AUDIOLOGY TEST 1 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED
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What two professions joined together to create the profession of audiology? -
✔✔otologists and SLPs
What is certification? - ✔✔it is not a legal requirement, it means that audiologists
who are members of ASHA must have a CCC in audiology to prove that they have
a designated level of prep and have met continuing education requirements.
What is licensure? - ✔✔audiology is regulated through the licensure or
registration in every state. consumer protection is goal, loss of licensure prohibits
practice. To obtain a license one must complete a course of study, acquire clinical
experience, and get a passing score on national audiology exams.
certification vs licensure? - ✔✔both show that audiologists have a certain level of
competency, certification is not legally required but licensure is.
, How many Americans report some degree of hearing loss? - ✔✔48 million
Americans report some degree of hearing loss
What percentage of children in the US will experience at least one ear infection by
the age of 3 years? - ✔✔80%
Name several specialty areas of audiology - ✔✔medical, industrial, pediatric,
educational, dispensing/rehab
Be able to briefly describe the impact of hearing loss on children and adults. -
✔✔children- hearing loss impacts developing speech, language, and educational
performances and well as psychosocial dynamics with family and peers. Total
annual cost of treatment of ear infections in children is around $5 bill in the U.S.
adults- left untreated, hearing loss can erode relationships in and outside of the
family unit. hearing loss is related to overall poor health, decreased physical
activity, and depression It is also related to increased physical and psychosocial
dysfunction. hearing loss can lead to lost income because it can lower ones earning
potential. Most people with hearing loss are in the prime of their lives.
What is a scope of practice? - ✔✔The duties or services that a particular
practitioner is authorized to perform
100% CORRECT ANSWERS { GRADED
A+}
What two professions joined together to create the profession of audiology? -
✔✔otologists and SLPs
What is certification? - ✔✔it is not a legal requirement, it means that audiologists
who are members of ASHA must have a CCC in audiology to prove that they have
a designated level of prep and have met continuing education requirements.
What is licensure? - ✔✔audiology is regulated through the licensure or
registration in every state. consumer protection is goal, loss of licensure prohibits
practice. To obtain a license one must complete a course of study, acquire clinical
experience, and get a passing score on national audiology exams.
certification vs licensure? - ✔✔both show that audiologists have a certain level of
competency, certification is not legally required but licensure is.
, How many Americans report some degree of hearing loss? - ✔✔48 million
Americans report some degree of hearing loss
What percentage of children in the US will experience at least one ear infection by
the age of 3 years? - ✔✔80%
Name several specialty areas of audiology - ✔✔medical, industrial, pediatric,
educational, dispensing/rehab
Be able to briefly describe the impact of hearing loss on children and adults. -
✔✔children- hearing loss impacts developing speech, language, and educational
performances and well as psychosocial dynamics with family and peers. Total
annual cost of treatment of ear infections in children is around $5 bill in the U.S.
adults- left untreated, hearing loss can erode relationships in and outside of the
family unit. hearing loss is related to overall poor health, decreased physical
activity, and depression It is also related to increased physical and psychosocial
dysfunction. hearing loss can lead to lost income because it can lower ones earning
potential. Most people with hearing loss are in the prime of their lives.
What is a scope of practice? - ✔✔The duties or services that a particular
practitioner is authorized to perform
