CSD 277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hearing Aid, Speech-Language Pathology, Habilitation

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Course: CSD 277
• Professor: Robert Marshall

Document Summary

Intervention in adults and children: aural (re-)habilitation, children. Steps taken to minimize negative effects of a prelingual or post lingual hearing loss: early id of hl, referral for speech therapy, obtain amplification, adopt a communication plan, early intervention. Steps to help individuals with hl realize their optimal communication potential: amplification, assistive technology, training. Finances: embarrassment, think they don"t need it, average length of time from diagnosis to intervention is 7 years, benefits vs limitations of ha"s, benefits. Improved audibility in quiet or easy listening conditions. Improved communication function: reduction in perception of handicap. "processed" - analog - digital converter: gathers sound through the microphone, amplified, delivered to receiver in ear, better, precise tuning, more expensive, amplification for children, medical clearance needed from physician or ent. Implantable ha"s: cochlear implant, magnet right under the skin, external magnet. Surgically put electrodes in cochlea: bone anchored ha (baha) Speech processor - selects and arranges sounds picked up by the microphone.