Hearing Assessment
This course covers basic hearing evaluation procedures, including otoscopy, immittance, and audiometry, along with patient communication and referral skills.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.70 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Recognize safe and unsafe practices related to hearing assessment, particularly when performing otoscopy.
Operate hearing assessment equipment with professionalism, confidence and competence including troubleshooting and seeking guidance from available resources and user guides.
Explain the components and underlying anatomy, physiology, pathology and theories related to comprehensive diagnostic hearing evaluation of a diverse population.
Solicit and evaluate a patient’s case history, hearing handicap and other factors that may affect their hearing and/or the hearing assessment process, performing the components of a comprehensive diagnostic hearing evaluation of a diverse population with accuracy and efficiency.
Participate in discussions and reflect on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Audiology Consortial Program with UW-Stevens Point AUD
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- Declared in Audiology Consortial Program with UW-Stevens Point AUD
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.70 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).
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Topics
- Hearing evaluation techniques: otoscopy, immittance, pure tone and speech audiometry.
- Clinical documentation, case history taking, and patient communication.
- Medical disorder identification and referral processes.
Skills
- Basic hearing evaluation procedures including otoscopy, immittance, pure tone and speech audiometry.
- Taking case histories, documenting and reporting results, and communicating with patients.
- Ruling out medical disorders and making appropriate referrals.
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