Performing a Valid Objective Hearing Assessment and Audiology Referral in Skilled Nursing Facilities

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the webinar, participants should be able to: 

• Discuss the means and value of objective hearing testing.
• Describe barriers to providing quality audiology in the nursing facility.
• Explain methods and needs for contracting audiology services in a facility.
• List chronic disease and pharmaceutical effects on hearing and balance.
• Describe benefits to resident quality of life and quality of care through better hearing.

Credit Information

• 1.0 CME
• 1.0 CMD Clinical
• 1.0 MOC

Credit Statements

CME:
Designation
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CMD:
This live activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for a total of 1.0 clinical hours toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. The CMD program is administered by the ABPLM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC):
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Disclosures

The Society requires the disclosure of all speaker/faculty/planner’s relevant financial relationships; presence of off-label use of a device or medication; and discussion of any experimental, new, or evolving topic prior to each accredited education activity.

If the learner perceives any bias toward a commercial product or service; advocation of unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy; or recommendation, treatment, or manners of practicing health care that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients, please report this to the Society’s staff.

All relationships have been identified, mitigated, and resolved. 

The following AMDA Online Education Committee members have financial relationships to report: Robert Zorowitz, MD, MBA, CMD – United Health Group: Stock Shareholder; all others have no relationships to disclose.

The speaker has no financial relationships to disclose.

AMDA staff have no financial relationships to disclose.