Deck 14: Audiologic Habilitationrehabilitation: Techniques

Question 1

Hearing aids are the only management option for adults with hearing loss.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which of the following are psychosocial problems associated with hearing loss:

A)Anxiety
B)Anger
C)Self-consciousness
D)All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

An example of a computer-based program for auditory training in adults is ___________.

Answer 3

Listening and Communication Enhancement LACE)

Question 4

What is the difference between habilitation and rehabilitation?

Question 5

Patients usually remember over 80% of what they hear following an explanation of hearing test results.

Question 6

Decreased memory,attention,and processing speed are all examples of ______________ factors that can affect communication in elderly persons with hearing loss.

Question 7

Consequences of complete unilateral hearing loss include:

A)Problem localizing the source of sound
B)Risk for academic problems
C)Risk for language impairment
D)All of the above Short Answer

Question 8

Grandparents and siblings are not affected when a family member has a hearing loss.

Question 9

Patients and family members who have psychosocial problems associated with hearing loss sometimes need to be referred to professional counselors for management.

Question 10

Helping a patient and family members cope with hearing loss is known as ___________________ counseling.

Question 11

__________ counseling may help older patients who may be dealing with psychosocial problems such as isolation and depression due to their hearing loss.

Question 12

The _______________ approach is a family-centered variation of the auditory-oral strategy that maximizes normal daily parent-child interaction to promote development of effective communication,rather than reliance on professionals to teach speech and language skills.

Question 13

What do the acronyms ASL and SEE stand for?

Question 14

What is the oral approach to communication?

Question 15

___________________ counseling is explaining the results of hearing assessment and what should be done next.

Question 16

Professional counseling is appropriate when a patient is clinically depressed because of his or her hearing loss or related disorder,like tinnitus.

Question 17

The _____________ approach to communication places an emphasis on the child's residual hearing through the use of amplification with the goal of developing listening skills through natural communication.

Question 18

The strategy of using visual cues from the face and lips to better understand speech is known as _____________.

Question 19

Explain in some detail why audiological habilitation is challenging for infants and young children with hearing loss.

Question 20

Habilitation of hearing loss in children needs to be family centered.

Question 21

Define "bilingual-bicultural education" for children who are deaf.