CD 444 Exam Study Guide Solutions

CD 444 Exam Study Guide Solutions Aural rehabilitation seeks to - ANSWER--restore (or establish) a patient's ability to communicate -alleviate the difficulties related to hearing loss and minimize its consequences. Audiologists take the lead role in providing treatment for - ANSWER- adults SLP's take the lead role in providing treatment for - ANSWER-children Hard of hearing: (person) - ANSWER-person with sufficient residual hearing, often through use of hearing aids, to use audition as primary channel for communication Deaf: (person) - ANSWER-person with hearing impairment so severe that audition is not primary channel for communication *Deaf* Copyright ©EMILLYCHARLOTE 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 2/11 vs hearing loss - ANSWER--Vision rather than audition is primary channel for communication and learning -Often have poor verbal language -Often candidates for cochlear implant *Hearing Loss* vs deaf - ANSWER--Type/degree/configuration of hearing loss -Prevents individual from hearing specific sounds -*Intervention* is: -medical resolution of HL -use of amplification Hearing Handicap - ANSWER--Psychosocial disadvantages of hearing loss -Based on person's ability to function in everyday life -Intervention -Amplification Copyright ©EMILLYCHARLOTE 2025 ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Page 3/11 Speech-language therapy -Educational support -Counseling As of 2015, ____ million people worldwide suffer from hearing loss. - ANSWER-700 Goals of auditory rehabilitation - ANSWER--Alleviate the diffic