EXAM 1 CSD 331 Questions and
Complete Solutions Graded A+
define audiology - Answer: study of hearing and vestibular system
T or F audiologists are not medical professionals - Answer: true
where can audiologists work? - Answer: medical, private practice, pediatric, educational, rehabilitative,
industrial, forensic, military
audiologist responsobilities - Answer: hearing evaluation/diagnosis
hearing loss treatment
vestibular testing
electrophysiology
tinnitus management
telehealth
hearing loss prevention
research
for audiologists hearing loss treatment consists of... - Answer: hearing aids
assistive listening devices
cochlear implants
auditory training
what you need to become an audiologist - Answer: Doctorate in audiology
license in audiology granted by state
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A).
American Board of Audiology certification
continue education
, issues with the profession - Answer: audiology as an independent practice
hearing aid dispensing/selling
over the counter (OTC) devices
diversity
who created the audiometer - Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
when did interest in the practice grow - Answer: after WWII
service men returned with hearing loss
When was the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association established? - Answer: 1925
What was the initial focus of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association? - Answer: Scientific,
organized work in the field of speech correction
In what year was 'hearing' added to the name of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association? -
Answer: 1947
how many members does ASHA have? - Answer: 182,000
American Academy of Audiology - Answer: organization "of, by, and for, audiologists"
founded by James Jerger
12,000 members
Raymond Carhart - Answer: father of audiology
coined term audiology in 1945
George Von Bekesy - Answer: 1961 Nobel prize winner in physiology or medicine
Complete Solutions Graded A+
define audiology - Answer: study of hearing and vestibular system
T or F audiologists are not medical professionals - Answer: true
where can audiologists work? - Answer: medical, private practice, pediatric, educational, rehabilitative,
industrial, forensic, military
audiologist responsobilities - Answer: hearing evaluation/diagnosis
hearing loss treatment
vestibular testing
electrophysiology
tinnitus management
telehealth
hearing loss prevention
research
for audiologists hearing loss treatment consists of... - Answer: hearing aids
assistive listening devices
cochlear implants
auditory training
what you need to become an audiologist - Answer: Doctorate in audiology
license in audiology granted by state
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A).
American Board of Audiology certification
continue education
, issues with the profession - Answer: audiology as an independent practice
hearing aid dispensing/selling
over the counter (OTC) devices
diversity
who created the audiometer - Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
when did interest in the practice grow - Answer: after WWII
service men returned with hearing loss
When was the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association established? - Answer: 1925
What was the initial focus of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association? - Answer: Scientific,
organized work in the field of speech correction
In what year was 'hearing' added to the name of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association? -
Answer: 1947
how many members does ASHA have? - Answer: 182,000
American Academy of Audiology - Answer: organization "of, by, and for, audiologists"
founded by James Jerger
12,000 members
Raymond Carhart - Answer: father of audiology
coined term audiology in 1945
George Von Bekesy - Answer: 1961 Nobel prize winner in physiology or medicine
