Analyse the causes, effects, and management of tinnitus

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Analyse the causes, effects, and management of tinnitus

Level	5
Credits	7

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: outline the causes of tinnitus; analyse the effects of tinnitus; and analyse strategies for the management of tinnitus.

Subfield	Community Support
Domain	Hearing Therapy
Status	Registered
Status date	20 May 2008
Date version published	20 May 2008
Planned review date	31 December 2013
Entry information	Open.
Accreditation	Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)	Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Limited
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference		0024

This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1 The performance of all elements of this unit standard must comply with any relevant cultural or legislative requirements including the rights and responsibilities of people receiving services or supports as outlined in the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996.
2 The hearing needs are assessed and recorded by a qualified hearing therapist.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Outline the causes of tinnitus.
Performance criteria
1.1 The current accepted theories of brain function are outlined in terms of their impacts on an individual’s perception of tinnitus.
Range may include but is not limited to – process of habituation, process of attention, sensitisation, centres of awareness of sound in the brain;

evidence of three examples is required.

1.2 Possible non-neurological causes of tinnitus are outlined.
Range may include but is not limited to – wax occlusion, stress, diet, noise, hyperacusis, medical conditions including Menière’s Disease, medication, temporal mandibular jaw dysfunction;

evidence of four examples is required.

Element 2
Analyse the effects of tinnitus.
Performance criteria
2.1 Tinnitus is analysed in terms of its psychological effects.
Range may include but is not limited to – distress, annoyance, frustration, anger, anxiety;

evidence of three examples is required.

2.2 Tinnitus is analysed in terms of its effects on the quality of life.
Range may include but is not limited to – hearing ability, educational, vocational, relationships;

evidence of three examples is required.

2.3 Tinnitus is analysed in terms of its effects on the quality of life of an individual.
Range assessment tools may include but are not limited to – tinnitus questionnaires, tinnitus interview form.
Element 3
Analyse strategies for the management of tinnitus.
Performance criteria
3.1 Management strategies for tinnitus are analysed in accordance with the assessed hearing needs of an individual.
Range strategies may include but are not limited to – referral to relevant professional for medical assessment, informational counselling, relaxation techniques, stress management techniques, diet, cognitive behavioural therapy, tinnitus retraining therapy, habituation, sound therapy, desensitisation, prostheses, alternative therapies.
3.2 Referral pathways are outlined in accordance with the assessed hearing needs of an individual.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Limited [e-mail] if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.

Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2017