This session is developed by, and presenters invited by, Cultural and Linguistic Considerations Across the Discipline. This session was developed by the Convention Program Committee to increase SLPs’ awareness regarding research and clinical applications of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) across pediatric and adult populations around the world. Discussants provide perspectives from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Jamaica, and the United States.

Background: The past decade has yielded changes in the education and training of audiologists and technological advancements that have become widely available for clinical balance function testing. It is unclear if recent advancements in vestibular instrumentation or the transition to an AuD degree have affected audiologists’ vestibular clinical practice or opinions.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine predominant opinions and practices for vestibular assessment (VA) and vestibular rehabilitation (VR) over the past decade and between master’s- and AuD-level audiologists.Method: A 31-question survey was administered to audiologists via U.S. mail in 2003 (N = 7,500) and electronically in 2014 (N = 9,984) with a response rate of 12% and 10%, respectively.Results: There was an increase in the number of audiologists providing vestibular services in the past decade. Most respondents agreed that audiologists were the most qualified professionals to conduct VA. Less than half of the surveyed audiologists felt that graduate training was adequate for VA. AuD-level audiologists were more satisfied with graduate training and felt more comfortable performing VA compared to master’s-level audiologists. Few respondents agreed that audiologists were the most qualified professionals to conduct VR or that graduate training prepared them to conduct VR. The basic vestibular test battery was unchanged across surveys and included: calorics, smooth pursuit, saccades, search for spontaneous, positional, gaze and optokinetic nystagmus, Dix‐Hallpike, case history, and hearing evaluation. There was a trend toward greater use of air (versus water) calorics, videonystagmography (versus electronystagmography), and additional tests of vestibular and balance function.Conclusions: VA is a growing specialty area in the field of audiology. Better training opportunities are needed to increase audiologists’ knowledge and skills for providing vestibular services. The basic tests performed during VA have remained relatively unchanged over the past 10 yr.

The purpose of this session is to examine the vestibular consequences of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) and blast exposure. Preliminary data will be presented showing characteristics of vestibular dysfunction and postural instability related to mild TBI and blast exposure. Also reviewed will be the latest findings including recent data collected at the War Related Illness & injury Center showing vestibular impairments in those with mTBI. The target audience is audiologists, physical therapists, neurologists, otolaryngologists. This session will cover intermediate level of content.

This session was developed by Special Interest Division #6: Hearing & Hearing Disorders. Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMP) supplement the current vestibular test battery by providing diagnostic information about saccular and/ or inferior vestibular nerve function. The session will provide background, recording method, and clinical application of the cVEMP

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The purpose of this session is to examine the effects of blast on auditory and vestibular function. We will present results of auditory and vestibular function tests and neuroimaging results in a group of individuals with blast exposure and dizziness/imbalance and in an age-matched healthy control group.

The purpose of this session is to present normative data for slow harmonic acceleration (SHA) on rotary chair in healthy individuals ranging in age from 18 to 72 years. Eye movement was recorded using video-oculography during SHA at frequencies of 0.01, 0.04, 0.016, and 0.64 Hz.

The purpose of this poster session is to present normative data and test-retest reliability for slow harmonic acceleration (SHA) and velocity step testing (VST) on rotary chair in healthy individuals.

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