Section R9-13-103. Hearing Screening Requirements

A.      Before performing a hearing screening, a screener shall visually inspect a student’s outer ears for:

1.        Fluid or drainage,

2.        Blood,

3.        An open sore, or

4.        A foreign object.

B.       If a screener inspects a student’s outer ears and finds any of the conditions in subsection (A), the screener shall not perform a hearing screening.

C.      A screener shall perform a hearing screening in each ear using one of the following hearing screening methods:

1.        Four-frequency, pure tone hearing screening that screens at each of the following frequencies and intensities:

a.         500 Hz at 25 dB HL,

b.        1000 Hz at 20 dB HL,

c.         2000 Hz at 20 dB HL, and

d.        4000 Hz at 20 dB HL;

2.        Three-frequency,   pure   tone   hearing   screening   with tympanometry that:

a.         Includes a tympanogram that is generated automatically or  is plotted at a  minimum of  the following three points:

i.      +100 mm H2O,

ii.       Point of maximum immittance, and

iii.      -200 mm H2O; and

b.        Screens at each of the following frequencies at 20 dB HL:

i.      1000 Hz,

ii.        2000 Hz, and

iii.      4000 Hz; or

3.        Otoacoustic emissions hearing screening using otoacoustic emissions equipment that generates a pass or no pass result:

a.         Using a minimum of three frequencies,

b.        At no less than 3 dB above the noise floor, and

c.         With reproducibility greater than 50%.

Historical Note

Adopted effective February 18, 1986 (Supp. 86-1).

Amended effective October 15, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 3307, effective July 16, 2002 (Supp. 02-3).