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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES ASHA Guidelines for Hearing Screening - Adults 1997
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Topics Screening for Hearing Impairment Screening for Disability
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Impairment Personnel –Audiologists –SLPs –Others under supervision of an audiologist
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Impairment Expected outcomes –Identify suspected hearing loss that will need referral Clinical Indications –As requested –Every decade through age 50 and every 3 years after.
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Impairment Pass / Refer Criteria –1, 2, and 4 kHz –25 dB HL Refer for an audiological evaluation if no response in any frequency in either ear.
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Impairment Environment –Environment should be quiet and not exceed levels in Table 1 (p. 50). For supraaural earphones use line 5. Equipment –Same as for pediatrics
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Disability Personnel –Audiologists –SLPs –Others supervised by audiologist Expected Outcomes –Identify those who have a hearing disability that interferes with … Social Education Vocation Communication
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Disability Clinical Indications –Same as Hearing Impairment Clinical Process –Instruments (i.e., questionaires) such as… Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening Version (HHIE-S) Self-Assessment of Communication (SAC) –May be administered F2F or pencil/paper
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Disability Pass / Refer –See pass refer criteria found on p. 54. –HHIE-S refer if score equals 10 or greater –SAC refer if score equals 19 or greater Follow-up may include... –Counseling –Audiological assessment –Other examinations or services
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ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Disability Forms –See appendices A through C for forms for testing adults
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