Lesson 1Hearing graph shapes and diagnosis thinking: high-pitch dropping nerve loss usual from noise vs flat or mixed lossesLooks at usual adult hearing graph shapes, stressing high-pitch dropping nerve loss from noise vs flat or mixed, and how shapes guide diagnosis, outlook, and care choices.
Reading and describing graph shapesNoise high-pitch dropping lossAge vs noise patternsSpotting mixed and outer partsMeanings for advice and treatmentLesson 2Outer and middle ear check: ear check signs to rule out wax, eardrum issues; when to do ear pressure in adultsCovers adult ear check and middle ear check, including spotting wax, eardrum issues, and when ear pressure fits, stressing recording and meanings for more tests.
Step-by-step adult ear check wayUsual wax and canal signsSpotting eardrum issuesReasons for ear pressure in adultsEffect on hearing test planningLesson 3Machine tests: ear echoes for inner hair work, when to order brainstem/brain wave for back-inner worriesLooks at machine tests for adult check, focusing on ear echoes for inner status and reasons for brainstem or other brain waves when back-inner issue or fake loss guessed.
Echo types and clinic usesReading missing or low echoesWhen to order brainstem testBrainstem patterns in back-inner diseaseMachine tests in hard-to-test adultsLesson 4When to refer for body scans or ear/nose/throat: uneven loss, bad one-side ringing, or odd nerve signsClears when adults with hearing loss or ringing need ear/nose/throat or scans, focusing on uneven loss, one-side ringing, nerve signs, and warning pasts suggesting big under issues.
Hearing test rules for ear/nose/throat referralWarning ringing and one-side signsNerve and balance warning signsWhen to ask for MRI or CT scanJoining care and sharing signsLesson 5Full adult hearing history: noise contact, harm meds, slow vs sudden start, talking spots, ringing features, body extra issuesGuides getting full adult hearing history, including noise contact, harm drugs, start pattern, talking hard spots, ringing traits, and extra issues, to back right diagnosis and fit care.
Describing start and growthWork and fun noise pastMed, sickness, and harm riskTalking and listening spot reviewRinging describe and effect askLesson 6Key evidence-based resources and clinic guides for adult hearing careOutlines key evidence-based guides and agreement notes shaping adult hearing check and care, stressing how to find, read, and use them in daily clinic choices for adults with hearing loss and ringing.
Main audiology and ear/nose/throat guide sourcesKey adult hearing check tipsBest ways for adult hearing aid fittingGuide use in ringing checkStaying current with growing evidenceLesson 7Work place helps and talking ways: meeting ways, help listening tools (FM/far mic), law/work thoughts for office workersCovers work talking needs of office workers with hearing loss, including meeting ways, far mic systems, fair helps, and law guards under disability and job rules.
Checking work listening needsPlace and meeting changesFar mic and FM system choicesTraining work talk partnersLaw and job rights overviewLesson 8Diagnosis tone test: pure-tone air and bone ways, cover rules, reading air-bone gapsGives step way to adult diagnosis tone test, including pure-tone air and bone, cover rules, and reading air-bone gaps to tell nerve from outer parts.
Pure-tone air way stepsBone way and shake responsesWhen and how to use coverReading air-bone gaps rightQuality check and retest rulesLesson 9Follow-up plan: hearing aid tries, rehab, ear training, watching growth and advice for stop loss careDescribes how to make personal follow-up plan, including hearing aid tries, ear training, advice, and watching growth, with ways for stop loss care and long patient joining.
Setting hearing aid try timesTiming and content of follow-up visitsEar training and talking rehabWatching levels and use resultsStop loss care adviceLesson 10Warnings for quick medical referral in adults: sudden nerve hearing loss, uneven loss, spot nerve signs, changing signsDetails clinic warning signs needing quick medical referral, like sudden nerve loss, uneven, nerve signs, and changing signs, with times, recording tips, and patient advice points.
Rules for sudden nerve lossSpotting big unevenSpot nerve and balance signsChanging hearing and spell signsQuick referral paths and adviceLesson 11Ringing check: ringing past, sound measures, Ringing Trouble List and advice waysLooks at full ringing check in adults, including detailed past, sound measures, checked forms like Ringing Trouble List, and how results guide advice and care planning.
Key parts of ringing case pastPitch and loud match waysLeast cover level and left stopUsing Ringing Trouble List scoresTying check to care planningLesson 12Care choices: hearing aid fit, pick rules, check (real-ear measures), and fitting stepsDetails adult hearing aid fit, pick, check, and fitting, including needs check, tech match, real-ear measures, and advice to back real hopes and device take-up.
Finding fit and drivePicking style and tech levelSet targets and fitting rulesReal-ear check and tuneGuide and hope adviceLesson 13Ringing care: sound help, advice (mind change base), referral choices, and hearing aid ringing waysLooks at ringing care ways for adults, including sound help choices, mind change advice, hearing aid ways, and rules for referral to mind help, ear/nose/throat, or team ringing clinics.
Learning and calm waysSound help and sound addMind change base in ringing adviceHearing aids with ringing partsReferral to special ringing helpLesson 14Difference diagnoses: noise hearing loss shape, age changes, med harm, Meniere’s signs, outer partsTalks difference diagnosis of adult hearing loss, contrasting noise shapes, age changes, med harm, Meniere’s signs, and outer parts, and how test signs guide medical referral.
Noise vs age loss patternsMed harm past and hearing signsSigns suggesting Meniere’sSpotting outer and mixed lossesMixing data for difference thinkingLesson 15Speech tone test: speech hear level (SRT), word know scores (WRS), over-level test and meaning for real talkExplains speech tone test steps and reading, including SRT, word know scores, and over-level tests, and how results tie to real talk, advice, and hearing aid hopes.
Speech hear level stepsWord know test pickReading WRS and drop patternsOver-level and speech-in-noise testsTying results to talk needs
