Health Occupations Program – Hearing Instrument Dispenser
P.O. Box 64882, Saint Paul, MN 55164-0822
Tel: (651) 201-3770
Fax: (651) 201-3839
Email: Health.HOP@state.mn.us
HID EXAM BIBLIOGRAPHY
I.
ANSI STANDARDS
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited standards listed below are
published by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). ANSI Standards are available through
Minitex interlibrary loan system online at: http://www.minitex.umn.edu/ and MnLINK Gateway
online at: https://www.mnlinkgateway.org.
ANSI/ASA S3.1-1999 (R2008): Maximum permissible ambient noise levels for audiometric test
rooms. Washington, D.C.: American National Standards Institute.
ANSI/ASA S3.6-2010: Specification for audiometers. Washington, D.C.: American National
Standards Institute.
ANSI/ASA S3.21–2004 (R.2009): Method for manual pure-tone threshold audiometer.
Washington, D.C.: American National Standards Institute.
ANSI/ASA S3.22–2009: Specification of hearing aid characteristic. Washington, D.C.:
American National Standards Institute.
II.
LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Copies of the following laws and regulations are available upon request from the Minnesota
Department of Health, P.O. Box 64882, Saint Paul, MN 55164-0882, online at:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpsc/hop/hid/certregs.html.
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, section 801.420. Hearing aid devices; professional and
patient labeling. Silver Spring, MD: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health
and Human Services. Online at:
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=801.420
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, section 801.421. Hearing aid devices; conditions for
sale. Silver Spring, MD: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services. Online at:
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=801.421
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Minnesota Statutes, sections 148.511 to 148.5198. Speech-language pathology and audiology
licensing. Saint Paul: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. Online at:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpsc/hop/slpa/2010slpreg.pdf
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 153A. Hearing Instrument Dispensing. St. Paul, Minnesota:
Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Online at:
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=153A&view=chapter
Minnesota Statutes, sections 325G.06 to 325G.14. Consumer protection: Home solicitation
sales. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Online at:
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=325G
Minnesota Statutes, sections 325G.203 to 325G.208. Consumer protection: Assistive device
warranties. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Online at:
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=325G
III.
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Plural Pub.
Dillon, H. (2001). Hearing aids. New York: Thieme.
Dunn, H., Roeser, R. J., & Valente, M. (2000). Audiology: Diagnosis. New York: Thieme.
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Metz, M. (2014) Sandlin’s Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification: Technical and Clinical
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Miller, M. H., & Schein, J. D. (2008). Hearing disorders handbook. San Diego: Plural Pub.
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Valente, M. (1994). Strategies for selecting and verifying hearing aid fittings. New York:
Thieme Medical Publishers.
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Medical Publishers.
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