Aural Rehab - Final Exam QUESTIONS
N ANSWERS 2025/2026
self efficacy - correct answer ✔✔Definition:
confidence that a person has for preforming a particular task
belief in ones ability to do something
How does a vision impairment impact an aural rehab plan? - correct answer ✔✔audiologic
testing
speechreading/speech perception training
communication strategies training
Hearing aids/ALD's
acknowledgement gestures
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔head nod or head shake in understanding
Message-tailoring strategies
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔influence the way someone constructs a message
Variables that influence everyday communication for those with hearing loss - correct answer
✔✔Listening device effectiveness
Speechreading skills
Residual hearing
Communication strategies
,Emblematic hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔culturally specified gestures (v for victory vs v for
peace)
Iconic hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔depict an item, action, or feature of something being
described (sliding)
Metaphoric hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔depict a metaphor (crazy)
Beat hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔provide emphasis and serve an evaluative or orienting
function (flick wrist with unimportant task)
Deictic hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔locate items, places, or people in space (people over
here vs there)
Regulatory hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔helps guide the flow of conversation (let hands
fall near the end of a speaking turn)
facilitative communication strategies - correct answer ✔✔1. Instructs the talker
2. Structures the listening environment
3. Uses for four factors that influence speechreading
talker - speak clearly, face forward
the message - short sentences, close-ended questions, feedback of understanding
the environment - minimizing background noise, good view of talker
the listener - relaxation techniques, anticipatory conversational content
Instructional strategies
, (influence talker) - correct answer ✔✔asks the talker to change the delivery of the message
persons must identify behaviors that impede their speech recognition efforts, then instruct the
partner about how to change the behavior
Constructive strategy
(influence environment) - correct answer ✔✔Tactic designed to optimize the listening
environment
Analyze the communication environment and identify elements that can be modified or
exploited to optimize communication
examples of constructive strategies - correct answer ✔✔Ensure the talker is well lit to see face
If talker is far away, move closer
Reduce background noise or move to quieter setting
Avoid rooms with sound reverberation
Arrive early to get favorable seating near talker
Adaptive strategies
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔methods of counteracting maladaptive behaviors that
stem from hearing loss
relaxation techniques, anxiety
Maladaptive strategies-
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔inappropriate behavioral coping mechanisms
N ANSWERS 2025/2026
self efficacy - correct answer ✔✔Definition:
confidence that a person has for preforming a particular task
belief in ones ability to do something
How does a vision impairment impact an aural rehab plan? - correct answer ✔✔audiologic
testing
speechreading/speech perception training
communication strategies training
Hearing aids/ALD's
acknowledgement gestures
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔head nod or head shake in understanding
Message-tailoring strategies
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔influence the way someone constructs a message
Variables that influence everyday communication for those with hearing loss - correct answer
✔✔Listening device effectiveness
Speechreading skills
Residual hearing
Communication strategies
,Emblematic hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔culturally specified gestures (v for victory vs v for
peace)
Iconic hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔depict an item, action, or feature of something being
described (sliding)
Metaphoric hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔depict a metaphor (crazy)
Beat hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔provide emphasis and serve an evaluative or orienting
function (flick wrist with unimportant task)
Deictic hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔locate items, places, or people in space (people over
here vs there)
Regulatory hand gesture - correct answer ✔✔helps guide the flow of conversation (let hands
fall near the end of a speaking turn)
facilitative communication strategies - correct answer ✔✔1. Instructs the talker
2. Structures the listening environment
3. Uses for four factors that influence speechreading
talker - speak clearly, face forward
the message - short sentences, close-ended questions, feedback of understanding
the environment - minimizing background noise, good view of talker
the listener - relaxation techniques, anticipatory conversational content
Instructional strategies
, (influence talker) - correct answer ✔✔asks the talker to change the delivery of the message
persons must identify behaviors that impede their speech recognition efforts, then instruct the
partner about how to change the behavior
Constructive strategy
(influence environment) - correct answer ✔✔Tactic designed to optimize the listening
environment
Analyze the communication environment and identify elements that can be modified or
exploited to optimize communication
examples of constructive strategies - correct answer ✔✔Ensure the talker is well lit to see face
If talker is far away, move closer
Reduce background noise or move to quieter setting
Avoid rooms with sound reverberation
Arrive early to get favorable seating near talker
Adaptive strategies
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔methods of counteracting maladaptive behaviors that
stem from hearing loss
relaxation techniques, anxiety
Maladaptive strategies-
(influence message) - correct answer ✔✔inappropriate behavioral coping mechanisms
