Apply professional, ethical, and legal principles in audiology practice and patient care.

Professional conduct, informed consent, confidentiality, scope of practice, ethical decision-making, and patient rights.

Apply appropriate infection prevention and control practices during audiological assessment and treatment.

Hand hygiene, equipment disinfection, standard precautions, infection prevention, and safe clinical procedures.

Demonstrate knowledge of the anatomical structures and physiological processes involved in hearing and balance.

Outer, middle, and inner ear anatomy, auditory pathway, vestibular system, neural structures, and auditory physiology.

Apply fundamental principles of acoustics and sound when performing and interpreting audiological procedures.

Frequency, intensity, wavelength, decibels, sound transmission, resonance, acoustics, and psychoacoustics.

Use, maintain, and understand audiological equipment used for assessment and clinical practice.

Audiometers, tympanometers, sound-field systems, calibration, equipment operation, troubleshooting, and test reliability.

Assess hearing and communication development in infants and children and support appropriate audiological management.

Newborn screening, pediatric behavioral testing, objective assessment, developmental milestones, hearing loss, and early intervention.

Assess hearing and communication needs in adults and older adults and support appropriate clinical management.

Adult hearing assessment, age-related hearing loss, communication difficulties, differential assessment, and rehabilitation.

Understand and apply auditory evoked potential procedures for assessment of auditory and neural function.

ABR, auditory evoked responses, electrode placement, test procedures, waveform interpretation, and clinical applications.

Assess vestibular and balance function and recognize findings associated with vestibular disorders.

Vestibular assessment, balance testing, dizziness, vertigo, nystagmus, vestibular disorders, and test interpretation.

Recognize common auditory, vestibular, neurological, and systemic disorders that affect hearing and balance.

Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, mixed loss, otologic disorders, syndromes, auditory disorders, and differential considerations.

Evaluate hearing-device needs and support appropriate selection, fitting, verification, and management.

Hearing-aid technology, selection, fitting, verification, troubleshooting, cochlear implants, implantable devices, and rehabilitation.

Communicate audiological findings clearly and provide appropriate counseling and documentation throughout patient care.

Clinical documentation, report writing, patient communication, counseling, education, shared decision-making, and referral communication.