Overview of Aural Rehab

Question 1

What is the difference between audiologic rehabilitation and audiological habilitation?

Answer 1

Audiologic rehabilitation is to restore a lost state or function, whereas audiologic habilitation is when the hearing loss is present at birth; thus, there’s no option to restore it

Question 2

What is a definition of audiologic rehabilitation?

Answer 2

a professional works together with someone with a hearing loss to accomplish better communication and reduce resulting differences

Question 3

What is a hearing impairment defined as? What is it measured with?

Answer 3

any amount of hearing loss; measured with an audiometer

Question 4

What is a hearing disabillity? What is it measured with?

Answer 4

the hearing impairment’s effect on the person; measured with subjective scales, such as the hearing handicap inventory for the elderly

Question 5

What are other synonyms for aural rehabilitation?

Answer 5

hearing rehab, audiologic rehabilitation, rehabilitative audiology

Question 6

What does the model C.O.R.E. stand for?

Answer 6

communication status, overall participation variables, related personal factors, environmental factors

Question 7

What does the model C.A.R.E stand for?

Answer 7

counseling and psychosocial aspects; audibility or amplification aspects; remediation of communication activities; environmental/coordination participation improvement

Question 8

What is the difference between deaf vs Deaf

Answer 8

deaf is used to indicate that someone cannot hear, whereas Deaf refers to deafness as a culture