Competency information

Details

Carry out fitting of an appropriate hearing aid, under supervision as appropriate, in a safe and effective manner

Considerations

  • Protocols and requirements for safe and effective fitting of an appropriate hearing aid
  • Methods and processes for objective verification eg REM
  • Contraindications to objective verification
  • Use of appropriate test set-up and hearing aid signal processing settings

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 5 Outcome Under the supervision of a senior adult audiologist select and fit appropriate hearing aid(s) or other equipment as appropriate