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-___ million Americans have hearing loss (__% of the U.S. population)
-Hearing loss is the ___ most chronic health problem plaguing the elderly
-Over the next 15 years, 78 million Americans will move into the ___ year-old age bracket and the prevalence of hearing loss will skyrocket |
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-It is estimated that hearing aids are the treatment of choice for ___% of people with hearing loss (Only ___% of hearing loss is medically treatable)
– Unfortunately, less than ___% of those individuals get hearing aids |
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| What does the hearing aid analyzer do? |
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| It conducts an electroacoustic analysis: a very specific test that determines if a hearing aid is functioning according to manufacturer’s specifications. |
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| When is the hearing aid analyzer done? |
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-During patient check-ups
-Anytime that the patient reports something isn’t working right
-Anytime the SLP does a visual and listening check and
it doesn’t sound right |
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| Real-ear probe-tube microphone measurement is determining how much the hearing aid is ___ in the patient’s ear. The patient wears the hearing aid and a microphone is placed __ to __ mm from the eardrum! |
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Computer data base has every hearing aid patient’s ___ and
hearing aid ___ |
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-Every audiologists needs a ___
-It has special tools and equipment for working on in-house hearing aid ___ |
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| What is the hearing aid fitting process? |
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| assessment and goal setting, technical aspects of treatment, orientation, counseling, and follow-up, and assessing outcomes |
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What steps are involved in Assessment and Goal Setting?
-Auditory ___ and ___
-Self-perception of ___ needs, performance, and selection of goals for ___
-___-___ needs assessment |
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| assessment; diagnosis; communication; treatment ; Non-auditory |
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Auditory Assessment and Diagnosis:
-Diagnosis, ___, and ___ of hearing loss
-Determination and need for ___ ___ to a licensed
physician
-Determination of need for ___ ___ as determined by
the guidelines established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
-Provision of audiometric ___ and ___ options through appropriate patient and family/caregiver counseling
-Determination of candidacy for ___ and counseling
and patient’s attitude toward the ___ plan
-Determination of ___ through needs assessment
techniques |
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| type; extent; medical referral; medical clearance; results; treatment; amplification; treatment; lifestyle |
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What are the FDA Red Flags?
-___ of the ear that was present at birth or caused by some type of trauma
-Active ___ from the ear during the previous ___ days
-___ or ___ progressive hearing loss during the previous 90 days
-Sudden or long-term ___
-Sudden or recent ___ hearing loss during the previous 90 days
-Air-bone gaps equal to or greater than ___ dB HL at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz
-Significant ___ (i.e., earwax) buildup or ___ ___ in the ear canal
-Ear ___ or ___ |
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| Deformity; drainage; 90; sudden; rapidly; dizziness; unilateral; 15; cerumen; foreign body; pain or discomfort |
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-Patients remember less than ___% of information with informational counseling
-the term counseling has been used to describe giving ___ information to a patient, such as detailed instructions about how to operate a hearing aid. Such a factual flow of information has been referred to as ___ counseling or ___ counseling. |
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| 50; factual; information; content |
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| Use Method of Explicit Categorization is presenting information to patients in specific, rank-ordered categories of...what? |
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-Recommendations
-Diagnosis
-Test Results
-Prognosis |
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| In addition to the Method of Explicit Categorization, it is helpful to supplement verbal facts with ___, ___, and/or ___ information to help patients understand and retain information about their hearing loss and treatment options. |
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| written, graphical, and/or pictorial |
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| Can you explain and use the Count-the-Dot Audiogram and Sounds on the Audiogram?? |
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| There are 100 dots represent speech sounds and anything below the line represents speech sounds that they can’t hear |
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You are a good hearing aid candidate if you...
-Generally, if thresholds are greater than __ to __ dB HL
–Audibility index of less than ___
–Demonstrated ___ limitations and ___ restrictions
• COSI (client oriented scale of improvement)
• HHIE
–___ attitude: Attitude Type I and II
–___ expectations |
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| 20 to 25; 86; activity; participation; Good; Realistic |
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| Who is the enthusiastic and motivated patient-dream patient? |
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| positive attitude but there is a complicating factor. Ex: Someone who has had a bad experience with a HA. |
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Expectations of Audiologists:
-Be ___, courteous, and ___
-Suggest a referral to a ___ to rule out any medical conditions
-Assess your hearing difficulties in several ___
-Define individual ___ for you
-Offer a ___-day trial period
-Provide an initial ___ session on how to handle and care for your hearing aids
-Schedule multiple ___ appointments
-Evaluate the ___ of your hearing aids |
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| knowledgeable; accommodating; physician; environments; goals; 30; orientation; follow-up; benefits |
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Expectations of Hearing Aids:
-___more than you expected
-Fit ___
-Allow you to hear ___ speech audibly, ___ speech comfortably, and loud speech without ___
-Not filter out noise ____
-Provide some protection from ___ sounds
-Deliver sounds that at first may seem ____ (e.g., your own voice and footsteps)
-Require ___ from time to time
-___ or ___ if the earmold or hearing aid are not seated properly |
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| Cost; comfortably; soft; conversational; discomfort; completely; loud; different; repairs; Whistle; feedback |
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Expectations of Themselves:
-Require presentation of the same information about and practice of new skills with your hearing aids more than ___ prior to feeling comfortable with the situation
-Require a period of ___ with your hearing aids
-Experience some difficulty in ___ situations
-Buy ___
-Benefit from an ___ ___ for new hearing aid wearers
-Purchase hearing aids about every ___ years |
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| once; adjustment; noisy; batteries; orientation group; 5 |
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| Is there any way to measure expectations? |
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| It is the Expected Consequences of Hearing Aid Ownership |
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Non-auditory Needs Assessment:
Goal: Does the patient have any ___ that need
consideration for hearing aid treatment? Ex: Physical-Ex: ___? Psychological-Ex: ___ |
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| characteristics; visual and dexterity; cognition |
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Technical Aspects of Treatment:
-Hearing Aid Selection: Some decisions are made for the ___; some are made by ___ audiologist and patient
-___: preference, loss, and non-auditory factors
-What can the patient ___?
-Quality Control: Does it ___ properly? |
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| audiologist; both; Style; afford; work |
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Technical Aspects of Treatment:
-Fitting and Verification: Physically, does it feel right? Does it make Soft speech ___? Conversational speech ___? Loud sounds ___?
-Real-ear probe-microphone measurement: Does it provide enough ___? |
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| audible; comfortable; tolerable; gain |
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| What is the basic goal for all hearing aids? |
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Amplifies at their most comfortable listening level
Does not reach their loudness discomfort level |
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Gain is...
-tells you how ___ the hearing aid is
-Is how many ___ the hearing aid adds to the signal |
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Gain:
-Input + Gain =___
-Gain = Output __ Input |
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POGO Method: 1/2 gain rule-hearing aid will provide half gain at a specific ___
-Have a ___ frequency correction factor |
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| What are reasons that prescriptive methods have a low frequency correction factor? |
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-minimize upward spread of masking
-a lot of people don't like the barrel effect |
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What is important to know about prescriptive methods?
-There are maybe a ___ of them
-They all have some form of the ___ gain rule and ___-frequency correction factor
-The key is to make the sound loud enough to make sure the hearing aid: Amplifies at their most ___ listening level and does not reach their loudness ___ level |
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| dozen; ½; low; comfortable; discomfort |
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| Hearing aid orientation group: ___ to ___ week group sessions with new hearing aid wearers and their significant others |
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Tips for Groups:
-Group by ___ and ___
-Require ___ other attendance
-Older patient group is most common: Schedule for ___ to ___ hours with “snack time”, ___ morning (elderly more alert), and ___ (attendance at walk ins)
-Use ___: Attendance at all sessions earns something |
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| age; circumstance; significant; 1 ½ to 2; Late; mid-afternoon; incentives |
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