February 21, 2008
This week I didn't see too many intersting clients. I did orient a man with his new hearing aids. He had been a previous hearing aid user, but stated he wanted new hearing aids. We had to make several adjustments to his hearing aids before he felt they were sounding rich and full.
Since I have blogged about hearing aids a million times, I wanted to find an article that was a little more interesting. I found an article on evaluating patients with dizziness and unsteadiness using a team approach. The author began by discussing some general facts about dizziness and vertigo. At the clinic being described, they only saw client who were referred by a physician. Patient's themselves could not set up an appointment so they were trying to eliminate clients shopping for a "cure". The assistant director of he clinic speaks with the referring physician to determine what questions they want answered. They also speak with the client to go over some basic case history questions. Once they have spoke with the client, they then determine what types of evaluation will need to be completed (audiological evaluation, balance evaluation, etc). The author went on to discuss four case studies from their clinic. This article was pretty interesting and provided a glimpse of how one site evaluates their client's and in turn what services are provided.
Reference:
Handelsman, J.A. (2005). Evaluating patients with dizziness and unsteadiness: A team approach. The ASHA Leader, pp. 6-7, 21-22.
If you would like to read this article, please copy and paste the following link in your browser:
http://www.asha.org/about/publications/leader-online/archives/2005/050208/f050208a.htm
Since I have blogged about hearing aids a million times, I wanted to find an article that was a little more interesting. I found an article on evaluating patients with dizziness and unsteadiness using a team approach. The author began by discussing some general facts about dizziness and vertigo. At the clinic being described, they only saw client who were referred by a physician. Patient's themselves could not set up an appointment so they were trying to eliminate clients shopping for a "cure". The assistant director of he clinic speaks with the referring physician to determine what questions they want answered. They also speak with the client to go over some basic case history questions. Once they have spoke with the client, they then determine what types of evaluation will need to be completed (audiological evaluation, balance evaluation, etc). The author went on to discuss four case studies from their clinic. This article was pretty interesting and provided a glimpse of how one site evaluates their client's and in turn what services are provided.
Reference:
Handelsman, J.A. (2005). Evaluating patients with dizziness and unsteadiness: A team approach. The ASHA Leader, pp. 6-7, 21-22.
If you would like to read this article, please copy and paste the following link in your browser:
http://www.asha.org/about/publications/leader-online/archives/2005/050208/f050208a.htm
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