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Teleaudiology: Improving Access to Hearing Healthcare

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1.  Two types of TeleAudiology used today are: Live Video and Mobile Health Remote Patient Monitoring and Store and Forward Live Video and Store and Forward Remote Patient Monitoring and Mobile Health

2.  The following contributes to a growing need for hearing healthcare: Growing screening programs for adults and children The need for follow up testing Ageing population All of the above

3.  The following contributes to the lack of hearing healthcare access: People don’t know where to get their hearing tested Audiology offices aren’t open at convenient times Not enough audiologists and hearing healthcare professionals to meet the demand None of the above

4.  The benefits of teleaudiology include: overcome geographic challenges overcome staffing challenges increase access to care all of the above

5.  Live Video (synchronous) teleaudiology requires an audiologist because: technicians cannot be trained to place transducers it is a traditional "live" appointment, just via video interpretation and recommendations must be made by an audiologist. None of the above

6.  Live video (synchronous) teleaudiometry could include the following tests: Basic Audiometry Hearing Aid Fittings/Adjustments/REM Counseling All of the above

7.  Store and Forward TeleAudiometry requires an audiologist because: technicians cannot be trained to place transducers it is a traditional "live" appointment, just via video interpretation and recommendations must be made by an audiologist. None of the above

8.  Store and Forward method of teleaudiology: obtains test results that are sent to the licensed professional to interpret requires a technician to facilitate the patient setup uses automated test procedure to obtain patient results all of the above

9.  GSI AMTAS is ______ method of TeleAudiology: Live Video Store and Forward Remote Patient Monitoring Mobile Health

10.  Why should audiologists trust the results of AMTAS automated audiometry? They should not trust automated audiometry Automated audiometry is just a screening evaluation 15+ years of validation studies and clinical studies confirm the effective and reliable results obtained using automated audiometry All of the above