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6 reasons to collect outcome measures in AR:
1. ___ to insurers, HMOs, state and federal government entities, and other third party payers (money well spent)
2. Demonstrating to accrediting agencies such as the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) ___ of our services
3. Demonstrating ___ outcomes to patients and families after intervention
4. ___ and improving the quality of the clinical decisions in hearing aid selection and fitting
5. ___ our practices to the community and managed care organizations
6. Establishing and maintaining '___ ___' for our profession |
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| Documentation; effectiveness; improved; Validating; Marketing; best practices |
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| clinical measures made by the audiologist to determine the success of hearing aid fitting (objective). Ex: real-ear and test box measures |
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| measures given to patients and their family members to determine if hearing aid treatment has made a difference to their lives (subjective). Ex: outcome measures |
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| What are the 4 measurement domains/tool categories for use in AR? |
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| Impairment, activity limitations, participation restrictions, and satisfaction |
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| What are some ways to measure impairment in AR? |
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| Function gain testing, real ear probe mic measures, and speech recognition measures |
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| What are 2 outcome measures you could use to measure activity limitations? |
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| What are 2 outcome measures you could use to measure participation measures? |
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| What are 2 outcome measures you could use to measure satisfaction? |
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| Hearing Satisfaction Survey (HSS) and SADL |
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| Study outcome measures table |
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