AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

Practicum

The Practicum is hands-on formal instruction in a classroom or laboratory setting focused on teaching participants how to perform basic hearing tests and gain a general understanding of basic balance tests. You will be taught each skill using a checklist of the procedure for performing the skill. The same checklists will be used by your supervisor in the On-The-Job training portion. Table 1 presents a sample checklist. The checklist will be distributed at the hands-on workshop. Each skill will be taught using the following format: 1. Statement of the objective 2. Rationale for why the test is conducted 3. Review the basic need to know information about the test and how to interpret it 4. Review of the checklist procedure for conduction of the test 5. Hands-on practice giving the test 6. Evaluation of mastery of the test using the checklist

Objectives: Basic Hearing: Lecture, Preview, Demonstration, and Practice

1. Documentation of patient case history and exam a. Review patient history b. Summary of patient visit

2. Perform a basic examination of the ear a. Evaluate external auditory canal b. Recognize existing problems that preclude accurate testing and the need for referral to the otolaryngologist c. Perform tuning fork testing 3. Perform basic hearing testing a. Pure tone air and bone conduction testing with and without masking b. Perform speech audiometry testing i. Speech Recognition Threshold ii. Speech Recognition Threshold with masking iii. Word Recognition iv. Word Recognition with masking c. Tympanometry

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