The final project consists of a one-page report (no longer) as well as its corresponding audiogram.

FINAL PROJECT 1. The final project consists of a one-page report (no longer) as well as its corresponding audiogram. 2. The Kaiser audiogram should be used. The portion of the audiogram that should be filled out are (attached) – Right Ear/Left Ear with air and bone conduction symbols. (This may look different if you are doing sound field testing on a toddler which is non ear specific information) – SRT for the left and the right ear. (this will look different for sound filled testing (SAT instead of SRT) – WRS/SDS- word recognition or speech discrimination % (this will be omitted for SF toddler testing) – Tympanograms for the left and right ear drawn and labeled. – Ipsilateral acoustic reflexes filled out – PTA calculated and written in anywhere on the audiogram. 3. In the report the format should go as Following 4 sections/paragraphs: – History – Procedure – Results/Impressions – Recommendations 4. The history should clear, developed and convey the patient’s and or parents’ concerns and relevant information (symptoms related to hearing, tinnitus or dizziness for adults . Information regarding speech, development, NBHS, history of ear infection, pregnancy or relevant family information for young children). It should not contain fluff. Fluff is irrelevant detail or story that surrounds the context. There is a difference in the two examples below. One is concise, clear and professional. The other consist of too much story telling. The examples below are not complete by any means, but merely demonstrate the idea of avoiding unnecessary or too much information. ——— Example A: Jonathan is a 21-year-old male referred for an audiological evaluation due to concerns of otalgia and decreased hearing. Patient states he was playing football outside with his brother and they began play fighting. His brother became very rough and slapped him on the ear. The patient states he fell to his knees in pain. The family had been vacationing in Hawaii and had to find a local doctor. They were advised to follow up once they returned to the states. 5. Procedure: refers to the tests that are going to be used and also communicates information regarding transducers and patient reliability. It should not include results, merely the tests that are going to be used for the evaluation, such as Standard audiometry, conditional play audiometry, visual response audiometry To be clear this final project is a hearing test, not a balance test (ex. no VNG) or electrophysiologic test (ex. no ABR) so no one should be describing tests that are not related to the traditional tests battery Spondee Word List or word lists to assess SDS: NU-6, CID-22,NU-CHIPS, PBK Tympanometry, Acoustic Reflexes, Otoscopy, headphone or insert earphones 6. Results; Impressions: you are describing the information you wrote on the audiogram Describe the audiogram for both ears (the way we learned in class) Describe they tympanograms for both ears Describe speech reception thresholds in both ears (dB HL) –>Describe speech discrimination score in both ears (% and presentation level dB HL) –>Describe otoacoustic emissions, present or absent Describe reflexes present or absent –>Describe otoscopy You have to attach correct clinical description to each response when relevant. if you do not, points will be marked of. ———-EXAMPLE A: Tympanogram in the left ear was type B ——EXAMPLE B-Tympanogram in the left ear was type B suggesting poor middle ear function and reduced tympanic compliance. 7. Recommendations (caution. You need to keep in mind the scope of an audiologist and what we would realistically recommend and what is not in our scope of practice to diagnose. Just because we have a knowledge of diseases and management doesn’t mean we diagnose and treat them. For example if your client is a child with otitis media, you cannot diagnose a specific disease because they is not in our scope. You should be making reference to suspected middle ear pathology, but to specifically diagnose the disease would be wrong. Secondly recommended antibiotics or tympanoplasty tubes would be outside of the scope do practice. The appropriate recommendations would be to referral to ENT for suspected middle ear pathology and follow up for retest following medication management. I HAVE ATTACHED THE FILES THAT SHOULD BE FILLED OUT FOR THE PAPER. PLEASE FILL OUT AND BE SURE IT MATCHES THE ONE PAGE PAPER.

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