Course: Wideband Tympanometry for Beginners
Description
This course introduces you wideband tympanometry. It will explore the limitations of traditional 226Hz tympanometry and highlight why wideband tympanometry is a superior measurement technique. It will focus on the different components which can be measured by wideband tympanometry including absorbance, the wideband average tympanogram and the 3D tympanogram.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a theoretical understanding of wideband tympanometry and its clinical benefits
- Explore the different components of a wideband tympanometry measurement, including tympanograms, resonance frequency and absorbance
- Be able to interpret the results of a wideband tympanometry measurement
Presenter
Amanda Goodhew
Amanda holds a Master's degree in Audiology from the University of Southampton. She has extensive experience holding senior audiologist positions in numerous NHS hospitals and clinics, where her primary focus has been pediatric audiology. Her specific areas of interest include electrophysiology (in particular ABR, ASSR and cortical testing), neonatal diagnostics and amplification and the assessment and rehabilitation of patients with autism and complex needs. Amanda has a particular interest in pediatric behavioral assessment and has twice held the Chairperson position for the South London Visual Reinforcement Audiometry Peer Review Group. Amanda also works as an independent technical assessor for the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, undertaking quality assessment for audiological services throughout the UK, and provides guest lecturing services to universities both in the UK and abroad.
