objective testing

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hearing tests for children

• objective testing
• behavioral testing
• hearing screening
• auditory processing disorders

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objective testing

• the importance of early identification
• neonatal hearing screening
• the role of ABR OAE
• followup if ABR OAE failed

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objective testing

• auditory evoked potentials
• otoacoustic emissions
• acoustic immittance (including acoustic reflexes)

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behavioral testing

• lt 2 years
• behavioral observation audiometry
• visual reinforcement
• tangible reinforcement

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behavioral testing

• visual reinforcement
• visual reinforcement audiometry
• conditioned orientation response

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behavioral audiometry

• gt 2 years of age
• conditioned play audiometry ( gt 2.5 years)
• traditional audiometry ( gt 4 years)
• speech audiometry ( gt 3 years)

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behavioral audiometry

• speech audiometry
• thresholds
• speech awareness threshold
• speech recognition threshold

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behavioral audiometry

• speech-recognition testing
• age 3 4
• WIPI and NU-CHIPS
• age 5 thru 9
• PBK
• age 10 above
• adult tests

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auditory processing disorders

• symptoms
• diagnosis
• treatment and teaching strategies

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hearing screening

• outer/middle ear component
• pure tone component
• different procedures for different ages

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Summary