June 22, 2007
This week in clinic I saw mostly kindergarten re-screening clients. I did see my first adult client this week. The man came in for his annual hearing evaluation through the Hearing Conservation Program. He was quite possibly the best first client I could have asked for.
We discussed his case history form and he told me he had bilateral PE tubes as a child and had some scar tissue as a result. Otoscopy confirmed that statement. Due to the scar tissue he had bilateral type Ad tymps. His SRTs were in agreement with his PTAs and his Speech Discrimination was 100% bilaterally. He had a mild hearing loss in the high frequencies, but other than that, his hearing was within normal limits.
The hearing conservation program is great. I found a position statement from ASHA about The Audiologist's Role in Occupational Hearing Conservation and Hearing Loss Prevention Programs, which I thought was interesting. The position statement outlined some of the important areas an audiologist should be knowledgeable in if they are working with hearing conservation programs. Some of those areas include the effect of noise on hearing, exposure to loud noises for no longer than 8 hours consecutively as stated by OSHA, as well as Workers' Compensation regulation and trends.
Reference:
American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2004). The Audiologist's ROle in Occupational Hearing Conservation and Hearing Loss Prevention Programs [Position Statement]. Available from www.asha.org/policy.
We discussed his case history form and he told me he had bilateral PE tubes as a child and had some scar tissue as a result. Otoscopy confirmed that statement. Due to the scar tissue he had bilateral type Ad tymps. His SRTs were in agreement with his PTAs and his Speech Discrimination was 100% bilaterally. He had a mild hearing loss in the high frequencies, but other than that, his hearing was within normal limits.
The hearing conservation program is great. I found a position statement from ASHA about The Audiologist's Role in Occupational Hearing Conservation and Hearing Loss Prevention Programs, which I thought was interesting. The position statement outlined some of the important areas an audiologist should be knowledgeable in if they are working with hearing conservation programs. Some of those areas include the effect of noise on hearing, exposure to loud noises for no longer than 8 hours consecutively as stated by OSHA, as well as Workers' Compensation regulation and trends.
Reference:
American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (2004). The Audiologist's ROle in Occupational Hearing Conservation and Hearing Loss Prevention Programs [Position Statement]. Available from www.asha.org/policy.
posted by Diana @ 2:12 PM
1 Comments:
At 12:55 PM,
Gayle said…
Nice blog, Diana. I'm glad you had a good client. :-)Using ASHA Guidelines, Technical Reports and Position Statements is appropriate, but also consider taking a look at any resources cited at the end of these papers - you may find the actual studies that form the basis of the positions.
The Industrial Audiology course won't come until next fall for you, so you are off to a good start on that information. Save the Position Statement and come back to it periodically between now and then. Nice job!
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