Numerous illustrations, tables, sidebars, and text boxes enrich the presentation of concepts.Chapters begin with Chapter Outlines and end with Key Chapter Points and Terms and Concepts to Remember.Focus on evidence-based approaches to aural rehabilitation.Improved and expanded number of figures that illustrate and illuminate key concepts and ideas Inclusion or expansion of special topics, including auditory processing disorder, hidden hearing loss, unilateral hearing loss, and cultural competency.Speech and literacy acquisition, along with practical examples of lessons (Chapter 15).Language development and language therapy (Chapter 14).Auditory training for children, with detailed guidance for developing training objectives and activities (Chapter 13).Audiological Examination and Listening Devices chapters have been combined into Chapter 2Īssessing Conversational Fluency and Communication chapters are now combined into Chapter 6.Reorganization of chapters combine shared themes and streamline learning:.Important topics throughout include patient-centered services, counseling, diagnostics, selection and fitting of listening devices, conversational fluency and communication strategies training, auditory training, speechreading, language and speech acquisition, and literacy. The text is separated into three sections for the most comprehensive coverage of each topic: Part 1 describes the components of an aural rehabilitation plan, Part 2 concerns adults and their family members, and Part 3 concerns children and their parents.

The book includes case studies, and general demographic, medical, and pop-cultural trends are considered in parallel with corresponding developments in aural rehabilitation. The text offers creative coverage of theory, clinical practice, and research-based approaches for identifying, diagnosing, and treating hearing-related communication disorders in children and adults. Thoroughly updated with three new chapters, Foundations of Aural Rehabilitation: Children, Adults, and Their Family Members, Sixth Edition introduces the fundamentals of audiologic rehabilitation and hearing-related speech-language pathology in an easy-to-read, concise resource for the field of communication sciences and disorders.

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