An Alternative to Aural Rehabilitation for the Older Hearing-Aid User: An Educational Model Using Supportive Services.

Patterson, Karen; Dancer, Jess

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ERIC Number: EJ363307

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Publication Date: 1987

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An Alternative to Aural Rehabilitation for the Older Hearing-Aid User: An Educational Model Using Supportive Services.

Patterson, Karen; Dancer, Jess

Educational Gerontology, v13 n5 p411-15 1987

Describes model for delivering aural rehabilitation services to help older hearing impaired persons adjust to a hearing aid and to foster more successful communication. Discusses training of providers by audiologists and explains the four phases of program: education, desensitization, rehabilitation strategies, and responsibility training. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Delivery Systems, Hearing Aids, Hearing Impairments, Hearing Therapy, Models, Older Adults, Rehabilitation Programs, Social Services, Social Support Groups

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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