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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786506
Preface

How to Use This Workbook

Catherine Palmer
1   Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
,
Lori Zitelli
1   Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
,
Lindsey Jorgensen
2   Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
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Background

The original Hearing Aid Test Box and Probe Microphone workbooks were created as part of the Amplification 2 course at the University of Pittsburgh. Students who contributed to the Hearing Aid Test Box workbook in 2007 included A. Antoline, N. Beninati, K. Burkardt, G. Genna, W. Hurley, D. Jedlicka, A. Lao, D. Russell, M. Vargo, and R. Weyman. In 2009, students of a new class contributed to the Probe Microphone workbook and included E. Becker, J. Cosey, L. Diethorn, K. Faunce, J. Fruit, J. Kisiday, H. Li-Korotky, K. Monahan, S. Morningstar, M. Mueller, R. Mulla, A. Ripepi, K. Rorabaugh, J. Shalles, S. Sohns, N. Stark, H. Taslov, M. Ulep, C. Variava, R. Williams, and L. Zitelli. The workbooks were updated in 2011, 2019, and most recently for this publication in 2024. The original workbooks used the Verifit 1 (Audioscan) equipment. Dr. Lindsey Jorgensen and her students, Michelle Novak and Emily Paris, updated the workbooks to be compatible with the Verifit 2 equipment in 2017 and updated in 2019. With the discontinuation of the Verifit 1 equipment, the material presented in this publication uses the Verifit 2 (v.4.16.6) protocols and screen shots in the examples. The material in this workbook, however, is not dependent on the equipment that you use; we just had to select equipment to provide examples of procedures and data. You should be able to apply all this material to whatever equipment you happen to use. You will need to consult the manufacturer's equipment manual to know how to run the tests, but the motivation for the tests and the interpretation of the data will be the same regardless of equipment used.

Dr. Jorgensen has dedicated a significant amount of her time to support clinical audiologists who are dedicated to adopting best practices in their work related to provision of hearing aids. To this end, she has offered a hands-on session at the American Academy of Audiology's annual conference since 2016. Dr. Jorgensen continues to offer this every year. Manufacturers of all the hearing aid test box and probe microphone systems supply equipment so participants can practice measurements and interpretation of data with the equipment they use in their clinics. Please consider taking advantage of this offering for even more support in adopting these measurements in your clinic to support individualized patient care.



Publication History

Article published online:
15 May 2024

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