ERA Course

The 5-day ERA course provides theory & methodology sessions and covers the most widely used clinical applications of ERA & OAE tests, both in the classroom and in practical sessions where you can develop your clinical skills by performing tests on fellow course participants.

Most of the topics of the Newborn ABR Course and Refresher Day are included.

Topics included in the ERA Course:

• The origin and characteristics of  AEPs & OAEs

• Instrumentation requirements

• Basic methodology

• Stimulus calibration

• BSA ABR guidance and interpretation advice

• ABR techniques (+practicals)

• CAEP techniques (+practical)

• OAE techniques (+practical)

• ASSR techniques (+practical)

• Tests for auditory neuropathy

• Efficient Clinical Strategies

• Masking

• Waveform interpretation

• Case studies & discussions

• Errors & their avoidance

• Peer Review

• Emerging techniques

Newborn ABR Course

The 3-day Newborn ABR course omits basic ERA theory and concentrates on ABR testing of babies, including CM testing, masking and test strategy, both in the classroom and in practical sessions where you can develop your clinical skills by performing tests on fellow course participants.

Neurological ABR testing, cortical tests and OAE tests are not covered.

Topics included in the Newborn ABR Course:

• BSA 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

ABR Refresher Day

As the name implies, this refresher day is for those who have already attended the ERA or Newborn ABR course and what to update their knowledge.

It is a classroom session without practicals.

This course is not a substitute for formal training in ABR.

Topics included in the ABR Refresher Day:

• BSA ABR guidance and interpretation

• Waveform interpretation

• Peer Review Exercise

• Errors & their avoidance

• Masking

• Tests for auditory neuropathy

• Further testing & Case Management

• Efficient Clinical Strategies