1. ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES ASHA Guidelines for Hearing Screening - Adults 1997

2. ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Topics Screening for Hearing Impairment Screening for Disability

3. ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Impairment Personnel –Audiologists –SLPs –Others under supervision of an audiologist

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. ASHA 1997 HEARING SCREENING GUIDELINES Screening for Hearing Disability Forms –See appendices A through C for forms for testing adults