Does you have you own Audiometer or do you share with other schools?

[Bevp]

I've been researching Audiometers and came across one that actually can transmit data to my school records, that would save a lot of time. I'm making a wish list for next year and working on my budget.

2nd question: Do you order all your supplies or do you have central location where items are bought in bulk and distributed to schools in the same district? Why you ask? purchasing in bulk because it's cheaper.

[DEgalRN]

I have my own audiometer, but I think it's because we absorbed it when another school was closed. It's also probably 10 years old.

I have my own budget and order my own supplies as needed. One of the perks to being in a charter school. We're contracted with companies for purchasing, but buy things off amazon and bulk stores and get reimbursed because it's faster and cheaper.

[Eleven011]

I have no idea on the audiometer question. Our school has 2 SLP's and they handle hearing evals. As for supplies, I have my own budget. I put in my requests each year for what I expect to want/need the following year and then they approve what they feel necessary.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

How timely, the health department is here to screen. I just give the records and they do the rest. I love being pampered.

[BeckyESRN]

I have an audiometer. It's old, but it works.

We order our own supplies for each building. I use school nurse INC. for supplies and occasionally school health or amazon.

MrNurse, I'm so jealous!

[txbootsy]

The district pays for every school to have an audiometer

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

I had my own. It was used for the entire district (two high schools, two elementary schools, etc).

It had to be calibrated once a year.

Testing hearing was way easier than vision. Yet, I had to take a course to use the audiometer.

Crazy.

[OldDude]

I have one for my campus, it's probably 20 years old but it still works, has to be calibrated every year. I have to be certified by the state every 5 years. Since we have to screen for AN for 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th grades, we do that when we do hearing screenings.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

I have one for my campus, it's probably 20 years old but it still works, has to be calibrated every year. I have to be certified by the state every 5 years. Since we have to screen for AN for 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th grades, we do that when we do hearing screenings.

Sounds like my audiometer. I screened vision and hearing at the same time.

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

this is very timely - i'm in the midst of doing my screenings - i get granted 3-4 days of help of having a trained nurse come in and help me come in and screening the entire school.

The good is that i actually have 2 audiometers. A local school closed and gave it to us when they did. I had that bad boy calibrated first chance i got and boy i'll tell ya, having two makes a world of difference! If you are lucky enough to get help in doing your screenings, beg, borrow, steal -get ye a second audiometer.

Now -when my financial dreams come true and i can get those fancy push a button auto screener jobbies that they sell in School health catalogue i'll be all set and I'll probably be able to screen the whole danged school by myself in a matter of 2 days -but notice i'm not holding out for that.