Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Telehealth Aural Rehabilitation Program for Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients
Publication: Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
Volume 6, Number 6
Pages 1504-1512
Abstract
Purpose:
A comprehensive aural rehabilitation (AR) program incorporates sensory management, perceptual training, counseling, and instruction. However, the process of designing and implementing such a program is inconsistent across clinical sites, and additional information regarding the use of teleaudiology to implement AR services is needed. The purpose of this clinical focus article is to describe the process of creating and implementing a comprehensive teleaudiology AR program for older adults who use cochlear implants (CIs) at the University of South Alabama (USA) Speech & Hearing Center.
Conclusions:
A comprehensive teleaudiology AR program may be successfully designed and implemented for older adult populations. Information provided in this clinical focus article may serve as a guide or example for other trained health care professionals looking to create an in-person or telehealth AR program for older adults who use CIs.
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- Received: Apr 19, 2021
- Revised: Jul 17, 2021
- Accepted: Jul 23, 2021
- Published online: Oct 13, 2021
- Published in issue: Dec 17, 2021
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