Pediatric Audiologic Rehabilitation: From Infancy to Adolescence

ISBN-13: 9781604066951 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 240 str.

Elizabeth M. Fitzpatrick; Suzanne P. Doucet

Opis

Pediatric Audiologic Rehabilitation presents
evidence-based information on the clinical and educational management of
children with hearing loss who are learning spoken language from infancy through
adolescence. It provides students, clinicians, and teachers with the
latest practical procedures and techniques for developing auditory and spoken
language skills across a broad spectrum of ages and developmental stages.
Key Features:

• Includes practical, realistic case examples that
  illustrate the application of audiologic rehabilitation
  techniques
• Provides various clinical models of audiologic
  rehabilitation used by well-known leaders in the field
• Contains a
  collection of strategies that practitioners can use to guide parents in their
  child's spoken language development
• May be used to prepare for
  certification exams in audiology and speech-language pathology that include a
  component on audiologic rehabilitation

This book is a practical resource that
brings together current information on auditory and spoken language development
from infancy to adolescence, and it will be a valuable addition to the library
of practicing clinicians, students, and teachers in the field of audiologic
rehabilitation.

Spis treści

1 Audition as the Basis for Spoken Communication
2 Understanding Hearing Loss: Implications for Speech Perception
3 Optimizing Listening Potential through Acoustic Amplification
4 Optimizing Listening Potential through Cochlear Implants
5 Creating Optimal Listening and Learning Environments in the First Years
6 Continuing Listening and Learning in Early Childhood
7 Adapting Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss and Other Special Needs
8 Auditory Learning Environments: Ensuring Acoustic Accessibility
9 Listening and Spoken Language at School Age
10 Literacy, Listening, and Spoken Language
11 Transition to Living as an Adult with Hearing Loss
12 Audiologic Rehabilitation around the World