AJA
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

American Journal of Audiology Vol.4 15-23 July 1995.
© American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow My Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Newman-Ryan, J.
Right arrow Articles by Villarreal-Emery, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Newman-Ryan, J.
Right arrow Articles by Villarreal-Emery, C.

Testing Balance Function in Spanish-Speaking Patients

Guidelines for Non-Spanish-Speaking Clinicians

Jody Newman-Ryan 1, Briseida DeLeon Northrup 2, and Claudia Villarreal-Emery 3

1 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
2 The University of Texas at Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders
3 Texas Children's Hospital, Houston

In conclusion, clinicians are advised to avoid becoming complacent with the notion that they are doing the best they can in working with culturally diverse populations, and instead are advised to strive towards excellence in providing services that are linguistically and culturally appropriate (Erickson & Iglesias, 1986). This article is only one step towards the goal of providing better services to patients who are Spanish-speaking and who are suspected of having balance difficulties. Further work in the area of providing clinical services to this population is definitely needed.

Key Words: balance function testing, diagnostic audiology, diagnostic audiologic materials in Spanish, electronystagmography (ENG), Spanish-speaking patients, Hispanic/Latino/Latina population

Submitted on June 27, 1992
Accepted on March 31, 1993






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
All ASHA Journals AJA AJSLP JSLHR LSHSS
Copyright © 1995 by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.