Competency information
Details
Perform with a senior paediatric audiologist tests that are age and development appropriate for a child aged 6–24 months, which may include: sound field/insert phone/BC visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA),distraction testing
Considerations
- Recommended procedures for VRA
- Recommended procedure for distraction testing
- Identification of accurate results and the need for verification and replication
- Individual limitations of an individual child as well as individual personal professional abilities
- Benefits and limitations of sound field testing
- National recommended procedures for diagnostic testing
- Test protocols and parameters for AC, BC
- Test contraindications
- NHSP guide lines on early audiological assessment
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Interpret test results and consolidate these in relation to all other relevant information obtained |