Live from AudiologyNOW! 2013 in Anaheim
The registration for this eAudiology Web seminar is free through funding by the American Academy of Audiology Foundation with a grant from Widex.
Duration: 3 hours
CEUs: .3
ABA Tier 1 Credits available
Who Should Attend: Audiologists in all practice settings who treat and diagnose patients with tinnitus.
Level: Intermediate
Program Focus: Knowledge and Skills
Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion, each participant in the Web seminar will be able to:
Description:
This eAudiology Web seminar will cover how rapidly growing knowledge on the neuroscience in tinnitus can be used in the daily audiological practice. Scientists are developing testable hypotheses, and investigate these in both animal experiments and human testing and trials. A leading hypothesis is that tinnitus arises as a consequence of the way the brain adapts to impairment of the peripheral ear (the cochlea). Session will consider this hypothesis, with a focus on neuroimaging measurements in humans. It will show how this knowledge on tinnitus provides a rationale for audiological interventions, such as the fitting of hearing aids, and for counseling of tinnitus patients.
Pim van Dijk, PhD studied physics with minors in mathematics and musicology in Groningen, The Netherlands. He obtained a MSc and PhD in physics from the University of Groningen (founded 1614). He is a certified medical physicist-audiologist and is involved in patient care, teaching and research. Pim van Dijk's patient care includes the membership of the multidisciplinary tinnitus team of the department. In addition, he is involved in the team for children with hearing and language impairments. Pim van Dijk is the 4th professor of audiology of the department of otorhinolaryngology (which hired its first physicist as audiologist in 1929). His research interests included clinical audiology, the neuroscience of tinnitus, and the comparative biophysics of the inner ear. He published more than 90 peer-reviewed papers, that describe topics in otoacoustic emissions, comparative research in hearing, neuroimaging of hearing and tinnitus. Additional assignments includes a memberschip of the scientific advisory board of the American Tinnitus Association, and he is the audiologist at the Guyot school for the Deaf in Haren, The Netherlands.