Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Audiology (from Latin audīre 'to hear'; and from Greek branch of learning -λογία, -logia) is a branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. [1] [2] Audiologists treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage. [3]
The Doctor of Audiology (AuD, sometimes written Au.D.) is a professional degree for an audiologist.The AuD program is designed to produce audiologists who are skilled in providing diagnostic, rehabilitative, and other services associated with hearing, balance, tinnitus management, and related audiological fields.
Audioprosthology is the profession of the fitting of a hearing aid, or auditory prosthesis.An audioprosthologist is defined as “an aid-fitting specialist who has completed a course in audioprosthology.” [1] This term was adopted by a group of hearing instrument specialists and the International Hearing Society (IHS) in 1976.
The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre is a specialist training centre for the Metropolitan Police (MPS) in Gravesend, Kent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It provides both Public Disorder and Specialist Firearms training to officers drawn from the MPS, British Transport Police and City of London Police .
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists are professionals who typically provide aural rehabilitation components. The audiologist may be responsible for the fitting, dispensing and management of a hearing device, counseling the client about his or her hearing loss, the application of certain processes to enhance communication, and the skills training regarding environmental modifications ...
An audiologist, according to the American Academy of Audiology, "is a person who, by virtue of academic degree, clinical training, and license to practice and/or professional credential, is uniquely qualified to provide a comprehensive array of professional services related to the prevention of hearing loss and the audiologic identification, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of persons with ...
The Correlation and Training Center will be the second of its kind nationally and the first ... Ala., in 2019. Initially, that center had 45 correlation review specialists who examined 200 casings ...
From 1993 to 1996, NCHAM directed a National Consortium for Newborn Hearing Screening that resulted in over 100 hospitals in 10 states implementing newborn hearing screening programs. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] From 1996 to 2000, NCHAM staff worked with newborn hearing screening programs in 35 states and provided direct assistance to over 200 ...