Audiology Flashcards

Flashcards covering key vocabulary from the audiology lecture notes.

Otology

The medical specialty concerned with diseases of the ear.

Audiologist

An individual who has attained the education, training, and license to provide an array of services for the identification, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of those with auditory or vestibular impairment, as well as the prevention of such disorders.

Licensure or registration

Ensures that audiology practitioners have met a minimum level of educational preparation and, in many states, that a minimum of continuing study is maintained to help ensure competencies remain current.

Certification

Not a legal requirement for the practice of audiology, but attests that a designated level of preparation as an audiologist has been met and that documented levels of continuing education are maintained throughout one’s career.

Audiology

A scientific discipline based upon an ever-growing body of research on the fundamentals of hearing and balance, the physiologic and psychosocial impacts of disorders of these functions, and the technological aspects of both hearing and balance diagnostics and pediatric and adult treatments, blended with the art of patient treatment.

Tinnitus

Noise in the ear or head.

Tele-audiology

The use of technology to extend access to audiological services to remote areas.