School-based Audiology

Written principally with the AuD student in mind, School-Based Audiology takes the reader through the history of audiology in the schools, focusing on legislation that has shaped the face of school-based audiology as it is practiced throughout the United States. Core concepts involving academic achievement in students who are deaf/hard-of-hearing, classroom acoustics, hearing screening programs, hearing loss prevention programs, diagnostic evaluation protocols, hearing aid and FM system verification procedures, and classroom amplification are covered throughout the chapters. Concepts regarding collaboration with other school-based professionals and classroom accommodations and modifications are outlined and provide examples for real-life application.Each chapter of this textbook concludes with a list of vocabulary words and terms used in the educational environment. Practice management concepts not typically discussed in textbooks on this topic are presented, including minimum competencies, third-party billing, program outcome evaluation, mentoring, and preceptoring. Recently qualified and even seasoned audiologists will appreciate attention given to recent advances in areas like cochlear implants, auditory processing disorders, and auditory dys-synchrony as they relate to managing students with hearing loss.The varied and ever-changing roles of audiologists in the educational setting are described and highlighted with "vignettes," or short personal statements describing real practitioners' degree and training information, work settings, job description within their school districts, and day-to-day responsibilities. These personal accounts allow the AuD student an "inside look" at what audiologists do in the schools. Students are able to experience through these readings how different, exciting, and even challenging school-based positions can be.Instructors using this textbook will be able to supplement their lectures with the information described here, and will appreciate the structured approach wherein concepts contained in the chapters progressively advance in tune with the reader's knowledge. Instructors' goals will be met, as well as KASA requirements, because this textbook provides students the necessary knowledge needed to serve in an educational audiology position.

Cynthia McCormick Richburg, PhD, CCC-A is an Associate Professor in the special Education and clinical Services Department at Indiana university of pennsylvania. Dr. Richburg contracted with school districts and practiced pediatric audiology from 1989 to 1994, after which time she returned to school to obtain her doctorate. She has been a faculty member at the university of utah, state university of New York-New Paltz, Missouri state university, and Indiana university of pennsylvania. She has taught educational audiology courses and conducted research in the area. Dr. Richburg is currently the editor of the Journal of Educational Audiology (2009-2012) and was an associate editor with the journal from 2007-2008. Dr. Richburg received her Bachelor of Arts (1988), Master of Arts (1989), and PhD degrees from the university of Tennessee-Knoxville. Donna Fisher Smiley, PhD, CCC-A is an audiologist and coordinator for the Educational Audiology/Speech Pathology Resources for Schools (EARS) program at Arkansas children's Hospital. Dr. Smiley has practiced audiology in the areas of pediatrics and school-based audiology for over 20 years. She has provided professional development related to school-based audiology services, as well as conducted research in the area. She is a former editor of the Journal of Educational Audiology (2006-2008). Dr. Smiley received a Bachelor of Science degree in communication Disorders from Henderson State university, a Master of Science degree in Audiology from the university of Arkansas for Medical sciences, and a PhD in Hearing science from the university of Tennessee-Knoxville.