What if the audiologist incorrectly hears you repeat speech?

deafdude1 · 11-01-2009, 04:55 AM

During a speech test, such as HINT or CNC, the audiologist says some sentences or words and you repeat them back. What if your hearing is better than the audiologist or if the audiologist has a mild hearing loss or what if you don't speak perfectly clear? For example, "say the word fun" and you say "sun" and the audiologist thinks you said "fun" and marks it as correct. Another example "say the word fun" and you say "fun" and the audiologist thinks you said "sun" and marks it as wrong. Many deaf people don't speak very clearly so how would the audiologist understand what you said?

Hask12 · 11-01-2009, 08:26 AM

Whew, as if I don't have enough problems already.

rockin'robin · 11-01-2009, 11:05 AM

What would an HOH or a deaf audiologist be doing giving "speech" tests? Doesn't make sense to me!

SkullChick · 11-01-2009, 11:34 AM

Oh for &^%$ sake, seriously? That's just perfect example of paranoid thinking

CJB · 11-01-2009, 12:19 PM

I hope my audi isn't HOH and my eye doctor legally blind!

melissa · 11-01-2009, 01:00 PM

Lmao CJB!

Tousi · 11-01-2009, 01:02 PM

I don't know a lot about the field of audiology but I vaguely remember coming across something online where it was said that there are work-arounds, in this day and age, for a deaf person to be an audiologists. Have you heard anything along those lines?

shel90 · 11-01-2009, 01:08 PM

Tousi, I know an audiologist who is deaf.

Tousi · 11-01-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

Tousi, I know an audiologist who is deaf.

Shel, I have heard/seen of some deaf audies, too. I just wonder how they accomplish what they do in that field. Do you? Might be getting off topic here, tho.....

shel90 · 11-01-2009, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

Shel, I have heard/seen of some deaf audies, too. I just wonder how they accomplish what they do in that field. Do you? Might be getting off topic here, tho.....

No, I do not know. Maybe someone here on AD knows.

JennyB · 11-01-2009, 01:50 PM

I'm interested in possibly becoming an audiologist and I know 2 deaf audiologists too.

I know for speech tests one of them has the person write down the words, if the person can't write they get the parents or caretakers involved and have them write the words. If the person can sign they have them finger spell the words or sign them.

Some work with an audiology assistant and have them listen to the words being repeated.

Bottesini · 11-01-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

I don't know a lot about the field of audiology but I vaguely remember coming across something online where it was said that there are work-arounds, in this day and age, for a deaf person to be an audiologists. Have you heard anything along those lines?

I know a person with a Dr. of Audiology who is deaf.

CJB · 11-01-2009, 02:44 PM

It doesn't really surprise me because a lot of times the reason people go into the fields the go into is from personal experience. So it makes sense that people with hearing or vision problems would be interested in audiology or optometry.

whatdidyousay! · 11-01-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rockin'robin

What would an HOH or a deaf audiologist be doing giving "speech" tests? Doesn't make sense to me!

I was thinking the same thing!! I would not go to a deaf audiologist!
How would she/he be able to check out my HA when it not working right!!!
My audiologist listen to my HA to see if making any feedback sounds that I can't hear! How would a deaf audiologist do that !!

JennyB · 11-01-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by whatdidyousay!

I was thinking the same thing!! I would not go to a deaf audiologist!
How would she/he be able to check out my HA when it not working right!!!
My audiologist listen to my HA to see if making any feedback sounds that I can't hear! How would a deaf audiologist do that !!

That's a pretty ableist/audist thing to say. There are ways around pretty much everything. Whether it be working with an assistant, or technology.

I once had a dance teacher who used a wheelchair. She couldn't dance herself but she was one of the best choreographers I had ever worked with. My audiologist growing up was Deaf too and she was awesome. Far more aware of everything and the issues that may come up than the hearing audiologists.

TheWriteAlex · 11-01-2009, 10:11 PM

One thing that I always wonder about when getting those speech tests is when the audi has an accent. My last audiologist in CA was a fantastic audi, and I liked her a lot, but she had a thick New Yorker accent, and it would confuse me sometimes.

The last audi I wento here in Indiana had a thick Midwestern accent. I think it's important to have an audi who has either a) no discernible accent or b) the same accent that you've grown up around and are used to.

JennyB · 11-01-2009, 11:51 PM

They have those word lists in pre-recorded form. Audiologists are technically supposed to use the recordings anyway because it is more consistent and therefore more accurate.

shel90 · 11-02-2009, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by whatdidyousay!

I was thinking the same thing!! I would not go to a deaf audiologist!
How would she/he be able to check out my HA when it not working right!!!
My audiologist listen to my HA to see if making any feedback sounds that I can't hear! How would a deaf audiologist do that !!

That's sad because you are discriminating against people like you.

souggy · 11-02-2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JennyB

That's a pretty ableist/audist thing to say. There are ways around pretty much everything. Whether it be working with an assistant, or technology.

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Originally Posted by shel90

That's sad because you are discriminating against people like you

Given the history, are you guys even surprised that the poster said that?

I never had a Deaf audiologist, but I knew Gallaudet offer training to become audiologists.

Lissa · 11-02-2009, 10:51 AM

I once had a audiologist who did my CI mapping, I had no idea she was deaf, my mum told me later that she was as she apparently had a deaf voice. So audiologists can be deaf. They just need to be extra careful I guess and like somebody said, use computer voices to avoid any confusion

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Hask12 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 72	Whew, as if I don't have enough problems already.

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rockin'robin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 2,782	What would an HOH or a deaf audiologist be doing giving "speech" tests? Doesn't make sense to me!

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CJB deafblind writer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,425	I hope my audi isn't HOH and my eye doctor legally blind!

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melissa Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Cheshire, UK. Posts: 188	Lmao CJB!

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Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,574	I don't know a lot about the field of audiology but I vaguely remember coming across something online where it was said that there are work-arounds, in this day and age, for a deaf person to be an audiologists. Have you heard anything along those lines?

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CJB deafblind writer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,425	It doesn't really surprise me because a lot of times the reason people go into the fields the go into is from personal experience. So it makes sense that people with hearing or vision problems would be interested in audiology or optometry.

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TheWriteAlex Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 465	One thing that I always wonder about when getting those speech tests is when the audi has an accent. My last audiologist in CA was a fantastic audi, and I liked her a lot, but she had a thick New Yorker accent, and it would confuse me sometimes. The last audi I wento here in Indiana had a thick Midwestern accent. I think it's important to have an audi who has either a) no discernible accent or b) the same accent that you've grown up around and are used to.

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