Assignment 1: The Audiology Profession

  1. What are some of the statistics on hearing loss?
  2. How many babies are born in the U.S, SD, MN annually?
  3. How many children may have hearing loss?
  4. How many (%) are screened annually for hearing loss?
  5. How prevalent is hearing loss in older persons?
  6. What are some of the syndromes related to hearing loss?
  7. What are the major roles of an audiologist?
  8. What do audiologists do?
  9. What is the role of the audiologist in the schools?
  10. What is the role of the audiologist in the ENT office?
  11. What is the role of the audiologist in the industrial setting?
  12. What is the role of the audiologist in the hospital setting?
  13. What is the role of the audiologist in the private setting?
  14. Where do you find audiologists?
  15. What professional organizations in the US and globally exist for audiologists?
  16. What is the most common setting of the audiologist?
  17. If you were to refer a patient for audiologic evaluation, where would you refer?
  18. How can the audiologist support the role of the SLP?
  19. How can the audiologist support the role of the educator of the deaf?
  20. How can the audiologist support the role of the ENT/pediatrician/family physician?
  21. How can the audiologist support the role of the psychologist?
  22. How can the audiologist support the role of the regular classroom teacher?
  23. How can the audiologist support the role of personnel in early childhood?
  24. How can the educator of the deaf support the role of the audiologist?
  25. How can the SLP support the role of an audiologist?
  26. Are audiologists employed by the schools and in what capacity?
  27. What states support the role of the audiologist in the schools?
  28. Is there a need to employ additional audiologists in the schools?
  29. What is the current minimal education of the audiologist to practice audiology?
  30. What is the minimal education of the audiologist entering training programs by 2007?
  31. In the text “Clinical Audiology,” Dr. Stach indicates SLPs and AUDs serve three similar populations.
  32. What are the primary employment settings of audiologists?
  33. Where would you most likely refer an older person for audiologic services?
  34. Where would you most likely refer an infant for audiologic services?
  35. Where would you most likely refer a school age child for audiologic services?
  36. What professional organizations are audiologists, members?