Auditory (Re)Habilitation for Adolescents with Hearing Loss: Theory and Practice

There is a growing realisation that many adolescents with hearing loss require special attention. Despite the benefits of early diagnosis, early amplification, and early intervention, some adolescents with hearing loss do not achieve age-equivalent developmental milestones. The purpose of this book is to assist auditory (re)habilitation practitioners in mitigating the negative effects of hearing loss on communicative, socio-emotional, and academic performance of adolescents who rely on auditory-based spoken language to communicate. It is essential that adolescents whose parents chose auditory-based spoken language receive systematic, consistent, well-planned, appropriate auditory (re)habilitation.

In Auditory (Re)Habilitation for Adolescents with Hearing Loss, Jill Duncan, Ellen A. Rhoades, and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick provide practitioners with key milestones considered fundamental to understanding adolescents with hearing loss as well as a pedagogical foundation and general intervention strategies for both planning and direct face-to-face (re)habilitation with adolescents. The authors:

• summarise important issues related to the spoken language development of adolescents
• focus on aspects of communication that are functionally relevant to adolescents with hearing loss
• provide strategies for facilitating auditory-based spoken communication skills.
• conclude with a discussion of factors influencing auditory (re)habilitation, both in service delivery and outcomes
• provide the application of theory to practice through a demonstration of case studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction to Auditory (Re)habilitation for Adolescents Chapter 2. Developmental Considerations Fundamental to Understanding Adolescents with Hearing LossChapter 3. Theories, Philosophies, and Perspectives Underpinning Auditory (Re)habilitation for AdolescentsChapter 4. Auditory (Re)habilitation Framework and Pedagogical Practices Chapter 5. Audiological Management for Adolescents with Hearing Loss Chapter 6. Adolescent Spoken Communication Chapter 7. Communication Assessment in Adolescent Auditory (Re)habilitation Chapter 8. Literacy and Auditory (Re)habilitation Chapter 9. Auditory-based Communication Skills Chapter 10. Adolescents with Hearing Loss: Enhancing Learning Potential via Personal Resources Chapter 11. Strategies For Facilitating Social Communication of Adolescents With Hearing Loss Chapter 12. Computer-Mediated Communication and Its Importance to Adolescents with Hearing Loss Chapter 13. Stakeholder Characteristics Influencing the Auditory (Re)habilitation Process For Adolescents With Hearing Loss Chapter 14. Theory To Practice In Auditory (Re)habilitation For Adolescents: Two Case Studies References