PRESENTATION TITLE
Tinnitus Management - How to Start a Program from Scratch
PRESENTER(S)
Katie Kendhammer, Au.D.
Audiologist, Mayo Clinic Health System - Owatonna
AGENDA:
11:50 - 12:00 pm Learners Arrive
12:00 - 12:15 pm Introduction & Definitions – 15 minutes THEORY
12:15 - 12:35 pm Clinical Examples – 20 minutes CASES AND APPLICATION
12:35 - 12:50 pm Future Implications – 15 minutes CASES AND APPLICATION
12:50 - 1:00 pm Questions and Answers – 10 minutes
1:00 pm Session Ends
DESCRIPTION:
This presentation explored the thought process when creating a program to manage a tinnitus population. It described the education on currently accepted theories surrounding what causes tinnitus and currently accepted treatment options. It outlined the design/implementation of the program. It outlined decisions regarding appointment types/durations and billing.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Compile a resource of Tinnitus Treatment Training tools.
- Identify coding/billing opportunities/limitations regarding tinnitus management.
- Construct the framework for implementing their own program.
PRESENTER BIO
Katie Kendhammer, Au.D., is currently in her 12th year of clinical practice with Mayo Clinic Health System having transferred to her role in Owatonna in November 2020. She specializes in Diagnostics, Amplification, and Tinnitus. She currently serves on ASHA’s Government Affairs and Public Policy board as a member and is the VP of Audiology for the Minnesota Speech and Hearing Association (MNSHA). In her spare time she is currently learning everything her 4.5 year old stepson can teach her about Pokémon.
VIEWING LOCATIONS
Via Zoom, (see meeting invite).
ASHA CEUs
AAA CEUs
Mayo Clinic is approved by the American Academy of Audiology to offer Academy CEUs for this activity. The program is worth a maximum of .10 CEUs. Academy approval of this continuing education activity is based on course content only and does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedure, or adherence of the event to the Academy's Code of Ethics. Any views that are presented are those of the presenter/CE Provider and not necessarily of the American Academy of Audiology.
Completion Requirements
Learners will be texting in a code shared during the session to be enrolled in this activity. They must also visit this session page to provide their ASHA number. Learners must then complete the evaluation. Credit will be reported to ASHA on the learner's behalf.
Disclosure Summary
Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed...
Faculty Member | Relevant Financial Relationship(s) | Relevant Non-Financial Relationship(s) |
Heather Clark, Ph.D. | Mayo Clinic Employee Book Royalties of Pro-Ed | Member of ANCDS |
Jill Gruenwald, Au.D. | Mayo Clinic Employee | No relevant non-financial relationships |
| Gayla Poling, Ph.D. | Mayo Clinic Employee | No relevant non-financial relationships |
| Rene Utianski, Ph.D. | Mayo Clinic Employee | No relevant non-financial relationships |
| Katie Kendhammer, Au.D. | Mayo Clinic Employee | No relevant non-financial relationships |
Off-label/Investigational Use: None
For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here.
Faculty | Biography |
Heather Clark, Ph.D. | Dr. Clark is the Chair of Speech Pathology in the Department of Neurology and Associate Professor in the College of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She is board-certified by the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences and is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her clinical responsibilities include differential diagnosis of communication and swallowing disorders in adults and children. She serves as co-investigator in several projects examining the nature of speech, language, and swallowing impairment in degenerative neurologic disease. Dr. Clark has served as a topic chair for the ASHA convention, program chair of the Conference on Motor Speech, and chair of the fall conference of the North Carolina Speech Language Hearing Association. |
Jill Gruenwald, Au.D. | Jill Gruenwald, Au.D., is the Audiology Supervisor at Mayo Clinic. Her current areas of clinical practice are adult diagnostics and cochlear implants with past experience providing hearing aid services and completing vestibular evaluations. She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. |
| Gayla Poling, Ph.D. | Gayla L. Poling, PhD, is Director of Diagnostic Audiology at Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN and Vice-Chair of Research in the Department of Otolaryngology. She received her undergraduate and master’s training in Speech and Hearing Science from The Ohio State University and completed her Clinical Fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital. She practiced as a clinical audiologist at Mayo Clinic prior to returning to Ohio State where she earned a PhD in Hearing Science. She completed postdoctoral training focused on translational research at the Medical University of South Carolina and Northwestern University. Her current research interest is on developing diagnostic tools focused on the early detection and prevention of hearing loss due to aging, noise and other environmental factors (ototoxicity). |
TARGET AUDIENCE
Audiologists
Commercial Support
This activity is supported in part by educational & in-kind grants from the following companies in accordance with ACCME Standards:
Grants: None
In-Kind: None
Exhibitors: None
QUESTIONS?
Jill Gruenwald, Au.D.; phone 507-266-9725
ATTENDANCE / CREDIT
Text the session code (provided only at the session) to 507-200-3010 within 48 hours of the live presentation to record attendance. All learners are encouraged to text attendance regardless of credit needs. This number is only used for receiving text messages related to tracking attendance. Additional tasks to obtain credit may be required based on the specific activity requirements and will be announced accordingly. Swiping your badge will not provide credit; that process is only applicable to meet GME requirements for Residents & Fellows.
TRANSCRIPT
Any credit or attendance awarded from this session will appear on your Transcript.

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