Aural rehabilitation seeks to Right Ans - -restore (or establish) a patient's
ability to communicate
-alleviate the difficulties related to hearing loss and minimize its
consequences.
Audiologists take the lead role in providing treatment for Right Ans - adults
SLP's take the lead role in providing treatment for Right Ans - children
Hard of hearing: (person) Right Ans - person with sufficient residual
hearing, often through use of hearing aids, to use audition as primary channel
for communication
Deaf: (person) Right Ans - person with hearing impairment so severe that
audition is not primary channel for communication
*Deaf*
vs hearing loss Right Ans - -Vision rather than audition is primary channel
for communication and learning
-Often have poor verbal language
-Often candidates for cochlear implant
*Hearing Loss*
vs deaf Right Ans - -Type/degree/configuration of hearing loss
-Prevents individual from hearing specific sounds
-*Intervention* is:
-medical resolution of HL
-use of amplification
Hearing Handicap Right Ans - -Psychosocial disadvantages of hearing loss
-Based on person's ability to function in everyday life
-Intervention
-Amplification
Speech-language therapy
-Educational support
-Counseling
, As of 2015, ____ million people worldwide suffer from hearing loss. Right
Ans - 700
Goals of auditory rehabilitation Right Ans - -Alleviate the difficulties
related to hearing loss
-Minimize its consequences
-Provide maximum access to auditory signal
Parameters of hearing loss Right Ans - -what is the severity?
-when did the hearing loss began?
-what is the cause?
-how quickly has the loss progressed?
Onset of hearing loss: Right Ans - -Prelingual
-Perilingual
-Postlingual
-Congenital
-Acquired
Prelingual Right Ans - Acquired before acquisition of spoken language
Perilingual Right Ans - During acquisition of spoken language
Postlingual Right Ans - After acquisition of spoken language
Congenital Right Ans - Present at birth
Conductive Hearing Loss Right Ans - Loss of loudness
Sensorineural Hearing loss Right Ans - Loss of loudness, clearness
(time course) hearing loss can be categorized as Right Ans - progressive, or
sudden.
Moderately-severe 56-70 dB Right Ans - •Can miss 100% of speech
without amplification
•Will rely on visual cues to supplement hearing
•Significant delays in communication skills and academic progress without
aggressive intervention
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