What is it about?
In this article, the author explores the topic of Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids from an education perspective. With the recent passing of the FDA regulation about OTC hearing aids, several articles addressed clinical impacts. However, in this article the focus is on how the topic of OTC hearing aids can be included in graduate training programs for future audiologists. An example is included to demonstrate a method to immerse the topic in the graduate audiology curriculum. The article also focuses on student perspectives about OTC devices by including an analysis of student viewpoints shared in the class.
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Why is it important?
This article is important because it goes beyond a view of the direct, clinical impact of the FDA rule about OTC hearing aids. By addressing educational implications of the FDA rule, this article highlights the importance of applying new healthcare legislature in the graduate training curriculum. Specifically, the article focuses on how public health policy implementation can strengthen the curriculum for training future healthcare professionals like audiologists.
Perspectives
I am excited about this article because it touches on the critical necessity for transforming graduate audiology training to be inclusive, equitable, and reflect diverse views and people. I took the opportunity to apply the new OTC rule/law in my graduate course to examine audiology student perspectives on the OTC topic instead of only lending voice to licensed healthcare professionals. Further, including the OTC topic in my graduate course facilitated a focus on public health audiology which I believe is a neglected area in healthcare in the U.S.
Dr. Ishara Ramkissoon
Gallaudet University
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This page is a summary of: Graduate Audiology Education and Student Perspectives on Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Devices, Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, December 2022, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2022_persp-22-00120.
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