ERA Training & Consultancy Ltd
Registered in England, No. 08713170
ERA (Electric or Evoked Response Audiometry) is a technique in which information about the hearing system is gained from the measurement of electrophysiological signals from the hearing pathways. This site is the new portal for the annual 5-day residential ERA training course designed for healthcare scientists and medical staff.
A 3-day course is also available, the Newborn ABR Course, for those specifically involved in post-screening tests of newborns.
See the Courses page for further details including course dates, fees and how to apply.
Following NHSP’s forced abandonment of support for post-screening diagnostic testing, in addition to our training courses we have picked up the baton to ensure continuity of support in the following respects:
(a) the continuation of ABR Peer Review and related services (though regrettably without the authority and economy provided by a government-sponsored national body)
(b) the Newborn ABR Refresher Day series of update courses, in collaboration with Interacoustics
ERA Course
(5 days)
• The origin and characteristics of AEPs & OAEs
• Instrumentation requirements
• Basic methodology
• Stimulus calibration
• NHSP ABR guidance and interpretation advice
• ABR techniques (+practicals)
• ACR techniques (+practical)
• OAE techniques (+practical)
• ASSR techniques (+practical)
• Tests for auditory neuropathy
• VEMP testing
• Efficient Clinical Strategies
• Masking
• Waveform interpretation
• Case studies & discussions
• Errors & their avoidance
• Peer Review
• Emerging techniques
Newborn ABR Course
(3 days)
• NHSP ABR guidance and interpretation advice
• Stimulus Calibration
• AC threshold ABR (+practical)
• BC threshold ABR (+practical)
• ASSR tests (+practical)
• Tests for auditory neuropathy
• Efficient Clinical Strategies
• Errors & their avoidance
• Masking
• Waveform interpretation
• Reporting
• Peer Review
• Case studies & discussions
Newborn ABR Refresher Day
• NHSP ABR guidance and interpretation
• Waveform interpretation
• Peer Review Exercise
• Errors & their avoidance
• Masking
• Tests for auditory neuropathy
• Further testing & Case Management
• Efficient Clinical Strategies