01 - Book, Ch. 1 Flashcards
What is the of goal aural rehabilitation?
To alleviate difficulties related to hearing loss
To minimize the consequences of hearing loss
Hearing loss has been called the ______.
Invisible Condition
What is conversational fluency?
How smoothly a conversation flows
Can conversational fluency be affected by hearing loss?
Yes!
What is a hearing related disability?
The loss of functionality that comes from a hearing impairment
Is a hearing related disability a multidimensional problem?
Yes
What two conditions interact with each other in creating a hearing related disability?
The patient’s hearing impairment and the patient’s real world environment
What word is used to describe children who are receiving aural rehabilitation?
Students
Especially in educational settings
What words are used to describe adults who are receiving aural rehabilitation?
Patients (Most used)
Clients
Consumers
What does impairment mean?
A loss of function
What is a handicap?
A social/vocational consequence of a disability
Some consider this term stigmatizing and prefer “disabled” instead
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
What words can we use to describe the way hearing loss affects an individual in their career and everyday life?
Activity limitations
Participation restrictions
How do frequent communication partners affect those with hearing loss?
Their attitudes and behaviors have a large bearing on the on the patient’s degree of life
What are three psychological factors that affect an individual’s attitude towards hearing loss?
Self-image
Motivation
Assertiveness
Does the society/culture of the patient affect their view of hearing loss?
Yes
What do we call the assessment of hearing loss and speech recognition skills?
Diagnostics and quantification of hearing loss
What is the provision of appropriate listening devices?
Setting someone up with hearing aids, a tactile aid listening device, or cochlear implants + follow up services
What is auditory training?
Structured and unstructured listening practice
What is communication strategies training?
Teaching strategies that enhance conversation and minimize communication difficulties
What is informational/educational counseling?
Instructing a patient about normal hearing, hearing loss, listening device technology, speech perception, and other available services
What is psychosocial support? Who is it for?
Addressing the psychological and social impact of hearing loss
On the patient, on family, on friends, and/or on co-workers
What is frequent communication partner training?
Communication training for spouses, partners, family members, friends, co-workers, etc.
What is speech reading training?
Training someone in speech recognition via both visual and auditory channels
What is speech-language therapy?
It is mainly used for children
Training that emphasizes developing strategies to monitor one’s own speech as well as developing vocabulary, syntax, and pragmatics
What is in-service training?
Specialized training for professions in other fields that may work with those who have hearing loss
(Teachers, nursing home caregivers, etc.)
What is aural habilitation?
Auditory training but for those who were born hearing impaired
What does audiologic rehabilitation emphasize?
Diagnosis of hearing loss and the provision of listening devices
Has less emphasis on follow-up support services
Who provides aural rehabilitation services?
Audiologists
SLPs
Teachers for the Deaf & hard-of-hearing
Who usually takes the primary role on an aural rehabilitation team?
The audiologist, but sometimes it’s the SLP
What do we call hearing loss that is present before birth or due to the birthing process?
Congenital HL
What do we call hearing loss that occurs before the acquisition of spoken language?
Prelingual HL
What do we call hearing loss that occurs after speech begins developing but before speech is mastered?
Perilingual HL
What do we call hearing loss that occurs after speech has been fully acquired?
Postlingual hearing loss
What is the opposite of congenital hearing loss?
Acquired HL
What is an unserved population?
A group of people that is not receiving services due to policy, practice, or environmental barriers
What is an underserved population?
A group of people that is not receiving adequate services
Why are some population underserved?
Not enough outreach or support services
Attitudes of service delivery personnel
Lack of reimbursement policies for AR
Communication or environmental barriers
What is a randomly controlled trial?
One where some participants are randomly selected to participate in a test treatment but the others are not
What is the dependent variable?
What is being measure
What is the independent variable?
What is being altered
