• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Professor Pete’s family has suffered from hearing loss for many generations. His great grandfather used a “hearing horn”, and his grandpa wore a large hearing aid he carried in his shirt pocket. His father had a behind-the-ear hearing aid, and Pete has used a receiver-in-canal hearing aid since 2014. Now that hearing aids are approved for OTC use, fellow pharmacists and technicians can use his many years of experience dealing with hearing loss. This presentation covers earwax accumulation, tinnitus, voiced and unvoiced letters, the McGurk effect, and the six types of hearing aids that are FDA approved. Professor Pete also covers the screening questions necessary to help patients see if they are candidates to purchase hearing aids without consulting an audiologist.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   22256H99_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   22256H99_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Outline the types of hearing aids available and the role of the pharmacist in interdisciplinary interactions with the audiologist

  Discuss OTC hearing aid utilization in patients

  Review the pathogenesis and treatment of tinnitus and potential referral to audiologist

  Review the pathogenesis and treatment of hearing loss to include cerumen removal

  Pharmacy Technician

  Discuss OTC hearing aid utilization in patients

  Review the pathogenesis and treatment of hearing loss to include cerumen removal

  Outline the types of hearing aids available and the role of the pharmacist in interdisciplinary interactions with the audiologist

  Review the pathogenesis and treatment of tinnitus and potential referral to audiologist

  Nurse

  Discuss OTC hearing aid utilization in patients

  Review the pathogenesis and treatment of tinnitus and potential referral to audiologist

  Outline the types of hearing aids available and the role of the pharmacist in interdisciplinary interactions with the audiologist

  Review the pathogenesis and treatment of hearing loss to include cerumen removal

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-1004860

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-22-256-H99-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-22-256-H99-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-22-256-H99-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Peter  Kreckel, RPh Retired Adjunct Assistant Professor, Saint Francis University

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