SLHS 4801 Exam 1 Questions With 100% Correct Answers

Questions With 100% Correct Answers What is the scope of practice? - ANSWER- What procedures and actions you are allowed to do & the types of professional activities a professional engages in. What are the specifics of audiology practice? - ANSWER- Prevention- through monitoring programs in schools, industries, and the military. Identification or screening - trough screening programs such as newborn hearing, school, military, and industrial screenings. Audiologic assessment - testing hearing ability, the integrity of the auditory pathways and diagnosing aspects of hearing disorders. Vestibular or balance assessment - testing vestibular system, balance intervention Practice Settings for Audiology - ANSWER- Hospitals, clinics, schools, private practice, industries, military and veterans administration, and hearing aid companies Medical Audiology, Pediatric Audiology, Educational Audiology, Dispensing Audiology (private practice, hospital, clinic), Industrial Audiology (private practice, hospital, clinic), Rehabilitative Audiology. Medical Audiology - hospitals and ENT clinics Diversity factors for paitients - ANSWER- Age, race/ethnicity, gender, economic status, education What to diversity factors affect? - ANSWER- counseling and refferals Epidemiology - ANSWER- the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why Incidence - ANSWER- how many NEW cases of a disorder there are in a given amount of time Prevalence - ANSWER- the proportion of individuals in a population having a disease or characteristic