Exam 1: Ch.4 Flashcards
Traditionally, auditory training has been used to improve…
a person’s ability to communicate
What are the 5 parts of the communication model?
- Speaker/Source
- Message
- Feedback (of speech)
- Environment
- Listener/receiver
Failure/disruption of any component of the communication model will result in….
failure of communication
Auditory perception is…
Awareness, recognition, and interpretation of auditory stimuli received in the brain. (Getting auditory info to the brain)
Vowels give you _____ and consonants give you ______
Awareness; intelligibility
What are the suprasegmentals?
a. Intonation
b. Stress
c. Pitch
d. Rhythm
____ have a longer duration than ____
Vowels; consonants
Define speech perception
The awareness, recognition and interpretation of speech signals received in the brain
___ is only the 1st step in speech perception.
Auditory perception
What are the 7 components of speech perception?
- Detection
- Discrimination
- Identification
- Attention
- Memory
- Closure
- Comprehension
Successful speech processing depends on…
Physical properties and
Redundancy & noise
What is auditory training?
the process of teaching a person w/ HL (child or adult) to take full advantage of available auditory clues.
AT will result in…
- proficient speech and language skills
- better educational and vocational skills
- successful psychosocial adjustment for the patient.
2 general rules of AT for adults
- Learning to maximize the use of residual hearing
2. Adjustment & orientation to hearing aids, CI’s
With AT we are trying to improve the patient’s _______ which will improve ________
Listening Skills ; speech perception skills.
What are 3 environments where AT should be conducted?
- Intense background noise
- Competing speech
- Telephone listening
For AT you want to maximize…
Residual hearing
AT is mostly used with…
- Children who have prelingual (congenital) moderate to profound SNHL
- CI (cochlear implant) recipients
- Those (usually adults) with poor WRS and/or s/p SNHL
AT evaluation is done to….
- Determine if AT is needed
- Obtain baseline for comparison to post training
- Identify problem areas of auditory perception
What are the 4 methods of AT
- Analytic
- Synthetic
- Pragmatic
- Eclectic
Explain the analytic method of AT
Break speech into really small components
Start at phoneme level
Once you master phoneme level you move to syllable level
Once you master syllable level you move on to word level
Explain the synthetic method of AT
Use of syntactic and contextual cues to achieve speech understanding
Explain the pragmatic method of AT
Train the listener to control communication variables if they can
Explain the eclectic method of AT
A combo of all 3 other methods
What does WATCH stand for?
W= watch speaker’s mouth A= ask specific questions T= talk about your HL C= change the situation H= health care knowledge
What are the 3 conversational styles of people with HL
Passive
Aggressive
Assertive
