1 Chapter 1: Overview of Audiologic Rehabilitation
Chapter organization
Introduction
- Definitions and Synonyms
- Providers of Audiologic Rehabilitation
- Education Needs of Providers
- Hearing Loss Characteristics
Degree of Hearing Loss and Configuration
- Time of Onset
- Type of Loss
- Auditory Speech Recognition Ability
Consequences of Hearing Loss: Primary and Secondary
- Communication Difficulties
- Variable Hearing Disorder/Disability
Rehabilitative Alternatives
- Historical Background
- Contemporary Issues
- Current Status
Procedures in Audiologic Rehabilitation: An AR Model – CORE and CARE
- Rehabilitation Assessment Procedures
- Management Procedures
Settings for Audiologic Rehabilitation
- Children
- Adults
- Elderly
Supplemental Learning Activities
- Hearing Loss Experience – Short video on how simulate a hearing loss using earplugs
- Hearing Loss Simulations – Activity that allows you to listen to what different degrees and configurations of hearing loss might sound like
- Hearing Loss profile – Activity that allows you to select a hearing loss and then see what types of communication concerns might go along with that hearing loss
- All about the dB and reference levels – Short video about how the decibel (dB) is used and the different ‘levels’ used in audiology
- Hearing Loss Classification – Activity that helps you understand type, degree, and configuration of hearing loss
Contemporary Topics in Audiologic Rehabilitation
- Contemporary Issues Professional issues
- Johnson 2012 9 Types of Evidence
- Multicultural Considerations in Audiologic Rehabilitation
Websites
- American Speech / Language and Hearing Association
- American Academy of Audiology
- Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology
- American Disabilities Act
Other Resources
- Why do children and adults need AR? (PDF file, 263k)
- Dallin Millington Article “2000 Survey of Audiologic Rehabilitation” (PDF file, 113k)
- Johnson (2012) 9 Types of Evidence (From Text Page 18)
- Professional Service Delivery and Cultural Competence
- International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology International Outcome Inventory – Hearing Aids
- Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB)
