Title: 4.1 Lesson Four Lecture
Course: 14SU-HIS-230-GH101-ADVANCED AUDIOMETRY > Section: Lessons

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Lesson Four Lecture

In this course the goal is to feel confident with all the parts of the audiometric evaluation for the purposes of recommending amplification.  Hopefully you are starting to feel you have the basics down.  I would guess the most difficult concept for most of you is masking.  I know it was for me when I was first learning how to complete an audiogram.  I’m sure it also is difficult because there are different methods in various textbooks and some differences between instructors.  We are trying to keep things as consistent as possible but sometimes it is difficult.  Here are some tips for the midterm.  The questions should be straightforward.  It isn’t my intent to ask any trick questions.  I want you all to succeed but you do need to study the material you have learned up till now.

Hints for studying for the midterm

You should review all the material in the course up until now and the quizzes. By now you should be starting to pull all the elements of the hearing evaluation together and understand why and how they are done.  In lessons 5, 6 and 7 there will be some new information but we will continue to discuss how all of the elements of the evaluation come together so you can make decisions about whether or not you should refer your client or whether they are a good candidate for hearing instruments.  The questions on the midterm will be objective. Here are the areas to review:

- Do you understand the elements of a case history?  What are some examples of questions you should ask?
- Do you understand how to do otoscopy?  What might you see that would make you refer a client instead of testing?
- Air conduction/bone conduction procedures and masking for these tests.
- Speech audiometry and masking for these tests.
- Masking procedures- make sure you know when and how to mask.  How to decide how much masking to use.  Masking rules for air conduction, Bone conduction and speech audiometry.
- Loudness measurements (UCL, LDL).  There could be a very basic question or two about what these are and why you do them.
- Advanced Speech testing- QuickSIN and ANL.  Do you understand the purpose of these tests?  The basics of how they are done and how they are scored.  The questions will not be complicated on this subject.

I hope this gives everyone an idea of where to focus their attention.  Everything from all of your coursework up to this point in the program should be starting to come together so you can apply it in your lab time and practicum sites.  Obviously the ultimate goal is you will feel confident that you know the procedures and can complete an accurate hearing evaluation.

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