| (a) Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §402.207,
the apprentice permit holder must complete twenty (20) hours of classroom
continuing education during the apprentice year.
(b) The apprentice permit holder must complete the
continuing education in one or more of the following approved subjects
relating to the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments:
(1) basic physics of sound;
(2) structure and function of hearing instruments;
(3) fitting of hearing instruments;
(4) pure tone audiometry, including air conduction
testing and bone conduction testing;
(5) live voice and recorded voice speech audiometry;
(6) masking when indicated for air conduction, bone
conduction, and speech;
(7) recording and evaluation of audiogram and speech
audiometry to determine the candidacy for hearing instruments;
(8) selection and adaption of hearing instruments,
testing of hearing instruments, and verification of aided hearing
instrument performance;
(9) taking of earmold impressions;
(10) verification of hearing instrument fitting and
functional gain measurements using a calibrated system;
(11) anatomy and physiology of the ear;
(12) counseling and aural rehabilitation of an individual
with a hearing impairment for the purpose of fitting and dispensing
hearing instruments;
(13) use of an otoscope for the visual observation
of the entire ear canal;
(14) laws, rules, and regulations of this state and
the United States; and
(15) the proper procedures for sound level measurements.
(c) The apprentice must provide written proof of attendance
or completion of an approved course on a department-approved form
or in a manner prescribed by the department.
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