Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     37-16-404. Examinations -- subject areas. The examinations provided in 37-16-403 must consist of a test of knowledge and practical tests of proficiency, when they apply, in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting of hearing aids:
     (1) acoustics:
     (a) general principles;
     (b) the decibel;
     (c) hearing and speech;
     (2) the human ear:
     (a) external;
     (b) middle;
     (c) inner;
     (3) the hearing process;
     (4) disorders of hearing:
     (a) conductive;
     (b) sensorineural;
     (c) central;
     (d) psychogenic;
     (5) audiometry:
     (a) pure tone;
     (b) theory;
     (c) procedures;
     (d) speech;
     (6) the hearing analysis:
     (a) audiogram;
     (b) auditory area;
     (7) hearing aids:
     (a) history;
     (b) characteristics;
     (c) components;
     (8) practical use of the otoscope:
     (a) earmold;
     (b) impression;
     (9) fittings:
     (a) hearing aid;
     (b) earmold;
     (10) delivery and checkup; or
     (11) any change considered necessary by the board.

     History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 204, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 66-3012; amd. Sec. 90, Ch. 370, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 72, L. 1995.

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