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Define the field of audiology

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The science of hearing and deafness

  • hearing-physics of sound-waves-source-medium-destination, parameters of sound-intesnity-frequency.
  • psychology: the response of the organism to stimuli
  • sociology: helping the individual adjust to society
  • deafness: understanding pathophysiology
  • disease process of the ear
  • rehabilitation: non-medical rehab
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What disciplines does audiology come from?

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psychology, otology (ear study), physics, and sociology

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What professional functions does the audiologist engage in?

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  1. Assessment of hearing-concept of threshold
  2. Diagnosis of hearing loss-explain
  3. Provide rehabilitation for the hearing impaired called aural rehabilitation
  4. Public education
  5. University education
  6. Research- clinical or experimental
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What is the difference between establishing hearing threshold and diagnosis of hearing loss?

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establishing a hearing threshold implies a baseline for one’s hearing while diagnosis of hearing loss can be determined from the baseline of the hearing threshold.

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What are the components of aural rehabilitation?

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  • Hearing aid fitting and selection
  • Auditory training
  • Lipreading and visual communication
  • Meeting individual needs
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What settings do audiologists work in?

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  1. Hospital- consulting or in a speech and hearing department
  2. University - clinic or teaching
  3. With otologists - privately
  4. In schools
  5. In special education facilities: schools for the deaf, developmentally delayed, deaf and blind and multiply handicapped
  6. In industry
  7. Private practice
  8. In the hearing aid business
  9. Many audiologists work in more than one setting
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What academic training is required of audiologists?

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  1. minimum degree is now Au.D.
  2. Some with a Ph.D. academic degree-not medical
  3. ASHA and American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
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What professional organizations oversee audiology?

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ASHA:

  • makes policies regarding professional ethics
  • makes policies regarding professional competence
  • issues certificates of clinical competence
  • accredits academic programs
  • provides education in the two fields and encourages expansion of current knowledge and scholarliness
  • there are state chapters with state and regional meetings as well as that of the general membership
  • many miscellaneous items
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What are the implications of hearing loss? in other words, what effect does hearing loss have?

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medical, educational, psychologic, vocational, social

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What population has the greatest rate hearing loss?

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54% of adults over age 64 have some hearing loss

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What population has the second greatest rate of hearing loss?

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14% for ages 45-64

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What projections can we make about hearing impairment over the coming decades?

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We will have an extremely large hearing impaired population given the aging of our country. We now have the largest older population an American history and it is growing.

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What would account for an increase in hearing loss prevalence?

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1) Increased longevity
2) better medical procedures allowing life to be sustained but with possible after effects such as deafness
3) An increase in genetic deafness - probably because deaf people usually marry one another. This is in spite of the fact that nine out of ten deaf children have two hearing parents.
4) Ototoxicity
5) Recognition of noise induced hearing loss

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Audiologist

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Person who practices audiology

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Audiometry

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Measurement of hearing

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Deafness (anacusis)

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Without hearing (small number)

17
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Hearing loss (hypoacusis)

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Can hear but not normally

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Otology

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Medical practice of ears

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Otolaryngology

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Ear and throat

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Otorhinolaryngology

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Ear, nose, and throat

21
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How do audiologists and ear, nose, and throat physicians collaborate to manage hearing impaired individuals?

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Physicians treat, provide medications. Audiologist sees all parts that ENT cannot see. Audiology, vast majority of patients seen by ENT but cannot be treated by them

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