Special Population: Peds & Ed Audiology

This advanced course will explore the detection, assessment and management of hearing loss in infants and children. Content will include behavioral test methods such as visual reinforcement audiometry and conditioned play audiometry as well as objective test methods such as otoacoustic emissions, tympanometry, and auditory brainstem response testing as applied to pediatric populations. This course will also include an overview of the application of these test results to the management of children with hearing loss with hearing aids and implantable devices in educational academic settings. Special considerations such as FM systems, assistive devices, classroom accommodations, and coordinate of services will be discussed.