AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

Awareness of Other Hearing Tests & Hearing Aids

AAO-HNS/F

Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel Workshop

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Special Testing • Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) • Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry • (BERA, ABR) • Psuedohypoacusis • Cochlear Implant Sentence Testing • Hearing Aids • Personal Sound Amplification Products (PSAP)

AAO-HNS/F

Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel Workshop

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Otoacoutstic Emission Testing: Sound Transmission • Sound waves directed to the ear generate a reverse wave related to the initial stimulus • Reverse wave travels from –the inner ear to the middle ear –to the ear canal by movements of the tympanic membrane

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Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel Workshop

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