Guidance Documents

Our internationally respected BSA documents provide evidence-based guidance to clinicians. They follow a rigorous production process of authoring, internal review, expert peer review and public consultation. They are produced by the BSA Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and Professional Guidance Group (PGG), who have overall responsibility for maintaining documents. We always welcome comments, which should be sent to bsa@thebsa.org.uk. All of the documents listed are current. Those that are beyond their review date are under review, but remain current until replaced.

All Current Guidance

Title Date Download
Access to Audiology Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities 17/10/2021
Accredited Providers of BSA Short Courses 17/10/2016
Adult Rehabilitation – Common Principles in Audiology Services 17/10/2016
APD Position Statement 17/10/2011
Assessment And Management of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) in Young Infants 17/10/2019
Assessment Guidelines for the Distraction Test of Hearing 17/10/2018
Assessment of speech understanding in noise in adults with hearing difficulties 17/10/2019
Audiological assessment and hearing aid provision for patients with a programmable ventriculo-peritoneal (PVP) shunt 17/10/2023
Audiological Assessment for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. 17/10/2021
Audiological Rehabilitation for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities 17/10/2021
Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing for Post-newborn and Adult 01/09/2019
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) 17/10/2018
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) – An overview of current management 17/10/2011
Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR) Testing 17/10/2023
Aural Care delivered by Hearing Health Care Professionals 17/10/2020
Aural Care (Ear Wax Removal) 22/11/2023
BAA BSA Remote Fitting Guidance 17/10/2021
Basic audiometry and tympanometry 17/10/2022
Cochlear Microphonic Testing 17/10/2019
Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential (CAEP) Testing 17/10/2022
Determination of uncomfortable loudness levels 17/10/2022
Ear Examination 17/10/2022
Fitting of combination hearing aids for subjects with tinnitus 17/10/2020
Guidelines for the Early Audiological Assessment and Management of Babies Referred from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme 2022 17/10/2022
How to gain accreditation for a BSA Certificate Course 17/10/2016
Minimum Training Guidelines – Ear Examination 17/10/2022
Minimum Training Guidelines Surveillance Audiometry 17/10/2023
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) Testing in paediatric and adult audiology 17/10/2022
Otoscopy and impression taking – Minimum training standards 17/10/2018
Positioning Tests 17/10/2016
Principles of Peer Review 17/10/2019
Procedure for processing documents for recommended procedures and guidelines. 01/09/2023
Pure tone air and bone conduction threshold audiometry with and without masking 17/10/2018
Recommended stimulus reference levels for ABR systems 01/09/2019
Rinne and Weber tuning fork tests 17/10/2022
Surveillance Audiometry 17/10/2023
Taking an Aural Impression 17/10/2023
Taking an aural impression: children under 5 years of age 17/10/2022
The Acoustics of Sound Field Audiometry in Clinical Audiological Applications 17/10/2022
The Caloric Test 17/10/2010
Tinnitus in Adults 17/10/2021
Tympanometry & Acoustic Reflex 17/10/2013
Verification of hearing devices using probe microphone measurements 17/10/2018
Vestibular Assessment – Eye movement Recordings 17/10/2015
Vestibular Rehabilitation 17/10/2019
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry for Infants 17/10/2014

Recommended Procedures

Title Date Download
Taking an Aural Impression 17/10/2023
Surveillance Audiometry 17/10/2023
Determination of uncomfortable loudness levels 17/10/2022
Taking an aural impression: children under 5 years of age 17/10/2022
Rinne and Weber tuning fork tests 17/10/2022
Ear Examination 17/10/2022
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) Testing in paediatric and adult audiology 17/10/2022
Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential (CAEP) Testing 17/10/2022
Cochlear Microphonic Testing 17/10/2019
Assessment And Management of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD) in Young Infants 17/10/2019
Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing for Post-newborn and Adult 01/09/2019
Recommended stimulus reference levels for ABR systems 01/09/2019
Pure tone air and bone conduction threshold audiometry with and without masking 17/10/2018

Practice Guidance

Title Date Download
Aural Care (Ear Wax Removal) 22/11/2023
Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR) Testing 17/10/2023
The Acoustics of Sound Field Audiometry in Clinical Audiological Applications 17/10/2022
Guidelines for the Early Audiological Assessment and Management of Babies Referred from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme 2022 17/10/2022
Tinnitus in Adults 17/10/2021
Audiological Rehabilitation for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities 17/10/2021
Audiological Assessment for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. 17/10/2021
Access to Audiology Services for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities 17/10/2021
Fitting of combination hearing aids for subjects with tinnitus 17/10/2020
Vestibular Rehabilitation 17/10/2019
Principles of Peer Review 17/10/2019
Assessment of speech understanding in noise in adults with hearing difficulties 17/10/2019
Verification of hearing devices using probe microphone measurements 17/10/2018

Position Statements

Title Date Download
Audiological assessment and hearing aid provision for patients with a programmable ventriculo-peritoneal (PVP) shunt 17/10/2023
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) 17/10/2018
APD Position Statement 17/10/2011

Policies

Title Date Download
Procedure for processing documents for recommended procedures and guidelines. 01/09/2023
How to gain accreditation for a BSA Certificate Course 17/10/2016

Minimum Training Guidelines

Title Date Download
Minimum Training Guidelines Surveillance Audiometry 17/10/2023
Basic audiometry and tympanometry 17/10/2022
Minimum Training Guidelines – Ear Examination 17/10/2022
Aural Care delivered by Hearing Health Care Professionals 17/10/2020
Otoscopy and impression taking – Minimum training standards 17/10/2018
How to gain accreditation for a BSA Certificate Course 17/10/2016
Accredited Providers of BSA Short Courses 17/10/2016

Guidelines Produced in Partnership

Title Date Download
BAA BSA Remote Fitting Guidance 17/10/2021

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