Common Errors in Aural Immittance Measurement: Tympanometry and Acoustic Reflexes
Course: #29881Level: Advanced 1 Hour 640 Reviews
This course will provide the latest evidenced-based information on protocols combined with expert insight, in order to help audiologists avoid commonly encountered errors in aural immittance measurement and analysis. Errors include those associated with improper technique, inattention to factors influencing test outcome such as patient age, and the failure to apply diagnostically proven tympanometry and acoustic measures for select patient populations. This course is part of the Common Errors in Diagnostic Audiology series on AudiologyOnline - search the AudiologyOnline Course Library to browse and view the other courses in this series.
Please note: You may earn ABA Tier 1 credits for this course if you complete it as part of the course 30162, "Common Errors in Diagnostic Audiology: Tips for Improving Efficiency, Accuracy and Outcomes." Course 30162 contains recordings of all three events from our 2017 series on Common Errors in Diagnostic Audiology. ABA Tier 1 CEUs can be earned only when all modules are completed as part of course 30162.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course learners will be able to list 4 common errors in the clinical measurement of aural immittance.
- After this course learners will be able to identify the importance of young age in selecting an appropriate probe tone.
- After this course learners will be able to list 3 under-utilized clinical applications of acoustic reflexes.
Course created on October 25, 2017
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction & historical perspective |
| 5-20 Minutes | Review of common errors in single frequency tympanometry and analysis |
| 20-30 Minutes | Consequences of inappropriate probe tone frequency in young children |
| 30-45 Minutes | Review of common errors or deficiencies in acoustic reflex measurement and analysis |
| 45-55 Minutes | Rarely applied yet clinically valuable acoustic reflex measurements |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
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James W. Hall III
PhD
James W. Hall III, PhD is an internationally recognized audiologist with 40-years of clinical, teaching, research, and administrative experience. He received his Ph.D. in audiology from Baylor College of Medicine under the direction of James Jerger. During his career, Dr. Hall has held clinical and academic audiology positions at major medical centers. Dr. Hall now holds appointments as Professor at Salus University and the University of Hawaii, and as Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria South Africa. Dr. Hall is the author of over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles, monographs, or book chapters, and nine textbooks including the 2014 Introduction to Audiology Today and the 2015 eHandbook of Auditory Evoked Responses.
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