HEARING ASSESSMENT
Learn concepts and procedures necessary for a basic hearing evaluation, including otoscopy, immittance, pure tone and speech audiometry. Take a case history, document and report results, and communicate results to patients. Develop beginning-level abilities to rule out medical disorders and make appropriate referrals.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Audiology Consortial Program with UW-Stevens Point AUD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize safe and unsafe practices related to hearing assessment, particularly when performing otoscopy. Audience: Graduate 2. Operate hearing assessment equipment with professionalism, confidence and competence including troubleshooting and seeking guidance from available resources and user guides. Audience: Graduate 3. Explain the components and underlying anatomy, physiology, pathology and theories related to comprehensive diagnostic hearing evaluation of a diverse population. Audience: Graduate 4. 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. Audience: Graduate 5. Participate in discussions and reflect on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize safe and unsafe practices related to hearing assessment, particularly when performing otoscopy. Audience: Graduate 2. Operate hearing assessment equipment with professionalism, confidence and competence including troubleshooting and seeking guidance from available resources and user guides. Audience: Graduate 3. Explain the components and underlying anatomy, physiology, pathology and theories related to comprehensive diagnostic hearing evaluation of a diverse population. Audience: Graduate 4. 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. Audience: Graduate 5. Participate in discussions and reflect on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027