36-24-20. Scope of qualifying examinations.
Any applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license to practice hearing aid dispensing is entitled to be examined. The examination shall include the following:
(1)Tests of knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids:
(a)Basic physics of sound;
(b)The human hearing mechanism, including the science of hearing and the rehabilitation of abnormal hearing disorders;
(c)Structure and function of hearing aids;
(2)Tests of proficiency in the following techniques as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids:
(a)Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction and bone conduction testing;
(b)Live voice and recorded voice speech audiometry, including speech threshold testing and speech discrimination testing;
(c)Effective masking;
(d)Recording and evaluation of audiograms and speech audiometry tests to determine hearing aid candidacy;
(e)Selection and adaptation of hearing aids and testing of hearing aids;
(f)Taking earmold impressions, and proficiency in any other skills as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids.
No test under this section may include any questions requiring a medical or surgical education.
Source: SL 1968, ch 118, §8; SL 1997, ch 221, §30.