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Analyse the causes, effects, and management of tinnitus
Level
5
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: outline the causes of
tinnitus; analyse the effects of tinnitus; and analyse strategies for the
management of tinnitus.
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
0024
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
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.
2
The hearing needs are assessed and recorded by a qualified hearing therapist.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Outline the causes of tinnitus.
Performance criteria
1.1
The current accepted theories of brain function are outlined in terms of their
impacts on an individual’s perception of tinnitus.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – process of habituation, process
of attention, sensitisation, centres of awareness of sound in the
brain;
evidence of three examples is required.
Possible non-neurological causes of tinnitus are outlined.
Range
may include but is not limited to – wax occlusion, stress, diet,
noise, hyperacusis, medical conditions including Menière’s
Disease, medication, temporal mandibular jaw dysfunction;
evidence of four examples is required.
Element 2
Analyse the effects of tinnitus.
Performance criteria
2.1
Tinnitus is analysed in terms of its psychological effects.
Range
2.2
Tinnitus is analysed in terms of its effects on the quality of life.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – distress, annoyance, frustration,
anger, anxiety;
evidence of three examples is required.
may include but is not limited to – hearing ability, educational,
vocational, relationships;
evidence of three examples is required.
Tinnitus is analysed in terms of its effects on the quality of life of an individual.
Range
assessment tools may include but are not limited to – tinnitus
questionnaires, tinnitus interview form.
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Element 3
Analyse strategies for the management of tinnitus.
Performance criteria
3.1
Management strategies for tinnitus are analysed in accordance with the
assessed hearing needs of an individual.
Range
3.2
strategies may include but are not limited to – referral to relevant
professional for medical assessment, informational counselling,
relaxation techniques, stress management techniques, diet,
cognitive behavioural therapy, tinnitus retraining therapy,
habituation, sound therapy, desensitisation, prostheses,
alternative therapies.
Referral pathways are outlined in accordance with the assessed hearing needs
of an individual.
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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