A Crash Course in Aural Rehabilitation

Course Description:

With appropriately fit amplification, patients with hearing loss who use cochlear implants and hearing aids can have access to all speech sounds required to develop listening and spoken language. However, intensive intervention is required for these patients to learn to listen and receive optimal benefit from their devices. It is important that speech-language pathologists working with this population have relevant background knowledge and training in order to provide appropriate and evidence-based treatment. This course will provide an in-depth review of strategies and therapeutic activities that support auditory, language, and speech skills for both new and experienced listeners. This course will also review audiology concepts including causes of hearing loss, hearing testing, and hearing aids/cochlear implants. The overall goal of this course is to advance speech-language pathologists’ understanding of aural rehabilitation with both pediatric and adult populations.

Speaker:

 Katie Warne, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Katie has worked with children and adults with hearing loss for over 12 years. She received a Master in Speech Pathology with a specialization in auditory-verbal therapy and cochlear implants from the University of South Carolina in 2012.  She received her Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS) certification through the Alexander Graham Bell Academy in 2017. Katie has worked at M Health Fairview as a member of the adult and pediatric cochlear implant team since June 2015.

Financial- Katie receives a salary from Fairview Health Services

Non-financial- Katie is a member of the EHDI Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee.

Agenda:

• Audiology Review (90 minutes)
• Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants (60 minutes)
• Auditory Skill Development (90 minutes)
• Pediatric Aural Rehabilitation (120 minutes)
• Adult Aural Rehabilitation (60 minutes)

• Case Studies (60 minutes)

Learning Outcomes: 

1. List two causes of permanent hearing loss.
2. Describe 2 different ways an audiologist can test a child’s hearing.
3. Describe two differences between hearing aids and cochlear implants.
4. Describe cochlear implant candidacy guidelines for children and adults.
5. List auditory milestones in children up to 4 years of age.
6. List and describe the four levels in Erber’s Hierarchy.
7. List five different goals that can be addressed with pediatric patients with hearing loss during therapy sessions.
8. Describe four auditory learning strategies to use with patients with hearing loss during therapy sessions.
9. Describe two types of assessments to complete with adults during an aural rehabilitation evaluation.
10. List two red flags that suggest amplification may not be working appropriately. 

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