To determine the national training practices of speech-language pathology (SLP) graduate programs in outer and middle ear screening.
Directors of all ASHA-accredited SLP graduate programs (N = 254; CAA, 2013) were surveyed on instructional formats in outer and middle ear screening.
The graduate SLP program survey yielded 84 (33.1%) responses. Results indicated that some programs do not provide any training in the areas of conventional screening otoscopy using a hand-held otoscope (15.5%; n = 13) or screening tympanometry (11.9; n = 10), while close to half (46.4%; n = 39) reported no training in screening video-otoscopy. Outcomes revealed that approximately one-third or more of SLP graduate programs do not provide experiential opportunities in screening hand-held otoscopy (36.9%) or tympanometry (32.1%), and most (78.6%) do not in video-otoscopy.
The implication from the graduate SLP program survey findings is that some SLPs will have graduated from academic programs without acquired knowledge or experiential learning to establish skill in one or more areas of screening otoscopy and tympanometry. Graduate SLP programs should consider appropriate training opportunities for students to acquire and demonstrate skill in outer and middle ear screening.
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