Competency information
Details
Undertake and document calibration checks of all necessary equipment used in paediatric assessment, including:
- audiometer (AC and BC; headphones and insert earphones), tympanometers
- sound field VRA system,
- ABR and OAE equipment, which may be performed by external agencies
Considerations
- Requirements for equipment conformance to departmental and/or trust health and safety policies
- Principles and standards of calibration of all paediatric equipment. eg traceability of Stage, A, B and C processes
- Importance of documentation of calibration
- The principles of different calibration scales used in paediatric audiology, eg dB A, dB, eHL, dB nHL
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform any subjective and objective development and age-appropriate hearing tests within the field of paediatric audiology and rehabilitation |