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aimed at restoring optimizing a patient’s participation in activities that have been limited as a result of hearing loss
Aural rehabilitation
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What are some goals of aural rehabilitation?
• Alleviate the difficulties related to hearing los • Minimize the consequences of hearing loss
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refers to how smoothly conversation flows
Conversational fluency
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loss of function imposed by hearing loss (multidimensional phenomenon)
Hearing-related disability
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loss of physical structure and function (Ex: no longer being able to take part in conversation easily because of hearing loss)
Activity limitation
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lifestyle change due to activity limitation (Ex: Avoiding social events because of hearing loss)
Participation restriction
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What is the difference between aural rehabilitation and aural habilitation?
Rehabilitation: restoring a lost skill
Habilitation: developing a skill that was never present; primarily used in reference to children
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What does the degree of hearing loss deal with?
Audiogram, pure tone average, configuration, hard of hearing, deaf, and Deaf (capital D)
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What does an audiogram measure?
Frequency and decibels
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A term for a person with a mild to severe loss (between 26 and 70dB)
Hard of hearing (hearing impaired)
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Person with a profound hearing loss.
deaf
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people who were born deaf or who grew up with deaf family members; share a similar language, culture and educational experiences
Deaf (capital D)
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What are the types of onset?
Congenital, acquired, pre-lingual, perilingual, postlingual
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present at birth, or associated with the birthing process
Congenital
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not present at birth but is incurred later, either as a child or a adult
• Acquired
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hearing loss incurred before the acquisition of spoken language skills
Pre-lingual
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hearing loss incurred after acquiring some spoken language but before acquisition is complete
Perilingual
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