SPAA 344 EXAM 5 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
other terms for aural rehabilitation
Auditory and audiologic (re)habilitation
Hearing (re)habilitation
(re)habilitative audiology
Habilitation
examples of habilitation
Cochlear implant clinic
University clinic
School for the deaf
what is aural rehabilitation
Restoring function of hearing and achieving better communication
Goals for Aural Rehab
Sound discrimination
Auditory training
counseling
Localization
Quality of life
Receptive and expressive communication
Giving them the tools to benefit themselves
what is aural habilitation
Remedial efforts with children having hearing loss at birth
Who provides aural rehabilitation?
Adult: audiologist
Children: speech pathologist
,who is involved in aural rehab
Teacher
Slp
Audiologist
Psychologist
Social worker
What are the educational needs of AR professionals
There is a great need for audiologists and SLPs to be well prepared in AR
areas of competence that you need to know for AR
Know hearing losses
Implications of a conductive hearing loss
Implications of a SNHL
How does that loss affect an individual
Understand effect communication strategies and how to implement them
-Lip read, speech read
-Training auditory system
Know about hearing amplification
major professional associations
AAA (American Academy of Audiology)
ASHA (American Speech & Hearing Association)
Education Audiology Association (AR specific)
, Academy of rehabilitation audiology (AR specific)
roughly ___ % of the US have significant hearing loss
10
____-______ (in millions) incidence of hearing loss
14-40
why does hearing loss vary
mostly because children have Chronic OM
children with untreated hearing loss will have issues with ______, ________ and _________
language
confidence
social aspects
prevalence of hearing loss in millions
32-34 million
___ million deaf
1
_____ million US children are deaf and hard of hearing
3 million
Comorbidity
the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual
incidence of 25-35 year olds with hearing loss
4-5%
75+ year old population with hearing problems
DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
other terms for aural rehabilitation
Auditory and audiologic (re)habilitation
Hearing (re)habilitation
(re)habilitative audiology
Habilitation
examples of habilitation
Cochlear implant clinic
University clinic
School for the deaf
what is aural rehabilitation
Restoring function of hearing and achieving better communication
Goals for Aural Rehab
Sound discrimination
Auditory training
counseling
Localization
Quality of life
Receptive and expressive communication
Giving them the tools to benefit themselves
what is aural habilitation
Remedial efforts with children having hearing loss at birth
Who provides aural rehabilitation?
Adult: audiologist
Children: speech pathologist
,who is involved in aural rehab
Teacher
Slp
Audiologist
Psychologist
Social worker
What are the educational needs of AR professionals
There is a great need for audiologists and SLPs to be well prepared in AR
areas of competence that you need to know for AR
Know hearing losses
Implications of a conductive hearing loss
Implications of a SNHL
How does that loss affect an individual
Understand effect communication strategies and how to implement them
-Lip read, speech read
-Training auditory system
Know about hearing amplification
major professional associations
AAA (American Academy of Audiology)
ASHA (American Speech & Hearing Association)
Education Audiology Association (AR specific)
, Academy of rehabilitation audiology (AR specific)
roughly ___ % of the US have significant hearing loss
10
____-______ (in millions) incidence of hearing loss
14-40
why does hearing loss vary
mostly because children have Chronic OM
children with untreated hearing loss will have issues with ______, ________ and _________
language
confidence
social aspects
prevalence of hearing loss in millions
32-34 million
___ million deaf
1
_____ million US children are deaf and hard of hearing
3 million
Comorbidity
the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in a single individual
incidence of 25-35 year olds with hearing loss
4-5%
75+ year old population with hearing problems
