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SHS 421 Test 1 – Questions & Verified SolutionsRehabilitation Right Ans - to restore skills that were lost
Providers of aural rehab Right Ans - audiologists, SLPs, deaf educators
Who is the primary healthcare professional in management of hearing loss?
Right Ans - audiologist
Aural rehabilitation Right Ans - intervention aimed at minimizing and
alleviating communication difficulties associated with hearing loss
Goals of audiologic rehabilitation: Right Ans - 1. alleviate difficulties related
to HL
2. minimize consequences
3. empower patient
Pre-lingually deaf Right Ans - born without hearing or lose hearing prior to
the development of speech and language
Peri-lingually deaf Right Ans - contract deafness while acquiring a first
language
Post-lingually deaf Right Ans - hearing is lost after the age of 10
Deafened Right Ans - hearing is lost after schooling is completed
Important characteristics of hearing loss as they relate to audiologic
rehabilitation: Right Ans - time of onset
degree of hearing loss
type of loss
speech recognition ability
Types of hearing loss: Right Ans - conductive
sensorineural
mixed
, conductive hearing loss Right Ans - problem with the outer or middle ear
sensorineural hearing loss Right Ans - problem with the cochlea or eighth
nerve
hard of hearing Right Ans - any person who has any amount of hearing loss
deaf Right Ans - individuals with severe to profound degrees of hearing
loss
speech recognition Right Ans - the ability to repeat a word
discrimination Right Ans - the ability to tell if two sounds are the same or
different
phonemic regression Right Ans - a decrease in speech recognition that is
worse than predicted by the audiogram due to aging
what percent of the population has permanent, significant impairment of
hearing Right Ans - 10%
what determines the extent that normal speech and language will be present
in hearing impaired children? Right Ans - time of onset and amount of
hearing loss
impairment Right Ans - a change in the structure or function of a system of
your body
activities limitations Right Ans - the inability to perform a function
(walking, talking)
participation limitations Right Ans - the inability to participate in some
psychosocial function
environmental factors Right Ans - things in the environment that would
impact your disability
personal factors Right Ans - IQ, family support system, ect.
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