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Hearing aid dispensing training manual / Suzanne Krumenacker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krumenacker, Suzanne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hearing aids.
- Deafness--Treatment.
- Deafness.
- Hearing disorders--Diagnosis.
- Hearing disorders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing, Inc., [2019]
- Summary:
- For individuals studying for their state practical licensing examination in hearing aid dispensing, this manual focuses on competency for the practical sections of the examination, preparing individuals for the exam, but also for day-to-day operations in the professional environment. Separated into four modules, the book covers the main competencies of most state practical examinations: audiometric assessment, ear impressions, hearing instrument fitting, and hearing instrument care and follow-up.-publisher.
- Contents:
- Hearing loss
- Audiogram interpretation
- FDA red flags
- Infection control
- Otoscopic inspection
- Testing equipment
- Tympanometry
- Testing procedures
- Concepts of masking
- Otoscopic inspection for impression
- Ear impression preparation
- After the impression
- Delivering a behind-the-ear hearing aid or receiver-in-the-canal hearing aid
- Earmolds
- Delivering an in-the-ear hearing aid
- Replacing earmold tubing
- Routine follow-up service
- Troubleshooting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781635501322
- 1635501326
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