Provides a fast-paced, "rubber meets the road" experience in exploring the complex challenges of aural rehabilitation by immersing students in the real world of clinical practice and decision making. Includes casebook reflections, learning activities, and a lifespan perspective.
KEY BENEFITS: This first edition text prepares students with a solid foundation of essential auditory rehabilitation concepts, knowledge, and skills within the context of critical contemporary issues.
KEY TOPICS: Key issues covered in the text include the psychosocial aspects of hearing impairment, multicultural issues, professional issues, evidence-based practice, hearing loss and aging, auditory plasticity, collaboration and teaming, and the expanding scopes of practice.
MARKET: Written for undergraduate students taking introductory Communication Sciences and Disorders courses or graduate students taking speech-language pathology courses.