Haw. Code R. § 16-83-27 - Licensing examination
(a) An applicant
shall be required to take and pass a licensing examination which shall consist
of a written and a practical portion. The written portion shall assess the
applicant's knowledge of the following areas:
(1) Acoustics: general principles;
(2) Frequency, pitch, and tone quality of
sound;
(3) Intensity and loudness
of sound;
(4) Acoustics: hearing
and speech;
(5) The human ear:
external and middle ear;
(6) The
human ear: inner ear;
(7) The
hearing process;
(8) Disorders of
hearing: conductive;
(9) Disorders
of hearing: sensori-neural, central, non-organic;
(10) Pure-tone audiometry: theory;
(11) Pure-tone audiometry: air
conduction;
(12) Pure-tone
audiometry: bone conduction;
(13)
Speech audiometry;
(14) The hearing
analysis: the audiogram;
(15) The
hearing analysis: the auditory area;
(16) An introduction to
electronics;
(17) Hearing aids:
history;
(18) Hearing aids:
characteristics and components;
(19) Hearing aid fitting, part I;
(20) Hearing aid fitting, part II;
(21) The earmold; and
(22) Delivery and check-up.
(b) The practical portion shall
consist of a written and a hands-on segment testing the taking of earmold
impressions which shall cover:
(1) The
examination of the ear which shall include the inspection for abnormalities,
discharge, wax impaction or infection; and an external check for moles, scars,
and malformations;
(2) Techniques
of taking an earmold impression;
(3) The proper handling of an otoscope;
and
(4) The taking of an earmold
impression which shall consist of the insertion of a block, the mixing of
impression material, and impression technique. The finished impression shall be
checked for accuracy in the following areas:
(A) Helix area filled;
(B) Canal properly filled;
(C) Proper canal length; and
(D) No bubbles or open spaces.
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