Ch. 1: The Profession of Audiology Flashcards
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Definition of audiology
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The study of hearing and balance and the treatments of hearing and balance disorders
- Audiology got its roots from otology and speech pathology.
- The purpose was to serve World War II soldiers who suffered from noise induced hearing loss.
2
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Specialties within audiology
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- Medical Audiology
- Educational Audiology
- Dispensing/Rehabilitative Aud
- Pediatric Aud.
- Geriatric Aud.
- Industrial Audiology
- Recreational and Animal Audiology
3
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Medical Audiology
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Hearing and Balance
4
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Educational Audiology
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- Classroom
- Helps parents decide what kind of tools to use
5
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Dispensing/Rehabilitative Aud
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- Private Practice
- Main focus is hearing aids
6
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Pediatric Audiology
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Works with children
7
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Geriatric Audiology
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- Works with adults
- Useful when you don’t want to work with both
8
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Industrial Audiology
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Hearing Conservation – educate workers on how to best protect their hearing; suggest acoustic structure of the workplace to protect employer from being sued
9
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Recreational and Animal Audiology
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- Protection for service dogs (military)
- Secondary
10
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Settings in which an Audiologist might Work
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- Government
- Hospital
- Private Practice*
- ENT* (including CI and BAHA)
- Clinic
- University
- School
11
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Governing body of audiology
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Why one might be affiliated
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- AAA – American Acedemy of Audiology
- ASHA – American Speech and Hearing Association
- ADA – Academy of Doctor’s of Audiology
- *CEUs and staying up to date with legislature *
