Texas Occupations Code

§ 402.352 — INFORMATION ON PROSPECTIVE AMPLIFICATION CANDIDATES

OC § 402.352Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA · Ch. 402. HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS · Art. H. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER

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A license holder shall try to obtain, personally or through a proper referral, at least the following information on each prospective candidate for amplification:

(1)the candidate's pertinent case history;

(2)otoscopic inspection of the outer ear, including canal and drumhead;

(3)evaluation of hearing acuity using pure tone techniques through air and bone conduction pathways through a calibrated system;

(4)an aided and unaided speech reception threshold and ability to differentiate between the phonemic elements of language through speech audiometry, using a calibrated system or other acceptable verification techniques; and

(5)verification of satisfactory aided instrument performance by use of appropriate sound-field speech, noise, or tone testing, using a calibrated system.

Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.