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Establishing Cognitive Screenings in Your Practice: Public Health Perspectives

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1.  Where should patients with a positive cognitive screening be referred? Physical therapy Speech-language pathology Emergency room Primary care

2.  A cognitive decline screening test should be considered for a patient who has which of the following? A diagnosed memory or cognitive impairment Subjective hearing complaints and sensorineural hearing loss A diagnosed auditory processing disorder Undiagnosed but suspected memory or cognitive impairment

3.  For positive cognitive screenings, consider: Not disclosing the result to the patient to avoid worrying them Re-administering the screening 1 year later before referring the patient for further evaluation Deferring hearing aids as they cannot provide benefit for patients with cognitive decline Counseling the patient that the result is not a diagnosis but warrants further evaluation

4.  Cognitive decline screening measures that can be used by audiologists include all the following EXCEPT: MOCA SLUMS MMSE MCTSIB

5.  In the US, where can audiologists perform cognitive decline screening tests? All states Some states, depending on licensure laws All states if the audiologist has their ASHA CCC-A’s or AAA F-AAA credentials All states if they have a physician’s referral