(a) Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §402.207, the apprentice permit holder must complete twenty (20) hours of classroom continuing education during the apprentice year.
(b) The apprentice permit holder must complete the continuing education in one or more of the following approved subjects relating to the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments:
  (1) basic physics of sound;
  (2) structure and function of hearing instruments;
  (3) fitting of hearing instruments;
  (4) pure tone audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing;
  (5) live voice and recorded voice speech audiometry;
  (6) masking when indicated for air conduction, bone conduction, and speech;
  (7) recording and evaluation of audiogram and speech audiometry to determine the candidacy for hearing instruments;
  (8) selection and adaption of hearing instruments, testing of hearing instruments, and verification of aided hearing instrument performance;
  (9) taking of earmold impressions;
  (10) verification of hearing instrument fitting and functional gain measurements using a calibrated system;
  (11) anatomy and physiology of the ear;
  (12) counseling and aural rehabilitation of an individual with a hearing impairment for the purpose of fitting and dispensing hearing instruments;
  (13) use of an otoscope for the visual observation of the entire ear canal;
  (14) laws, rules, and regulations of this state and the United States; and
  (15) the proper procedures for sound level measurements.
(c) The apprentice must provide written proof of attendance or completion of an approved course on a department-approved form or in a manner prescribed by the department.

Source Note: The provisions of this §112.44 adopted to be effective October 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 4458