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what is audiology
discipline involved in the prevention, id, and evalu of hearing disorders, the selectionand eval of hearing aids and the habilitaion rehab of individuals with hearing loss
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what is the prevalence of hearing loss
- about 35 mil in us over 18
- about 28 mil are severe enough to be adversely affected
- by 2015- 13 mil
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How many have tinnitus, hnl, perm hearing loss,
- 50 mil tin
- 30 mil haz noise levels
- 10 mil have permanent damage
- 26 mil hard of hearing
- 2 mil deaf
- by 2050 80 mil over 65 will have loss
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what % of children born with, ear infect, fail school hearing,
- 6 in every 1000 born with
- 90% have an ear infect before 6
- 15 % of children fail screenings
- pop with some degree of hearing loss is about 3.5 mil
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impact on hearing loss
children
- speech or language development
- speech recognition (classroom noise)
- educational achievement
- psychological behavior
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impact of hearing loss
adults
- poor health
- reduced mobility
- increased tension
- more anxiety and depression
- fewer interpersonal contacts
- fewer excursions outside of home
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who founded audiology
Robert West in 1936
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who coined audiology
- raymond carhart
- norton canfield
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settings for audiologist
- clinical-
- medical
- rehab/dispensing
- pediatric
- military
- manufacturing
- industrila
- ed
- college
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regulating board for licensure or credential
speech language audology hearing aid dispensers board
ca also has credential for ed aud-clinical rehab services credentials aud
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aud certification
- board certified aud-ABA
- CERT of clinical competencies in aud -asha
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professional orgnaizations
- aaa
- asha
- ada-academy of doctors of aud
- aasa-american aud society of america
- caa-cal academy of aud
- csha-cal speech and hearing assoc
- eaa-ed aud assoc
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