Hearing Instrument Candidacy & selection UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. who can fit a hearing aid audiologist or hearing aid specialist
2. Hearing instrument specialists (HIS) hearing aid dealers
formerly known as
3. protocol before aud could dispense - AuD did the testing
- AuD referred to HIS with HA recommendation
-HIS dispensed
4. why was there "beef" between HIS - pt would return with ditterent HA than recommend-
and AUD ed
- Pt would never return
-HIS would dispense biaurally instead on one
5. Audiologist according to FDA "refers to any person qualified by training and expe-
rience to specialize in the evaluation and rehabilita-
tion of individuals whose communication disorders
center in whole or in part in the hearing function"
6. Dispenser according to FDA
7. regulations, rules, and guidelines eflcacy, ettectiveness, eflciency
are based on
8. Efficacy How well can it work? does an intervention do more
good than harm
9. effectiveness how well does it work? does an intervention do more
good than harm when used in typical healthcare
practice
10. efficiency is it worth it? is the ettect of an intervention worth the
additional cost that may be related to its use? is it cost
, ettective?
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. who can fit a hearing aid audiologist or hearing aid specialist
2. Hearing instrument specialists (HIS) hearing aid dealers
formerly known as
3. protocol before aud could dispense - AuD did the testing
- AuD referred to HIS with HA recommendation
-HIS dispensed
4. why was there "beef" between HIS - pt would return with ditterent HA than recommend-
and AUD ed
- Pt would never return
-HIS would dispense biaurally instead on one
5. Audiologist according to FDA "refers to any person qualified by training and expe-
rience to specialize in the evaluation and rehabilita-
tion of individuals whose communication disorders
center in whole or in part in the hearing function"
6. Dispenser according to FDA
7. regulations, rules, and guidelines eflcacy, ettectiveness, eflciency
are based on
8. Efficacy How well can it work? does an intervention do more
good than harm
9. effectiveness how well does it work? does an intervention do more
good than harm when used in typical healthcare
practice
10. efficiency is it worth it? is the ettect of an intervention worth the
additional cost that may be related to its use? is it cost
, ettective?
