Amplifying Patient Care: The Important Role of Audiological Services
Purpose
Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity that maintains, develops, or increases the knowledge, skills, professional performance, and relationships a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.
Target Audience
Physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical students (rotating), non-medical students (rotating), and healthcare administrators.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the negative effects of untreated hearing loss.
- Define when to refer for audiological services.
- Develop ways to effectively communicate with hard-of-hearing patients.
- Identify benefits from treating hearing loss.
Speaker
Katherine Kingsbury, BS
Audiology Graduate Clinician and Student, Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Clinic, University of Iowa
Elizabeth Stangl, AuD, CCC-A
Research Associate, Audiologist Clinical Supervisor, University of Iowa
Accreditation Statements
- DO: Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.
DISCLOSURES
The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, or devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The activity director is responsible for determining educational content and selecting speakers.
Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
- Patricia Quinlisk, MD, MPH - Speaker
CME Committee
- No Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee member who planned this activity has any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content.
Gifts to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation from Mary Greeley Medical Center, McFarland Clinic, and Availa Bank support this program. The content and selection of speaker(s) are the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee, not the sponsors of this program.
DISCLAIMER
The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only. It is not a substitute for a healthcare provider's independent medical judgment regarding diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient's medical condition.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AOA Category 2A