Analysis Skills, Audiology, Auditory, Conservation, Electroacoustics, Identify Issues, Implants, Medical Diagnosis, Medical Records, Medical Treatment, Patient Assessment, Patient Education, Primary Care, Test Case, Testing
Job Summary:
To assess, diagnose, and treat patients with hearing, balance and related disorders.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Evaluates patients audiologic function, interprets findings, and reviews test results with patient or responsible adult.
- Documents patients case history, test results and recommendations for follow up in the medical record and reports results and recommendations to referring physician and/or primary care physician.
- Counsels patients about treatment options for hearing loss and refers patients to ear, nose and throat department for consultation when appropriate.
- Counsels patients about management of chronic tinnitus.
- Educates patients about hearing conservation.
- Evaluates patients vestibular function when referred for dizziness, vertigo, or imbalance.
- Performs canalith repositioning maneuvers for patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and counsels patients about vestibular rehabilitation exercises when appropriate.
- Performs and interprets electro physiologic and special tests of the peripheral and central auditory system.
- Evaluates hearing status of infants and young children with an appropriate comprehensive battery of tests.
- Counsels patients regarding hearing aid device options.
- Evaluates patients hearing aids when appropriate and enters referrals for hearing aids for members with a hearing aid benefit.
- Additional specialized duties performed to include: Programming and fitting implantable devices such as cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids (BAHAS) and similar devices AND/OR Fitting, programming, and troubleshooting hearing aids and assistive listening devices, including electroacoustic analysis and real-ear measures AND/OR Advanced vestibular assessment such as rotary chair, vestibular evoked myogenic potential VEMPS, posturography or video head impulse testing (vHIT).
- Performs other related duties as directed. Performs other related duties as directed.
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Kaiser Permanente
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10,000 employees or more
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