NAC637A.200. Minimum procedures on prospective candidates for hearing aids; exception.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a licensee shall take the pertinent case history of, and perform personally the following minimum procedures bilaterally on, each prospective candidate for a hearing aid:

     (a) Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing through an annually calibrated system.

     (b) Live voice, only if a separate sound-treated room is available, or recorded voice audiometry, including speech reception threshold testing, most comfortable and uncomfortable level testing, and speech discrimination testing presented through a speech audiometer.

     (c) Effective masking, when applicable.

     (d) Before a hearing test and an ear impression is performed, an otoscopic examination of the ear canal in which the tympanic membrane is visualized.

     (e) After an ear impression is performed, an otoscopic examination in which the tympanic membrane is visualized.

     2. The licensee shall perform each procedure set forth in subsection 1 in a proper environment to obtain accurate results.

     3. The minimum procedures set forth in subsection 1 are not required if the person supplies the licensee with complete results of the required tests which have been given within the previous 6 months by a qualified tester who is licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 637A or 637B of NRS.

     [Bd. of Hearing Aid Sp., Art. XI §§ 1 & 2, eff. 8-15-75]—(NAC A 11-29-95; R020-00, 9-12-2000; R062-01, 11-1-2001)