Your Audiology Externship Roadmap: What to Prepare & When
By Kaitlyn Marnien Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the early parts of your summer. As we…
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Explore a recent Audiology Today article, Using a Pretest Measure to Evaluate Audiology Students’ Perceptions of Shared Decision-Making: A Pilot Project.
"Audiology students enter training with some awareness of Shared Decision-Making (SDM), but misunderstandings remain, such as when SDM should occur and how clinicians and patients share roles. Using a brief pretest, such as the SDM-K-Q, assists instructors quickly identify gaps and tailor instruction accordingly."
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"In the early 1970s, humans around the globe began reporting a persistent, low frequency (30-80 Hz) noise and dubbed it “the Hum”. While there are countless reporters of the Hum, surveys indicate that only approximately 2-4 percent of humans hear it (Roos, 2023). The phenomenon has produced a multitude of theories on its origin, from industry, wind, marine life, the Earth, the military, the Central Intelligence Agency, paranormal or extraterrestrial sources (many movies, shows and social media accounts exist for this!), and maybe internal physiological factors such as tinnitus or spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs). It is a mystery that has been investigated by scientists for decades, but the source of the Hum remains unconfirmed."
Read more at audiology.org
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