.
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New Professionals Chat
2025-08-26 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Hosted by the AAA DEIB Committee
New Professionals, audiologists with five years or less of experience, face unique challenges and opportunities for forging their path ahead in the audiology profession. From the new graduate who may feel overloaded with information to the audiologist with a few years of practice skills now facing career choices, New Professionals share the common bond of being the future of the profession. In a current world that offers more uncertainty than assurances, visualizing the future may be daunting. Yet finding the feeling of belonging and having a professional home to be your resource can relieve the stress of figuring it out all alone.
The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Committee of the American Academy of Audiology is providing a forum for New Professionals to gather, chat, and share thoughts and resources. Come and meet colleagues who may have the same questions and dilemmas, and hear lessons learned from others. Share your concerns and learn where to look for guidance and opportunities to benefit you. Wind down your summer and gear up for a fulfilling fall with this virtual chat among peers.
Objectives:
To connect with other New Professional audiologists.
To discern the holistic value of the professional association for personal and career growth.
To recognize opportunities for career enhancement and advancement, including credentialing.
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Audiology Assistants and Hearing Instrument Specialists: The Key to Efficiency in the Audiology Practice
2025-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Presenters: Nichole Kingham, AuD, ABA and Kristin Davis, AuD
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
This course explores how audiology assistants and hearing instrument specialists can significantly enhance efficiency and patient care in audiology practices. Participants will gain insight into effective team integration, delegation strategies, and maximizing scope of practice to support sustainable growth.
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Inter-Professional Fall Risk Assessment Training for Audiologists and Student Clinicians
2025-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Megan Majoue, AuD, CCC-A, Rebecca Callais, DrOT, OTR/L, Dana Rishiq, PhD, Alison Bevrotte, BA
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
This course focuses on equipping clinicians with the knowledge and tools needed to implement fall prevention strategies in their practice, guided by the CDC’s STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries) initiative. Through a combination of evidence-based protocols, screening tools, and practical assessment techniques, participants will be empowered to actively reduce fall risk in their patient populations.
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Navigating the Shift: Understanding the New Hearing Device Services CPT Codes
2025-10-14 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Beginning January 1, 2026, CPT codes 92590–92595 will be retired and replaced with 12 new codes reflecting current audiology practice. Spanning the full care continuum—from candidacy and device selection to fitting, verification, and follow up—these codes bring clarity to modern service delivery. Join AAA and ASHA as we break down the new code set, the rationale for the change, and how to update your billing, documentation, and payer communications. After this webinar, participants will be able to: 1. Identify the new CPT codes for hearing device services. 2. Prepare strategies to apply the new codes in clinical and billing practices. This event will be recorded and available for later viewing. 1 PDH will be available for attending the live event only. ASHA will provide a certificate of attendance verifying the PDH to those who attend the full live presentation. Please join the presentation on your computer to be able to download the handouts and certificate of attendance.
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Academy Research Conference 2025: Diagnosis and Management of Tinnitus
2025-10-17 10:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Don’t Miss Out: On-demand Recording Now Available!
Overview
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders projects that over 25 million Americans experience some form of tinnitus. Tinnitus is frequently reported by military personnel, accounting for over $1 billion annually in disability compensation. The high burden and associated costs of tinnitus are considerable and can be challenging to address. The Academy Research Conference (ARC) 2025, held on October 17, provided current research and insights into tinnitus as well as the multifactorial considerations needed for diagnosis and management. A distinguished panel of speakers covered a wide range of topics including:

Patient characteristics for tinnitus and hyperacusis
Somatosensory/somatic tinnitus
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Pharmacology
Sound hypersensitivity disorders
Tinnitus epidemiology
Clinical and medical aspects of tinnitus management
Imaging and tinnitus mechanisms
Migraine-based tinnitus

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Chair: James A. Henry, PhD
Program Planning Committee:

Jamie Bogle, AuD, PhD (Principal Investigator for the ARC NIDCD Grant)
Riley DeBacker, AuD, PhD

Objectives:

To report current research in key areas to support effective clinical diagnosis and management of tinnitus patients.
To discuss the implementation of research advancements in clinical practice.
To elucidate the complexities of tinnitus diagnosis and management.

Earn 0.6 CEUs
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Category
On-Demand Recording Pricing

Member
$165

Non-Member
$240

Student Member
$45

Genetics of Pediatric Hearing Loss in the Age of Precision Medicine
2025-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenters: Margaret Kenna, MD, MPH, and Shelby Redfield, MS CGC
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
Most pediatric sensorineural hearing loss has a genetic etiology,and understanding that etiology has important implications for patients. This course will cover standard practices in the field of clinical genetics for hearing loss, review implications of diagnosis, and discuss how audiologists can play a role in the genetic counseling experience.
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Hearing, Hearing Aids, and Cognition: An Audiologist's Guide to Evaluating Evidence
2025-11-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Presenter: Nicholas Reed, AuD, PhD
CEUs: 0.1
Description:
This session presents an in-depth review and assesses the methodologic rigor of the epidemiologic literature on hearing and cognition, summarizes the current body of literature within an epidemiologic causal framework, deconstructs the interpretation of recent clinical trial findings on whether hearing aids delay cognitive decline, and, lastly, considers differences in population versus individual-level interpretations of the entire body of research. The overarching aim of this session is for attendees to walk away prepared and comfortable discussing the nuances of evidence on hearing, hearing aids, and cognition with their patients.
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AAA 2026+HearTECH Expo
2026-04-22 08:00 - 2026-04-25 17:00 (America/New_York) | San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio, TX, United States

AAA Annual Convention 2027
2027-04-07 08:00 - 2027-04-10 17:00 (America/New_York) | St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, MO, United States

AAA Annual Convention 2028
2028-03-22 08:00 - 2028-03-25 17:00 (America/New_York) | Denver, Colorado, Denver, CO, United States

AAA Annual Convention 2029
2029-03-07 08:00 - 2029-03-10 17:00 (America/New_York) | New Orleans, Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, United States
