Intro to Aural Rehab

Question 1

Audiology is the ?

audiologists ?

Answer 1

health profession responsible for caring for persons with hearing loss and related problems

evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and children

Question 2

SLP is the health profession who engages in professional practice in the areas of ?

SLP provide services related to ?

Answer 2

communication and swallowing across the lifespan

speech production and fluency, language, cognition, voice resonance, swallowing/feeding behaviors and hearing

Question 3

Type B:

-look at ?

Answer 3

hole in ear drum (from PE tubes) or fluid/blockage

ear canal volume (indicates whether eardrum is flat because of fluid or blockage or flat because of hole)

Question 4

hearing is a

Answer 4

brain event

Question 5

Conductive hearing loss: 
problems in ? 
examples: 
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can occur due to diseases or conditions that affect ?

Answer 5

outer or middle ear

cerumen impaction

tympanic membrane perforation

osteoclerosis: bony growth on stapes footplate

middle ear infection: effusion - fluid in middle ear cavity

Question 6

Sensorineural hearing loss:
problem in?

examples: 
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- .. exposure 
-.. infection 
-acoustic ? 
auditory ?

Answer 6

cochlea and or nerve

presbycusis (age-related HL)

noise exposure

ototoxic medications

viral or bacterial infection (meningitis)

acoustic neuroma: tumor growing in internal auditory meatus

auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder ( ANSD)- dyssynchrony in firing of 8th CN neurons

Question 7

Candidate for cochlear implant: 
children
-how old 
-.... lingual?
-what type of loss
-no 
limited benefit from?
lack of 
support system to include 
realistic expectations 
-commitment to 
-educational

Answer 7

12 months to 17.11 years old 
-prelingual, perilingual, post lingual 
bilateral to severe to profound  SNHL 
-medical contraindications 
-appropriately fit HAs
-auditory progress

• follow up/AR
• CI support and auditory-oral lang

Question 8

Candidate for adults:

• what age
• …lingual
• what type of loss
• no
• ….
• support system to include
  1. … expectations
  2. desire to be
  3. commitment to

Answer 8

18+ (no upper age limit) 
postlingual 
moderate to profound SNHL 
no medical contraindications 
-limited/no benefit from appropriately fit Has 

support system to include

• realistic expectations
• desire to be part of hearing world
• commitment to follow-up/AR

Question 9

How do we work with individuals with hearing loss

aural habilitation/aural rehabilitation:
-intervention for persons who have not developed ?

intervention aimed at ?

Answer 9

listening speech and language skills

minimizing and alleviating the communication difficulties associated with hearing loss