When Should Audiologists Refer?

STEIGER, JAMES R.
MILLER, ERIN L.
SACCONE, PATRICIA

James R. Steiger, PhD, is a professor and school director, Northeast Ohio AuD Consortium, School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Akron (Ohio).
Erin L. Miller, AuD, is a professor of instruction and coordinator, Northeast Ohio AuD Consortium, School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Akron (Ohio).
Patricia Saccone, AuD, is an audiologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Audiology Today 30(3):p 48-61, May-June 2018.

The purpose of this article is to provide audiologists with an overview of published criteria on when to refer patients for medical evaluation. We included criteria specific to hearing aid fitting, vestibular schwannoma, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, middle ear disorder, tinnitus, and dizziness. It is a synopsis of referral options and considerations to augment, but not to replace, clinical judgment.