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Elizabeth Erickson O'Neill, AuD, of Children's Hospital Boston at Waltham, MA, and Meagan Lewis, AuD, of Winston-Salem, NC, recently earned the Cochlear Implants Specialty Certification (CI) credential, the American Board of Audiology® (ABA) has announced.
To earn the Cochlear Implants Specialty Certification credential, candidates must submit an application satisfying professional experience and education requirements. Successful applicants then must pass a challenging examination that covers eight cochlear implant knowledge domains: candidacy considerations, counseling/expectations, surgical considerations, programming principles/speech coding, device operation, troubleshooting, rehabilitation and outcomes.
The certification must be renewed every three years through 60 hours of continuing education, 30 of which must be specific to cochlear implants.
Launched in 2004, the Cochlear Implants Specialty Certification was developed to standardize training and knowledge of CI audiologists, elevate professional standards in audiology, and recognize professionals who acquire specialized knowledge in the field.
"The CI is a mark of professional distinction and provides consumers a method of identifying audiologists with specialized knowledge in cochlear implants," said ABA chair Gail Whitelaw, PhD. "These individuals are to be commended for their commitment to the audiology profession and their drive to continue to pursue knowledge needed to make them effective audiologists in their practices."
The ABA will offer a CI exam on April 1 in Boston.
The Cochlear Implants Specialty Certification is a voluntary program administered by the ABA. For more information, visit www.americanboardofaudiology.org or contact Keri Murphy, certification manager, at (703) 226-1057 or kmurphy@audiology.org.
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