Title: 1.3 Lesson One Lecture
Course: 14SU-HIS-230-GH101-ADVANCED AUDIOMETRY > Section: Lessons

Lesson One Lecture

Welcome to HIS 230 Advanced Audiometry.  The goal of this course is to sharpen your skills in audiometric testing for the purpose of recommending and fitting amplification.  There will be a lot of review information you learned in Introduction to Audiometry and we will add some new information.  By the end of this course you should start to feel you understand all of the components of a complete hearing evaluation and how to interpret the information for the purposes of recommending amplification.

The information in Lesson One should be a review for you.  Make sure you complete the assigned readings from your texts.  There are also some power point presentations you should find helpful.

Important tips for success:

Start by reading the Syllabus.  It has important information about this course and from the college.  Since you all are familiar with taking online courses now some of it will be a review but there are important details about this course and important dates.  You may have also received information about how the grading has changed for the HIS program.  The midterm and final are no longer weighted for a larger percentage of your grade.  Your final grade will be based on total points earned throughout the course.

Don’t wait until the end of the week to complete the lesson.  Remember the information in this program is cumulative.  It is important that you truly understand the concepts rather than only memorizing the information to pass a quiz or exam.  You will need to be able to pass a state licensing exam and use much of the information to be successful as a hearing instrument specialist every day.

Participation in discussion boards is important.  Now that you have more experience in the program you should understand how participating in the discussion boards contributes to a much richer experience in the course.  Due dates for discussion posts will be Thursday and Sunday of each week.  Make sure you read the discussion rubric for grading.  To receive full credit for each discussion post you will need to meet the requirements listed in the rubric.

Set up your proctoring site now.  Remember the midterm and the final are proctored.  Please make sure you have your site selected now.  Don’t wait until the last minute.  Time extensions for the midterm and final will not be given for procrastinating or for not knowing your proctor sites hours.  When you send your form to me please be sure to included Rebecca Waldo on the e-mail since she is the one who actually manages this information for us.  She is also a great resource for any questions related to proctoring requirements.

I am here if you have questions or need clarification on any information.  There is an Ask the Class discussion forum to post questions for me or for your classmates.  My OTC e-mail and phone number are listed in the Syllabus.  It is going to be a great eight weeks!  Remember it goes by fast so the best way to tackle it is one lesson at a time!

Dr. Senay

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