Rebecca
What type of challenges are you having if any? I am not currently working
in pediatrics. I only did diagnostics at Childrens for a few semesters
during my Au.D. so I probably do not have the experience to help on this
one. I think, however, that it should be approached like most clinical
settings... do what you feel comfortable. If you don't feel comfortable
doing (C)APD testing, for example, opt out. That is one thing that I won't
touch.... too much demand on my own speech perception abilities. If this is
more of a question about hearing aid dispensing with children, I think that
HOH Audiologists offer a unique perspective for the parents to see. It may
be beneficial to allow the parents to see that you wear hearing aids or that
you accommodate with an FM system (or whatever you might be using). In my
limited experience with children they absolutly connect with me because I
also have hearing aids. Children will look. I did. As a child I could spot
a hearing aid wearing three rooms away. :) It is exciting for them. Now
they aren't the "Only Ones."

I think with real ear and other objective measures it is a non-issue on
whether or not an HOH Audiologist can do pediatrics, but more an issue of
your own comfort. What is your work environment right now. What have you
found yourself (or others) questioning?

I guess, in order to help more we need to know what the issues are
specifically. If you have no issues and you are just prepping yourself, you
may want to hook up with another HOH Audiologist who works with kids
(Anyone??). I'm not sure who that would be.

Talk to you later and best luck.

Sincerely
Suzanne



Suzanne Y. Yoder, AuD
Doctor of Audiology
Licensed Audiologist - PA









>From: "Rebecca" <beccaz79@...>
>Reply-To: HOHAudiologists@yahoogroups.com
>To: HOHAudiologists@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HOHAudiologists] Peds and HOH Audies
>Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 02:14:42 -0000
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>Ok there is always alot of talk about accomodations and working with
>adults, but I want to know if the things we mentioned are what you HOH
>audiologists use in the pediatric setting...so start talking please.
>I tried to call Phonak and find out what they do for students with
>hearing loss who want to work in peds settings...but have not heard
>back from them...who should I contact? Did someone say in an earlier
>email...I think I lost that email....there were so many right after
>AAA, I couldn't keep track of them all.
>Thanks!
>Rebecca Zellmer, M.S., CCC-A
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