unit 1 Flashcards
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Deafness
the absence of hearing
other terms for aural (re)habilitation
auditory and audiologic (re)habilitation
Hearing (re)habilitation
(re)habitative audiology
the success of the child’s (re)habilitation
effected heavily by the support system that they have:
parent
teacher
family
aural rehab goals
-repair their abilities to as good as it can be
-we want to give patients as much intensity as they will allow with their hypersensitivity
education
achieve adequate receptive and expressive communication
person can actualize their own resources to meet their unique life situations
help person accept their condition and residual problems associated with HL
most presbycusis loss patients
are hypersensitive
reasons people wait to get help
thing they’re too young
finances
denial
gradual loss
procedures for meeting aural rehab goals
use of devices to minimize the hearing loss
teach strategies and problem solving to person so he can overcome personal, psychosocial, education and vocational difficulties resulting from the HK
Strategies:
lipreading/speechreading
auditory training
counseling, etc
individual accepts problems associated with hearing lose
services related to, but not part of AR are medical intervention and education
- like 10 year olds with conductive hearing loss
Aural habilitation
remedial effort with children having hearing loss at birth
-need to stress the use of things that will help them hear better
make sure to show the parent that their time matters, that their support is most important
who provides aural rehabilitation
SLP, AuD, caregiver, teachers
all aspects of AD are not performed by one person > team approach
crossover for sounds
at 40-60 decibels
what are the educational needs of AR professionals?
Audiologists (AuD) and SLPs
there is a great need for audiologists (AuD) and SLPs to be well prepared in AR
content areas of competence
need to understand:
-characteristics of hearing impairment
-effect of hearing loss on persons
-communication strategies for hearing impaired persons
-auditory training and speechreading
-amplification (make sure that they understand how it works)
Major professional associations
AAA (american academy of audiologists)
ASHA (American speech-language and hearing association)
EAA (educational audibly association)
ARA (academy of rehabilitation Audiology)
incidents of hearing loss in the USA
14-40 million
why does it vary?
-because children’s hearing loss can be transient because of middle ear dysfunction
(10% of the population- 33 million have clinically significant aka permanent loss)
statistics of deaf children
1 million deaf
3 million children are deaf or hard of hearing
children deaf hard of hearing
what about high frequency HL and conductive HL?
school-aged; pre-k
many with additional disability
-ADHD, speech, developmental delay, autism
fastest growing group with age loss
25-35
4-5% of them have hearing loss
high frequency noise induced
75+ year old
40-50% need help
high correlation between untreated hearing loss and high occurrence of Dementia
6-8 times more likely
the longer that they wait, the harder it is to acclimate to the aid
how many hearing aids in the US
6-8 million users
impact of hearing loss
adults have more trouble with understanding language
children with congenital loss have expressive and receptive issues
it is all dependent on different situations, different circumstances, different outcomes
-how long of a loss
-start of the loss
-comorbitity
how to help adults with hearing loss
get them tested get them aids communicate in well lit areas speak clearly do not shout decrease distance from speaker
how to help children with hearing loss
NEED TO GET AIDED
more global approach, working on everything
hearing loss refers to
degree of hearing loss
hearing handicap refers to
interference in communication that results from a hearing loss
factors impacting hearing handicap
- Degree of Hearing Loss
- Time of Onset of Hearing Loss
- Types of Hearing Loss
- sensorineural is the worst
- -retrochoclear is the worst - Configuration of Hearing Loss
- reverse slop has worst clarity - Speech Recognition Ability
- 80+ is preferred - Attitude of Family
- Motivation of Hearing Impaired Individual