This online self-study course will focus on the application of audiological practices that support children and youth with varying auditory abilities in educational settings. These practices include screening, assessment, habilitation, counseling, technology, management, ethical conduct and activities that promote family engagement and school multidisciplinary team collaboration. Federal education regulations including IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA, and pertinent case law are emphasized as well as relevant agendas in public school education. This certificate course is delivered in seven modules of recorded lectures on an asynchronous platform. The Educational Audiology Handbook, 4th Edition (2026) is the required textbook for the course. Module 1 must be completed prior to taking the other modules which can be taken in any order.

Topical Outline of Course
Module 1: Foundational Information and Practices
1a. Legislative and Policy Essentials
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain development/trends of deaf education and audiological services in the school setting.
2. Analyze key special education legislation and regulations regarding services to students with hearing loss
including IDEA (Part B & C).
Reading: Handbook Chapter 1
1b. Roles and Responsibilities of Educational Audiologists
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify roles/responsibilities of the audiologist in the education setting.
2. Identify resources and methods for delivery of hearing loss prevention programs in schools
3. Analyze variables that impact various service delivery models.
4. Analyze ethical and conduct issues specific to working in the school setting
Reading: Handbook Chapter 2, 12

Module 2: Assessment

2a. Management of Screening and Identification and Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Prevention
Programs
Learning Objectives:
1. Analyze state and government requirements for screening for EHDI and public, charter, and private
schools.
2. Review screening and identification procedures for children birth to age 21.
3. Analyze components of establishing and managing a hearing screening program in school programs.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 4: Hearing Screening and Identification
2b. Educationally Relevant Audiological Assessment
Learning Objectives:
1. Analyze components of an appropriate audiological assessment battery for the education setting.
2. Conduct classroom functional assessments of the educational effects of hearing loss.
3. Identify strategies for effectively communicating assessment information to the appropriate school
personnel and parents.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 5
2c. Classroom Acoustics and Other Learning Environment Considerations
Learning Objectives:

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1. Identify learning environment challenges associated with classroom acoustics and other classroom setting
variables.
2. Analyze recommended ANSI standards for classroom acoustics (e.g., noise and reverberation and their
combined effects).
3. Demonstrate processes for obtaining classroom acoustic measurements.
4. Develop strategies for improving classroom acoustics in the school setting.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 7

Module 3. Educational Program Considerations, Individual Educational Plans and Advocacy
3a. Educational Considerations for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain key issues in deaf education.
2. Discuss the importance of professional guidelines for educational practices, including NASDSE’s ten
essential principles.
3. Describe current legislative initiatives specifically in deaf education and their potential impact in
improving student outcomes.
4. Explain best practices educating students who are deaf and hard of hearing and the audiologist role in
deaf education.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 14
3b. Developing Individual Plans
Learning Objectives:
1. Differentiate the IEP and 504 eligibility processes.
2. Describe roles of the educational audiologist in IEP, IFSP, and 504 Plan development.
3. Develop IEP/IFSP goals/objectives using SMART criteria.
4. Describe how pertinent case law affects services for children/youth who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 11
3c. Advocacy for Educational Audiology Services
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain a rationale and expected outcomes for advocacy practices.
2. Describe strategies for promoting educational audiology services.
3. Describe strategies for promoting interprofessional collaboration. Describe strategies for developing and
maintaining community partnerships.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 13
Module 4. Auditory Processing Deficits
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss and analyze the variety of considerations associated with APD.
2. Identify an educational model of auditory processing including a multidisciplinary process for screening
and assessment of auditory processing problems.
3. Successfully complete APD assessment and interpretation with children.
4. Identify steps for implementing a school-based APD program from referral to intervention.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 6

Module 5. Hearing Instruments and Remote Microphone Technology

Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss recent trends and regulatory issues related to hearing technology.
2. Analyze assessment procedures for HAT including HAT options available for students.
3. Demonstrate HAT fitting and verification procedures (Lab).
4. Discuss implementation and management of HAT.
5. Discuss connectivity and other assistive technology available to D/HH students.
Reading: Handbook Chapter 8