OTC/PSAPs: Technical Capabilities, Models of Clinical Integration, and Proposed Rules/Legislation

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Date: July 8, 2020, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET

Presenters: Adam Voss, AuD and Kristi Oeding, AuD

CEUs: 0.15 AAA/Tier 1 CEUs

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Description: This presentation will aim to describe the technical capabilities of OTC/PSAPs and summarize the different models of integration of OTC/PSAPs in clinical practice. We will showcase both the electroacoustic and on-ear capabilities of some popular devices that are currently available, providing actual data gathered over the past few years on PSAP performance. We will provide an update on the current status of proposed laws and rules on OTC.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify methods and strategies to electro-acoustically test and verify which OTC/PSAP devices are best suited for certain hearing losses and which devices are not well suited.
• Define current laws, rules and regulations in the ongoing and upcoming OTC legislation.
• Identify the need to address the OTC/PSAP market in the coming years and implement a unique dispensing model within their practice to benefit both patients and providers.

Adam Voss, AuD 
Clinical Audiologist
Washington University School of Medicine

Adam Voss, Au.D. is a clinical audiologist on staff at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. He is a Saint Louis native and graduated with his doctorate of audiology in 2017 from Washington University School of Medicine. He trained as an extern there in the Division of Adult Audiology and was hired as a team member shortly after receiving his degree. His clinical interests include diagnostics, hearing aids and assistive technology, osseo-integrated hearing implant systems, hearing protection and patient education. He has also been co-author on several ongoing research studies within the department at Washington University. Outside clinic Adam enjoys cycling, playing music and exploring the many parks that Saint Louis has to offer.

Kristi Oeding, AuD
PhD Student
University of Minnesota

Kristi is a third year Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. She worked as an audiologist for 6 years at Washington University in St. Louis' Center for Advanced Medicine - Adult Audiology clinic prior to going back to school. Her interests include amplification outcomes, cognition and hearing loss, speech understanding in noise, and improving the sensitivity of outcome measures.