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Chapter 1
Intro Audiology (Exam 1)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is audiology? | a branch of science that deals with hearing and the therapy of individuals having impaired hearing |
| What does an audiologist do according to ASHA? | they provide comprehensive diagnostic and treatment/rehabilitative serves for auditory, vestibular, and related impairments |
| What does an audiologist do according to AAA? | An individual who has the education, training, and license to provide an array of services for the identification, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of those with auditory or vestibular impairment, as well as the prevention of such disorders |
| What was audiology like between the 50s-60s? | 500 individuals were considered audiologists, unethical to dispense hearing aids, and the development of graduate programs |
| What was audiology like in the 70s? | hearing aids were declared medical devices by the FDA, ethical restrictions were lifted |
| What was audiology like in the 80s? | improvements in testing and hearing aid technology, emergence of subspecialties of Audiology |
| What was audiology like in the 90s? | programmable and digital hearing aids and cochlear implants |
| What is audiology like today? | digital hearing aids, bilateral cochlear implants, vestibular studies, telemedicine, and much more |
| What does one need to become an audiologist? | an Au.D., state licence, and occasionally certification is needed. |
| How many people in the world have a debilitating hearing loss? | 360 Million |
| How many Americans have some degree of hearing loss? | 48 million |
| How many school age children have some degree of hearing loss? | 7 million |
| When does the prevalence of hearing loss increase? | as people get older |
| How many people 20 years and older have bilateral hearing loss? | over 44 million |
| How can hearing loss impact a child? | through speech and language development, pre-academic and academic skills, social maturation, etc |
| What is an example of transient hearing loss? | an ear infection |
| How can hearing loss impact adults? | it can affect their relationships with other people |
| What can hearing loss be related to in older adults? | poor health, decreased physical activity, depression, and progressive changes in overall health |
| Where would a medical audiologist work? | hospitals, clinics, veterans affairs, probably working with other health professions |
| What do medical audiologists do? | determine the site of lesion through diagnostic tests, participate in rehabilitative aspects and hearing aid dispensing |
| What do educational audiologists do? | help children with hearing loss access classroom curriculum, identification, referral, rehabilitation, selection, evaluation of individual and group amplification, provide educational and counseling programs, and work closely with SLPs and teachers |
| Who do pediatric audiologists work with? | children or older patients with cognitive delays |
| Where do pediatric audiologists work? | in hospitals, clinics, and community clinics |
| What do pediatric audiologists do? | ork with parents and families to develop rehabilitative plan after diagnosis of hearing loss |
| What do Dispensing/Rehabilitative audiologists do? | diagnose and treat hearing disorders through sale of hearing aids and similar instruments |
| Where do Dispensing/Rehabilitative audiologists work? | clinics, medical offices, and private practices |
| What do industrial audiologists do? | work with industrial groups and agencies or meet the needs of work in noisy environments (hearing conservation trainings, annual evaluations, etc) |
| Where can audiologists work? | private practice, hospitals, physicians offices, community clinics (like universities), schools, industry, military/government (VA) |
| What is Otology? | medical diagnosis and treatment of ear disease |
| What do speech language pathologist do related to Audiology? | work together with children with hearing loss, children with auditory processing disorders, and adults with hearing loss and language problems |
| What other professions can work with audiologists? | teachers of the hearing impaired, surgeons, neurologists, psychologists, physical therapists, SLPs, otolaryngologists (ENTs) |
| What are some professional organizations associated with audiology? | American Academy of Audiology, American Auditory society, American speech language hearing associate, and education audiology association |
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