Study Guide Flashcards
What are guidelines for effective communication with a hearing impairment?
- look at the speaker, positioning yourself to get a view of the speaker’s face
- try to direct the conversation to a quiet area of the room
- eliminate background noise
- use assistive listening devices
- reduce the distance between you and the speaker
- ask for repetitions, repeat or rephrase what you think you heard.
- Relax! Don’t strain to understand every word that is spoken
- Maintain a sense of humor and be prepared to laugh at your mistakes!
What are the ten commandments for communicating successfully with persons affected by hearing loss, for significant others?
- thou shalt get the attention of the person with hearing loss before you begin speaking.
- thou shalt speak face-to-face whenever possible
- thous shalt not speak from another room
- thou shalt not speak with your back towards the person with hearing loss
- thou shalt not start speaking and then turn away from the person with hearing loss
- thou shalt not speak in competition with anything else.
- thou shalt try to remove obstructions while speaking (such as your hand from in front of your mouth and food in your mouth)
- thou shalt speak clearly and distinctly. project and enunciate.
- thou shalt exercise patience when communicating
- thou shalt be supportive to the person with hearing loss
What is auditory processing?
- “what we do with what we hear”
- auditory processing is the efficiency and effectiveness by which the central nervous system (CNS) utilizes auditory information
- all individuals with LONG TERM HEARING LOSS develop difficulties with processing auditory information. Lack of auditory input over time can cause an atrophy of the central auditory system.
What is (C)APD?
(C)APD is a deficit in the neural processing of auditory stimuli that is not due to a higher-order, cognitive, or related factors, yet CAPD may be lead to or be associated with difficulties in higher order language learning, cognitive, and communication functions.
Hearing is normal
CAPD can coexist with other disorders such as language impairment, ADHD, and learning disabilities.
What are causes of CAPD?
- TBI (Trauma)
- Tumors
- Chemotherapy treatment
- viral infections
- lead poisoning
- lack of oxygen (anoxia)
- auditory deprivation
- family history
- degenerative disorders (MS, Alzheimers, etc..)
- hyperbilirubinemia
What are behaviors of CAPD?
- memory overload
- inability to follow directions/instructions esp. 2-3 step directions
- difficulty hearing in background noise**
- difficulty following oral instructions
- poor listening skills
- academic difficulties
- distracted
- inattentive
What is the definition of an auditory processing disorder?
defined as a deficit in the processing of information in the auditory modality
Do the grid! (typical components of a behavioral central auditory eval…Test type.. processes taxed.. underlying site…
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What are the different Test Types?
- standard audiometric tests
- standard immittance tests
- monaural low redundancy
- binaural interaction tasks
- binaural integration tasks
- binaural separation tasks
- temporal processing tasks
- speech in noise tests
What are the processes taxed & Underlying site for standard audiometric tests?
Processes Taxed: Hearing sensitivity/acuity
Underlying Site: peripheral system
What are the processes taxed & Underlying site for standard immittance tests?
Processes Taxed: signal transmission
Underlying Site: peripheral/central
What are the processes taxed & Underlying site for monaural low redundancy?
Processes Taxed: auditory closure, auditory discriminatino
Underlying Site: auditory cortex/ left hemisphere
What are the processes taxed & Underlying site for binaural interaction tasks?
Processes Taxed: interaction between the ears
Underlying Site: brainstem
What are the processes taxed & Underlying site for binaural integration tasks?
Processes Taxed: closure, integration, ordering
Underlying Site: right hemisphere, left hemisphere, corpus collosum
What are the processes taxed & Underlying site for binaural separation tasks?
Processes Taxed: neuromaturation, separation
Underlying Site: left hemisphere/corpus collosum
