Assessment

Lecture 2a. Management of Hearing Screening and Identification Programs

Reading: Handbook Chapter 4

Learning Objectives: 

• Analyze state and government requirements for screening for EHDI and public, charter, and private schools.
• Review screening and identification procedures for children birth to age 21.
• Analyze components of establishing and managing a hearing screening program in school programs.

Lecture 2b. Educationally Relevant Audiological Assessment

Reading: Handbook Chapter 5 

Learning Objectives: 

• Analyze components of an appropriate audiological assessment battery for the education setting.
• Conduct classroom functional assessments of the educational effects of hearing differences.
• Identify strategies for effectively communicating assessment information to the appropriate school personnel and parents.

Lecture 2c. Classroom Acoustics and Other Learning Environment Considerations

Reading: Handbook Chapter 7

Learning Objectives: 

• Identify learning environment challenges associated with classroom acoustics and other classroom setting variables. 
• Analyze recommended ANSI standards for classroom acoustics (e.g., noise and reverberation and their combined effects).
• Demonstrate processes for obtaining classroom acoustic measurements.
• Develop strategies for improving classroom acoustics in the school setting.