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| According to ASHA, Audiologists were not ethically able to dispenser hearing aids until what year? |
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| Audiology has taken significant steps toward professionalism through the establishment of what 3 professional organizations/practices? |
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| AAA, Au.D., state licensure |
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| Which professional attribute best describes the feeling that practitioners should be able to make independent decisions without external pressure from patients, employers, or those who are not members of the profession? |
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| The dedication of a professional and the feeling that a practitioner wold probably want to do the work even if fewer extrinsic rewards were available is known as what professional attribute? |
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| What is the professional attribute that describes the feeling that the person best qualified to judge the work of a professional is a fellow professional? |
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| belief in self-regulation |
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| The idea that a profession is indispensable and the view that the work performed benefits both the public and the practitioner is best described by what professional attribute? |
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| When audiologists become strongly affiliated with the profession and consider it a lifetime commitment what four things will increase? |
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| income, prestige, legislative power, public recognition |
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| Professionals do a good job under all conditions, not only when rewarded well. They do so with a commitment that takes precidence over any economic interest. This tradition of duty defines them. All definitions of professionalism embrace this core principal. What is it called? |
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| commitment to public service |
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| By what attributes do the public, your referral sources and your employer measure you and audiology? (4 things) |
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| your appearance, your interpersonal skills, your professional status within the community, your behavior |
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| Audiology's link to SLP has been a negative factor in our ability to become completely self-governing and self-legislating which are crucial requirements for professionalization. T/F |
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| One of the characteristics of professions which distinguish them from occupations is a concern for the clients interests rather than personal or commercial profit. What is this known as? |
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| embracing a service ideal |
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| Patients are expected to be honest in revealing personal information and in return the professional is expected to withold moral judgement, no matter how he or she may feel about a patient's disclosure. This is known as what? |
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| What percentage of patients with hearing loss require medical or surgical treatment? |
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| The FDA requirement of a medical evaluation for patients, prior to the purchase of a hearing aid, even when no medical contraindications exist is a result of what? |
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| The ASHA CCC-A is a voluntary program and has no statutory standing and it is not required as a prerequisite to practicing in the profession. T/F |
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| Audiology does not enjoy professional independence and will not that status until more audiologists engage in what 3 things? |
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| earning the Au.D., independent private practice, marketing the profession to the public |
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| What 3 societal pressures would be considered counter-professional? |
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| price comparison shopping by consumers, advertisement of hearing aids directly to the public, coporate blurring of the roles of audiologist vs. dispenser |
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| When practitioners emphasize consensus, shared power, consultation, and collective responsibilities, minimize status differences and interact as equals, and when they share aspirations and commitments, have frequent face to face interaction, and use civil discourse-this behavior is known as what? |
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| When an action enhances the well-being of the patient, it is a measure of professional ethics. When an action enhances the well-being of the practitioner and the profession is the measure of professional what? |
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| Passage of the Hearing Health Accessibility Act will allow audiologists to bill Medicare for cerumen removal on Medicare patients without a referral from a physician. T/F |
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False.
Cerumen removal is a treatment and not diagnostic. Passage of the Act will not expand our current scope of practice. |
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| A Political Action Committee is a legal way to help influence and educate members of Congress to understand and support our causes. T/F |
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| Most bills that are introduced into Congress are passed within the first year. T/F |
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| Members of Congress currently have direct access to audiology services through the Federal Employee Health and Benefit Plan (FEHBP). T/F |
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| Passage of H.R. 415 and S. 277 will grant audiologists limited license practioner status under Medicare. T/F |
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| PAC's may legally receive money from individuals and businesses. T/F |
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False.
They may receive money only from individuals. |
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| Medicare recipients have direct access to audiology services. T/F |
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| Audiology has met the structural and attitudinal attributes necessary to be considered a true Profession. T/F |
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| Optomotrists, podiatrists, clinical psychologists and occupational therapists are all permitted to diagnose, manage and treat their patients. T/F |
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| If audiologists want the same rights and benefits as members of other Doctoring professions, they must accept the new responsibilities that come with those rights. T/F |
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| Practitioners in true professions are expected to maintain a professional standard of work. This involves what four things? |
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| condemning unqualified practioners, maintaining reasonable caseloads to avoid too much or too little work if it lowers standards, honoring the competence of the formally qualified, avoiding criticism of colleagues in public |
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