EAPS 10000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tinnitus, Hearing Aid, Cochlear Implant
20 Jan 2017
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Lecture 1- the field, the professionals, and the clients. Impairs the ability to receive/send, and also process and comprehend concepts of verbal, nonverbal, and graphic information: may affect hearing, language, and/or speech processes, developmental or acquired. Asha: american speech-language and hearing association. Professionals: audiologists, speech pathologists, speech, language, and hearing scientists, professional aides. What do audiologists do: measure hearing ability. Where do audiologists work: educational settings, clinics and hospitals, government agencies. *****audiologists are independent professionals, no prescription from another heathcare is. Audiologists credentials required****: currently- doctorate/au. d, to be accepted: average 3. 5 gpa, formal training from certified program (additional clinical experience and pass national exam, asha ccc-a, state license, no school certification (unlikes slps) Identify, assess, treat, and prevent speech, language, and cognitive/social disorders (receptive and expressive and multiple modalities: speech, writing, picture, manual: participate in assessment and treatment of swallowing disorders, modify a regional or foreign dialect. Where do speech-language pathologists work: school systems, hospitals, clinics, rehab centers, nursing home.
