Alabama Administrative Code
Title 870 - ALABAMA BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY
Chapter 870-X-7 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE
Section 870-X-7-.03 - Audiology Scope Of Practice

(a) Screening, identifying, assessing, interpreting, diagnosing, preventing, and (re)habilitating peripheral and central auditory system dysfunctions;

(b) Conducting otoscopic examinations and removing cerumen from external ear canal;

(c) Providing and interpreting behavioral and (electro)physiological measurements of auditory, vestibular, and neural functions.

(d) Evaluating and managing children and adults with central auditory processing disorders;

(e) Conducting newborn hearing screening programs;

(f) Assessing and providing nonmedical management of tinnitus;

(g) Facilitating the conservation of auditory system function; developing and implementing environmental and occupational hearing conservation programs;

(h) Selecting, fitting, and dispensing of hearing aids, assistive listening and alerting devices and other systems (e.g. implantable devices) and providing training in their use;

(i) Providing Audiological (re)habilitation and related counseling services to hearing impaired individuals, their families, and other professionals;

(j) Providing related counseling services to individuals with any type of hearing related communication disorder and their family members;

(k) Consulting with educators about communication management of children with hearing impairment;

(l) Consulting and providing rehabilitative services to persons with balance disorders;

(m) Developing and managing academic and clinical programs in communication sciences and disorders;

(n) Designing, implementing, analyzing, and interpreting the results of research related to auditory and vestibular systems;

(o) Screening of speech-language and other factors affecting communication function for the purposes of an audiological evaluation and/or initial identification of individuals with other communication disorders.

(p) Measuring outcomes of treatment and conducting continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of practices and programs to improve and maintain quality of services.