Air-Bone Gap Ronald C. Jones Audiology/Hearing Impaired

Mon Oct 31 2011

Category: Audiology/Hearing Impaired

Question:

How many decibels constitute an air‑bone gap?

Answer:

When a 10–15 dB or more difference is measured between the air conduction and bone-conduction thresholds in the same ear, you have an appreciable air-bone gap. This means there likely is a conductive or mixed hearing loss present.

Dr. Ronald Jones is a professor in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Jones' current research and teaching interests include aural rehabilitation management of deaf and hard of hearing children, auditory processing performance of young adults, voice science, and literacy acquisition, particularly, by racial and ethnic minority children.

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Presenter	Course	Action
Ronald C. Jones	The Art of Interpreting Audiograms for Speech-Language Pathologists CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0 Recorded Course: #4248 · Duration: 1 hour The Art of Interpreting Audiograms was developed for speech-language pathologists who find interpreting audiograms and other audiometric information a bit daunting. This course provides a step-by-step approach to determining from an audiogram: if a hearing loss exists, what type of hearing loss it is, and what is the level of the hearing loss. Basic hearing threshold finding techniques are also discussed.	Register Now!
Ronald C. Jones	Interpreting Central Auditory Processing Test Results Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:00 am PDT CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0 Live Course: #5352 · Duration: 1 hour This course provides a basic orientation to central auditory testing and the interpretation of CAP test results. Approaches to remediating communication and learning problems associated with CAP disorders are introduced.	Register Now!
Denise Wray	Auditory-Verbal Therapy for a New Generation of Children with Hearing Impairment CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0 Recorded Course: #4213 · Duration: 1 hour The field of aural habilitation has been immensely impacted by the establishment of newborn hearing screening mandates and advanced technologies for children with hearing loss in order to maximize auditory access. This course will share both the philosophical tenets of auditory-verbal therapy and its application in developing listening and spoken language for this population.	Register Now!
Ashley S. Garber	Getting Started with Auditory Skills for Young Children with Cochlear Implants CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0 Recorded Course: #4018 · Duration: 1 hour This introductory course identifies a hierarchy for auditory skill development in children with cochlear implants that considers linguistic and situational contexts in addition to auditory function. It also discusses practical applications of this hierarchy to a variety of habilitation settings.	Register Now!
Christine Barton	Music, Spoken Language, and Children with Hearing Loss: Definitions and Development CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Basic Communication; CASLPA/1.0 Text Course: #3802 · Duration: 1 hour This article briefly defines hearing loss, discusses music and language development in children with typically developing hearing, examines commonalities and differences between both domains, and highlights current research regarding music and children with hearing loss.	Register Now!

Presenter

Course

Action

Ronald C. Jones

The Art of Interpreting Audiograms for Speech-Language Pathologists

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

Recorded Course: #4248 · Duration: 1 hour

The Art of Interpreting Audiograms was developed for speech-language pathologists who find interpreting audiograms and other audiometric information a bit daunting. This course provides a step-by-step approach to determining from an audiogram: if a hearing loss exists, what type of hearing loss it is, and what is the level of the hearing loss. Basic hearing threshold finding techniques are also discussed.

Ronald C. Jones

Interpreting Central Auditory Processing Test Results
Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:00 am PDT

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

Live Course: #5352 · Duration: 1 hour

This course provides a basic orientation to central auditory testing and the interpretation of CAP test results. Approaches to remediating communication and learning problems associated with CAP disorders are introduced.

Denise Wray

Auditory-Verbal Therapy for a New Generation of Children with Hearing Impairment

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

Recorded Course: #4213 · Duration: 1 hour

The field of aural habilitation has been immensely impacted by the establishment of newborn hearing screening mandates and advanced technologies for children with hearing loss in order to maximize auditory access. This course will share both the philosophical tenets of auditory-verbal therapy and its application in developing listening and spoken language for this population.

Ashley S. Garber

Getting Started with Auditory Skills for Young Children with Cochlear Implants

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

Recorded Course: #4018 · Duration: 1 hour

This introductory course identifies a hierarchy for auditory skill development in children with cochlear implants that considers linguistic and situational contexts in addition to auditory function. It also discusses practical applications of this hierarchy to a variety of habilitation settings.

Christine Barton

Music, Spoken Language, and Children with Hearing Loss: Definitions and Development

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Basic Communication; CASLPA/1.0

Text Course: #3802 · Duration: 1 hour

This article briefly defines hearing loss, discusses music and language development in children with typically developing hearing, examines commonalities and differences between both domains, and highlights current research regarding music and children with hearing loss.