Record information - functional impact of hearing loss

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Table of Contents

1 Recent updates …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 2 Before you start …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 3 Understand and record a functional impact of hearing loss assessment ………………………………. 6 4 Next steps …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

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This article provides guidance for a local area coordinator, early childhood coordinator and all NDIA staff (planner, payment officer, internal review officer, complaints officer, participant service officer, access officer, quality officer, technical advisor, SDA officer, NCC officer, provider support) to:

• understand a functional impact of hearing loss assessment
• record a hearing loss assessment in PACE

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Recent updates

• July 2023 Update to system steps and language to align with PACE and knowledge consistency.

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2 Before you start

You have:

• read the article Understand functional capacity assessments
• read the article Create a new functional capacity assessment case.

3 Understand and record a functional impact of

hearing loss assessment

The functional impact of hearing loss assessment is a 10-point scale that evaluates a participant’s hearing. The scale uses questions that require yes, no, almost always, sometimes, and rarely answers.

From the results of these questions, the assessor will work with the person. They will read a number of statements. They will then choose which statement best describes the person’s impact of hearing loss.

Completion of the assessment can be:

• by an allied health professional
• done internally. It is available on the NDIS intranet.

You will enter the results into PACE.

Record a functional impact of hearing loss assessment

To enter a score of a functional impact of hearing loss assessment, complete the following steps in PACE:

At the Select Tools step in the Functional Capacity Assessment:

1. Select No to Carry out a new assessment.
2. Select Yes to Manually enter scores.
3. Select Functional Impact of Hearing Loss.
4. Select Next.
5. Enter Assessment completion date.
6. Select Score or rating.
7. Select Next.
8. Check the Confirmation details.
9. Select Done.

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Next steps

There are no further steps.

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