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Implantable Devices (ID)

GR302 - Grand Rounds: Cochlear Implants

Friday, April 24, 2026
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CST
Location: Room 225
Earn 0.15 CEUs
Tier 1
Instructional Level: Intermediate

    Moderator(s)

  • Meagan P. Bachmann, AuD, MHL

    Director of Audiology and Outpatient Speech-Language Pathology
    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina

    Disclosure(s): Financial – No financial relationships to disclose; Nonfinancial - I am on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Audiology

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    • Presenter(s)

  • Jordan Alyse Coffelt, AuD (she/her/hers)

    Director of Clinical Education in Audiology, Clinical Assistant Professor
    University of Memphis
    University of memphis
    Memphis, Tennessee

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

  • Melissa L. Caine, AuD (she/her/hers)

    Clinical Specialist / Audiologist
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

  • Michelle Hu, AuD (she/her/hers)

    Pediatric Audiologist and Founder
    Mama Hu Hears
    La Jolla, California

    Disclosure(s): Financial - Mama Hu Hears: Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Nonfinancial - I am owner of Mama Hu Hears and also Audiology Consultant for InnoCaption

  • BK

    Beth King, AuD

    Associate Professor-Clinical
    University of Mississippi Medical Center
    Madison, Mississippi

    Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

  • Laurie Mauro, AuD (she/her/hers)

    Clinical Specialist/Audiologist
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Disclosure(s): Financial - Cochlear America: Speaker/Honoraria (Terminated, March 11, 2025); Oticon Medical: Consultant (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Nonfinancial - No nonfinancial relationships to disclose

Abstract: The Cochlear Implant Grand Rounds session brings together audiologists from five cochlear implant programs to share and discuss complex, unique, and thought-provoking cases encountered in clinical practice. Presenters will highlight diagnostic challenges, management strategies, and outcomes that provide valuable insights into patient care. This interactive format fosters collaborative learning, encourages discussion of best practices, and explores innovative approaches to optimizing cochlear implant candidacy, programming, and rehabilitation.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participant will be able to describe challenges specific to audiologic patients with Branchio-Oto-Renal syndrome
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to describe considerations for mapping in patients with need for fluctuating current levels
  • Upon completion, participant will be able to describe considerations for cochlear implants in unilateral hearing loss.