SPA 4302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Otitis Media, Audiometry, Language Disorder

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Speech Pathology & Audiology
• Course: SPA 4302
• Professor: Brittany N Hensley

Document Summary

Consideration for kids: audiologic assessment of pediatric populations (1 day-17 years, the youngest need objective assessment, the oldest are treated as adults, the middle need special considerations for behavioral assessment. Pediatric assessment: evaluated by developmental age, behavioral observation, 0-6 months, visual reinforcement audiometry, 6 months to 3-4 years, play audiometry, 3-4 years to 6-7 years. Development: auditory/motor/speech/language development are a major factor in evaluating pediatric populations, different ages able to respond differently and different stimuli, tests are normed for age (developmental age, much different from adult norms for the babies. The set up: this type of audio(cid:373)et(cid:396)i(cid:272) testi(cid:374)g is i(cid:374) (cid:862)sou(cid:374)d field(cid:863, no headphones are used, so both ears are able to hear each sound, may be possible to not notice a unilateral hearing loss. Behavioral observation (boa: for the littlest ones (0-5 months, watch for reaction or change in behavior when stimulus is present, change in sucking behavior.