Aural Rehabilitation

Introduction to rehabilitative audiology. What is aural rehabilitation. Introduction to the handicap of hearing impairment: auditory impairment vs hearing handicap. Introduction to hearing aids. A psychological and economic profile of the hearing impaired and deaf. The vocational impact of hearing impairment, and vocational rehabilitation counselling of the hearing impaired. Audiologic habilitation: The child who is hearing impaired. Family involvement and counselling in serving hearing impaired children. Considerations and strategies for amplification for hearing impaired children. Development of auditory skills in hearing impaired children. Language development for hearing impaired children. Speech development for hearing impaired children. Educational management for hearing impaired children. Audiological Rehabilitation: The adult who is deaf or hard of hearing. The impact of hearing impairment, and counselling the hearing impaired adult. Hearing aid orientation for adult clients. Assistive listening devices and systems for hearing impaired adults. Improving communication through aural rehabilitation treatment: history, theory and application. Speech conservation for adult clients. Considerations for the older adult client. Hearing loss in older adulthood. Who are these aging persons. The impact of hearing loss on older persons: a dialogue. Counselling the hearing impaired older adult. Considerations for the use and orientation to hearing aids for older adults. Techniques of aural rehabilitation treatment for older adults. Visual and multiple impairments in older adults. Evaluation in the aural rehabilitation process. Evaluation of communicative function and successes in aural rehabilitation.