2011 South Dakota Code
Title 36 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 24. Hearing Aid Dispensers
§36-24-20 Scope of qualifying examinations.

36-24-20. Scope of qualifying examinations. Any applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license to practice hearing aid dispensing is entitled to be examined. The examination shall include the following:

(1) Tests of knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids:

(a) Basic physics of sound;

(b) The human hearing mechanism, including the science of hearing and the rehabilitation of abnormal hearing disorders;

(c) Structure and function of hearing aids;

(2) Tests of proficiency in the following techniques as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids:

(a) Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction and bone conduction testing;

(b) Live voice and recorded voice speech audiometry, including speech threshold testing and speech discrimination testing;

(c) Effective masking;

(d) Recording and evaluation of audiograms and speech audiometry tests to determine hearing aid candidacy;

(e) Selection and adaptation of hearing aids and testing of hearing aids;

(f) Taking earmold impressions, and proficiency in any other skills as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids.

No test under this section may include any questions requiring a medical or surgical education.

Source: SL 1968, ch 118, § 8; SL 1997, ch 221, § 30.