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Demonstrate an integration of hearing therapy theory with practice at an
advanced level
Level
6
Credits
14
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify case studies and
develop hearing therapy rehabilitation plans, and demonstrate integration of
hearing therapy theory and practice with the use of case studies.
Subfield
Community Support
Domain
Hearing Therapy
Status
Registered
Status date
20 May 2008
Date version published
20 May 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Community Support Services Industry Training
Organisation Limited
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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The performance of all elements of this unit standard must comply with any relevant
cultural or legislative requirements including the rights and responsibilities of people
receiving services or supports as outlined in the Health and Disability Commissioner
(Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996.
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An ability to integrate theory with practice in the workplace must be demonstrated.
This will call for a variety of modes of assessment and forms of evidence to show
consistency of performance across a range of situations. The case studies are
identified from the candidate’s actual case load.
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Documentation must be presented for one case study for each of the following (total
of 3 case studies:
the maximisation of visual cues through development, implementation and evaluation
of a speechreading programme;
the maximisation of auditory cues through development, implementation and
evaluation of an auditory training programme; and
the teaching of communication strategies through environmental management, repair
strategies and telephone skills.
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Definitions
Organisation’s policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the
employing organisation of the employee and include ethical codes, standards, and
requirements of any other organisations involved.
A theoretical base is defined as theory that is accepted in the sector and published
by credible theorists. Examples of credible theorists and accepted theory can be
found in the references listed below.
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References
Hull, Raymond H., Aural Rehabilitation: Serving Children and Adults, 4th Ed (San
Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group, 2000), is the primary reference for the
following tests – Utley Speech Reading Test; Denver Quick Speechreading Test.
Alpiner, Jerome G; and McCarthy, Patricia A, Rehabilitative Audiology: Children and
Adults 3rd ed. (Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1999), is the primary reference for the
following tests – Quantified Denver Scale of Communication; California Consonant
Test; Speech Perception in Noise Test (SPIN); Sanders Needs Communication
Profile.
Erber, Norman P, Communication Therapy for Hearing-Impaired Adults (Victoria,
Australia: Clavis, 1988), is the primary reference for the following tests – Topicon;
Sent-Ident; Erber’s Quest-AR.
National Acoustics Laboratory (Australia) is the primary reference for the following
tests – Client-Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI) http://www.nal.gov.au/.
Erdman, SA; Crowley, JM; and Gillispie, GG, Considerations in counselling the
hearing impaired. Hearing Instruments, 35 (11) 1984, is the primary reference for the
following test – Behavioural Inventory for Rehabilitation Therapy (BIRT). This is no
longer published but candidates may access the reference through Careerforce, PO
Box 25-255, Christchurch.
Jeffers, Janet; and Barley, Margaret; Speechreading (Springfield, IL: Charles C
Thomas, 1980), is the primary reference for the following test – Barley
Speechreading Test.
Weinstein, Barbara E; Geriatric Audiology (New York: Thieme, 2000), is the primary
reference for the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE).
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Current best practice is documented in the University of Auckland, School of
Medicine Master of Audiometry Programme pure-tone audiometry clinical protocols.
These are available from Careerforce, PO Box 25-255, Christchurch.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify case studies and develop hearing therapy rehabilitation plans.
Performance criteria
1.1
Case studies used to develop hearing therapy rehabilitation plans are identified
and linked to a theoretical base.
1.2
Rehabilitation plans are developed in accordance with the identified theoretical
base and current best practice in hearing therapy.
Element 2
Demonstrate integration of hearing therapy theory and practice with the use of case
studies.
Performance criteria
2.1
Case studies incorporate the identified theoretical base, current best practice
and relate to the organisation’s policies and procedures.
2.2
Case studies are documented in accordance with the organisation’s policies
and procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Limited
enquiries@cssito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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