Military Audiology Short Course

MASC 2006 Abstracts

In-Services “On the Fly”

LtCol Angela Williamson

Three in-service presentations were developed to support efforts of audiologists to educate fellow staff, parents or teachers with an interest in specific aspects of Audiology.

This presentation will discuss the topics of the in-services, mode of presentation, and ability of the end-user to update as needed. The topics include:

  1. Introduction to Audiology: review of basic audiometric symbols, tests and audiogram interpretation, test methods for various age groups are reviewed.
  2. Physiologic Measures in Audiology: explanation of auditory evoked potentials, OAE and immittance measures.
  3. Assistive Technology in Audiology: review of state of the art hearing aids, assistive devices and cochlear implants.