Continuing education in hearing health care encompasses a range of opportunities, including formal academic training, professional certification and credentialing, technical or job-specific instruction, professional development events, and personal or general skill enhancement....
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Discussion
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No actionable change for individual clinical practice; findings may inform professional associations and training program developers about gaps in continuing education offerings for hearing health care providers.
Understanding continuing education gaps among hearing health care professionals can drive improvements in workforce competency and quality of care across the field.
- 01Survey examined continuing education (CE) experiences of hearing health care professionals across training, certification, and credentialing dimensions.
- 02Published in the American Journal of Audiology, indicating peer-reviewed scrutiny of workforce development issues.
- 03Findings could identify unmet CE needs that professional bodies and training programs should address.
- 04Study design is survey-based, so results reflect self-reported perceptions rather than objective competency measures.
- 05Has implications for audiology program accreditation bodies and CE providers.
Hearing health care professionals have identifiable and unmet continuing education needs.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42171472
- DOI
- 10.1044/2026_AJA-25-00180.
- Journal
- American Journal of Audiology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Hearing health care professionals (audiologists and hearing aid specialists)
- Intervention
- Survey of continuing education experiences and needs
Primary outcomes
Continuing education experiences; Perceived CE needs related to formal training, certification, and credentialing