Communication Sciences and Disorders 4411A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hair Cell, Total Communication, Cochlea
8 Apr 2016
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Treatment strategies used to improve communication people who once demonstrated normal hearing but no have hearing impairment. Selection of hearing aids and/or other ampliication devices. Teaching strategies to facilitate communication and repair breakdowns. Treatment strategies used with people who have hearing impairment from birth. Designed to achieve luent communication in manual or oral modality. Here, will use term aural rehabilitation to encompass aural rehabilitation. Guided by factors such as age of person and type of hearing problem. In adults, most efect approach is individualized and comprehensive plan that includes o o o. In children overarching goal is development of healthy, socially and emotionally balanced individuals who are able to integrate into society and lead productive lives. Clinicians work with family to determine most appropriate avenue for habilitation: how child will communicate (speech or sign language, member of oral of deaf community o. Includes myrongoplasty, tympanoplasty with ossiculaplasty, tympanoplasty with mastoidectomy: hearing aids.
