RESPONSIBILITIES
• Administer hearing tests, or examinations to patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment, using specialized instruments and electronic equipment.
• Pure tone audiometry
• Speech audiometry
• Immitance measurement
• Oto acoustic emission evaluation
• Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
• Behavioral Observation Audiometry (BOA)
• Play audiometry
• Newborn hearing screening
• Counsel and instruct clients in techniques to improve hearing or speech impairment, including sign language or lip-reading.
• Selection and prescription of ear protective devices such ear plugs and ear muffs.
• Evaluate hearing disorders to determine diagnoses and courses of treatment.