Hearing Aid Specialists

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1. 01Diagnose and treat hearing or related disabilities under the direction of an audiologist.
2. 02Counsel patients and families on communication strategies and the effects of hearing loss.
3. 03Select and administer tests to evaluate hearing or related disabilities.
4. 04Administer basic hearing tests including air conduction, bone conduction, or speech audiometry tests.
5. 05Maintain or repair hearing aids or other communication devices.
6. 06Perform basic screening procedures, such as pure tone screening, otoacoustic screening, immittance screening, and screening of ear canal status using otoscope.
7. 07Create or modify impressions for earmolds and hearing aid shells.
8. 08Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in audiology.
9. 09Demonstrate assistive listening devices (ALDs) to clients.
10. 10Assist audiologists in performing aural procedures, such as real ear measurements, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem responses, electronystagmography, and cochlear implant mapping.
11. 11Train clients to use hearing aids or other augmentative communication devices.

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