FINAL Flashcards
How is conversational fluency measured?
Mean Length Turn
average words spoken during set of N conversational turns
What are 4 ways to evaluate conversational fluency
- Interview
- Questionnaires
- Daily Logs
- Group Discussion
What are 4 types of questionnaires
- Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefits
- Client Oriented Scale of Improvement–Effects of daily life
- Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults/Elderly
- Listening Inventories for Education
4 types of self efficacy experiences
- Mastery–successful communication interaction
- Vicarious–sees others with success
- Verbal Persuastion
- Emotional Arrousal–relaxation
Models for Communcation Strategy Training
- Formal Instruction–Provided info
- Guided Learning
- Real World Practice
Purpose of short term training and two types
When completion of extended CST isn’t possible.
- Materals Approach
- Short Tutorial (ex: “WATCH”)
CST For Children
Focus on effective listening behaviors, teaching to ask for clarity etc
Counseling
Professional Service to help better understand and solve hearing problems
Two types of counseling
- Informational–info about HL, related ativity limitations/participation restrictions. *explicit categorization
- Personal Adjustment–3 approaches. Goal is to increase self worth.
Three approaches to personal adjustment
- Cognitive–modify thought process Ex: “ABC”
- Behavioral–modify behavior
- Affective–modify emotions
Psychological Support
Valuable when patient’s emotional reactions to HL are negative
Intervention Paradigm for Psychological Support
- Communication difficulties affect person with HL as well as frequent/infrequent comm partners
- Changes in attitude
Objectives = better coping, understand, develop new skills to cope
Problem Solving Framework
- Identification
- Exploration
- Resolution
Objectives for AR plan development
- All individuals involved
- individual roles defined
- conditions for objects defined
- establish time frame
Hearing Aid Evaluation
Use patterns
- Use full time
- Rejection
- Intermittent use