Video Analysis: Pediatric Audiological Screening

1. Play audiometry http://youtu.be/qN5qvovloT4 This YouTube video shows a pediatric audiological screening called play audiometry. In the video, the lady audiologist is conducting an audiological screening to a boy, Sean. She starts the screening by telling Sean that they’re playing a listening game. She tells Sean to sit on the floor with her and play the game using blocks and earphones. As instructed, the boy puts the block next to his ear he uses to listen and puts it in the bucket when he hears a beeping sound. This short video helps me clarify how an audiologist basically conducts a pediatric audiological screening called play audiometry. It uses a block in a bucket game, which obviously reinforces the child’s responses to the acoustic
The audiologist moves a toy to catch the attention of the baby boy and a sound is played. When the boy turns his head towards the sound, he sees a piggy on a TV screen. Whenever the boy hears a sound, he turns his head and expects to see the piggy again. The sound starts out loud and gets softer and softer. This short video helps me clarify how an audiologist conducts an audiological screening using a visual reinforcement audiometry. I can use this information to inform parents that visual reinforcement audiometry, which is for children 5-7 months to 3 years old according to our notes this week, is not as serious as they might think it is. The visual reinforcement audiometry that uses a soundfield testing like the one in the video is not even physically invasive to the
The lady audiologist uses a fish in an aquarium game where the child, Reese, puts the fish toy next to the ear she uses to listen and puts it in the aquarium when she hears a beeping sound. This short video, just like the first YouTube video above, helps me clarify how an audiologist conducts a pediatric audiological screening called play audiometry. This shows that an audiologist can actually use any game structure to do the play audiology that is fun for the child as long as it is clear how the child responds to the sound he or she hears. Together with the first YouTube video above, I can use this information to inform parents how a play audiometry is used for children 3 years old and above. Many parents might have had pediatric audiological screening experiences already; however, if their children 3 years old and above are referred for further hearing evaluation, this information is a good review resource for