CSD-2259 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13.4: Audiometer, Audiology, Tympanometry

• School: App State
• Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Course: CSD-2259
• Professor: Sheila Temple

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How is pediatric hearing loss identified: requires a multi-tiered approach, often begins with a routine screening, the assessment process. Early diagnosis of hearing impairment edhi: goal is to detect hearing loss at birth while the infant is still in the hospital. If they do not pass they are referred to an audiologist: children who exhibit developmental delays, have a predisposition to hearing loss, or develop diseases that affect auditory mechanism should be referred for a hearing screening or evaluation. Generally falls into 2 categories: newborn/infant hearing screenings. Involve specialized testing completed before newborn leaves hospital. Older children are screened using conventional methods: audiometer, headphones, and tones. Based on objective tests that do not require a response from the infant. Evoked auditory pote(cid:374)tials (cid:894)eap"s(cid:895) (cid:373)easure the electrical response of the auditory system to a sound stimulus. Audiologists or trained personnel under their supervision conduct infant screenings: conventional hearing screening.