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Hear us Out: Aural rehabilitation for older adults
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- Author(s) / Creator(s)
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Currently there are few rehabilitation resources available to older adults with hearing loss. Aural rehabilitation techniques are not always offered upon diagnosis by an audiologist or hearing aid practitioner, and the few programs that are in existence are not consistently available or well known. Aural rehabilitation programs fall under the scope of practice of both Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists; both professions are suited to deliver educational programming on this topic. Older adults residing in supportive-living facilities were consulted to discover what aural rehabilitation would be valuable to them. Out of these discussions and an analysis of literature, an aural rehabilitation program (consisting of five modules) was developed. The purpose of this program is to facilitate discussion and encourage peer learning with the goal of improving the quality of life, especially for older adults who live in supportive or extended-care residences.
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- Date created
- 2017-12-13
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- Type of Item
- Conference/Workshop Poster