Training & Education

There’s Something More for Everyone NEW

Chalese Buttars, AuD

Oticon continues to expand the potential of our Polaris™ platform, giving professionals the opportunity to help their patients hear better and improve the quality of their lives. In this course we introduce these new options and review the BrainHearing™ benefits of our key technologies.

Open Up To Life All Around NEW

Amanda Lawrence, AuD

At Oticon, we believe in helping all people with hearing loss through their journey to better hearing. Understanding their needs and challenges, we strive to provide access to the complete sound picture, superior sound quality and integrate more seamlessly into their everyday lives. In this course we explore the expanded range of products on the Polaris™ platform to accomplish this goal.

Genie 2: Navigating Oticon’s Fitting Software

Chalese Buttars, AuD

Oticon’s fitting software, Genie 2, is designed to assist hearing care professionals achieve successful fittings and manage follow up visits effectively. In this course we will cover the basic steps to effectively program Oticon hearing instruments and review additional fitting tools available for fine-tuning or customizing individual fittings.

Pediatrics: Life-changing Technology Dedicated to Childhood  NEW

Karla Quinones, AuD, CCC-A

A child’s experiences are filled with sound, conversations and interactions vital to their growth. In this course we will explore our life-changing technology designed with children in mind. Our advanced signal processing strategy gives children with hearing loss access to all relevant sounds in the sound scene to help them unleash the magic of childhood.

Parent Perspective on Remote Hearing Care: Opportunities to Promote Self-Determination NEW

Dave Gordy, PhD & Catherine Moyer, AuD

The use of remote hearing care has been shown to provide benefits for professionals, patients and their families. Parents of preschool-aged children who wear hearing aids were interviewed to understand their experiences using the Oticon remote hearing care application with their clinical audiologist.

Personal Protection Equipment and Students with Hearing Loss 

Dave Gordey, PhD 

Children with hearing loss returning to school may encounter teachers and other school‑based professionals who will be using personal protective equipment (PPE). This webinar will share data on the effect of different PPE on audibility for students with hearing loss.

Hearing Aids for Children and Teens: Tips and Tricks for Successful Fittings

Dave Gordey, PhD  

This course reflects upon best practice in pediatric amplification and will discuss practical clinical strategies when following clinical guidelines. Meeting DSL targets, choice of test signal, applications of the RECD, and considerations for open/thin tube hearing device fittings for children will be discussed.

Genie 2: Advanced Fitting Tools to Customize Fittings for Individual Patients

Lana Ward, AuD 

In this course, we will discuss how Oticon’s Genie 2 fitting software offers numerous opportunities to customize and personalize fittings using built-in tools and features. We will cover how busy hearing care professionals can effectively use these tools and features to successfully fine-tune and validate Oticon instrument fittings for their patients.

The Audiology of Oticon More 

Don Schum, PhD 

Oticon has long distinguished itself in creating cutting edge solutions for the most difficult problems faced by persons with hearing impairment. With the release of Oticon More, we are again introducing new approaches to allow for the highest levels of performance for users. In this course, we will describe the design and performance of our new core features, MoreSound Intelligence™ and MoreSound Amplifier™.

Making Patients Ready for Amplification

Don Schum, PhD 

Many patients who seek out information about amplification may not be truly ready to be fit. In this course, we examine the mindset of the potential first time user and discuss approaches to make the patient ready to be a successful, long‑time user.

Oticon Connectivity Options in a Changing World

Amanda Greenwell, AuD

Technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives. These innovations have changed the way we connect with the world around us. In this seminar we will review how Oticon’s connectivity options can add additional opportunities to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and provide technology-based conveniences.

Person‑Centered Care in Tinnitus Management

Cherilee Rutherford, AuD

This course will provide a basic introduction to 3 practical tools that clinicians can use to help deliver person centered care to tinnitus patients.