This site presents case studies in medical audiology, organized by the tabs to the right.

The cases use problem-based learning strategies. Students are encouraged to research questions if the  material has not yet been included in coursework.

These cases are NOT all examples of universally good audiology, nor are they universally bad cases.  The student is to critically examine the cases to find where there are deviations from best practice.  A general consideration in this series is that if testing indicates an abnormality, one should question whether the results replicate, may be due to audiologist error, or are truly abnormal.  Think also about whether all necessary testing has been conducted to allow a site of lesion determination.

Those reviewing these cases will need to have had coursework in pathologies, and advanced vestibular and evoked response testing.

Purpose:

□   To help develop skills at integrating test results to reach a differential diagnosis in complex cases.

□   To develop skills in auditing cases for errors

Content was developed courtesy of Nova Southeastern University and AudStudent.com.  Unless otherwise noted, the cases and their discussion points are the intellectual property of Teri Hamill, PhD.  Cases were submitted by faculty, alumni and friends of the university. We thank all those who submitted the cases.

Use of these cases in other formats is permitted for teaching purposes; however, electronic posting of any cases to to publicly available sites is not allowed.  Please give appropriate credit if utilizing cases in lecture materials,  e.g.

Hamill, T.A. (2012). Case X, Medical Audiology Case Studies. www.audstudent.com.  Case donated by (indicate original donor from information on  the first page of the case if applicable.)