Idaho State University

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  • 1 Overview of AR
  • 2 Hearing Aids and Assistive Devices
  • 3 Cochlear Implants and Vestibular/Tinnitus Rehabilitation
  • 4 Auditory Stimuli in Communication
  • 5 Visual Stimuli in Communication
  • 6 Language and Speech of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • 7 Psychosocial Aspects of Hearing Impairment and Counseling Basics
  • 8 Audiologic Rehabilitation Services in the School Setting
  • 9 Audiologic Rehabilitation for Children: Assessment and Management
  • 10 Audiologic Rehabilitation for Adults and Elderly Adults: Assessment and Management
  • 11 Implementing Audiologic Rehabilitation: Case Studies
  • 12 Case Studies: Adults/Elderly Adults
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Interactivities Activities

Hearing Loss Experience - This activity directs the learner on how to properly insert an instructor-supplied earplug through a brief slide show. It then instructs them to use it for at least four hours of their day and provides an outline for writing a summary of their experience.

Hearing Aid Experience - This activity directs the learner on the correct way to place an instructor-supplied hearing aid in their ear. This is done through a brief slide show. Another slide show directs the learner on how to create a simple temporary mold using common clinical materials. Finally, there is an outline to assist the learner in writing a summary of their experience.

Hearing Loss Simulations - Three digital audio samples, filtered to simulate normal hearing, a high frequency hearing loss, and a low frequency hearing loss are presented in this activity. Audiograms representing each hearing pattern are also displayed.

Hearing loss Profile – This activity allows the learner to input a hearing loss and see what type of communication difficulties that type of hearing loss would exhibit.

Hearing Loss Classification – To help understand the process of categorizing hearing loss in terms of type, degree, and configuration, this activity provides the learner with sample audiograms and asks them to categorize the loss in all three ways. The activity also helps the learner predict what the SRT should be and relate probably word recognition scores to the type of hearing loss represented by the audiogram.

dB Reference Levels – This activity allows the learner to explore the relationship between dB SPL, dB HL, and dB SL.

Linguistic Constraints -To demonstrate the concept of linguistic constraint, this activity shows a sentence with four words. Learners begin by guessing what one of the words might be. When a correct word is found, it is displayed. From this, the learner can begin to figure out the other words. The number of tries each word requires is displayed under the word. Common results show many guesses for the first word, less for the next and very few for the last two. A second, and much harder activity has double the number of words.

Cloze Procedure - To demonstrate a listener’s ability to “fill in” missing information, two different activities are presented. One activity is a visual-only task displaying a paragraph of information with some words removed. Learners are to figure out the missing information and then check to see if they have the correct words. The second activity is similar except brings in the auditory component. The learner will hear a paragraph with some words removed. They can then fill in the missing words and check to see if they have the correct information.

Tracking Activity - Tracking is a way of measuring how many words are recognized over a given time frame. This activity requires two people, one to read the material and one to repeat the material back. The activity computes the tracking score in terms of words per minute.

Articulation vs Filtered Speech - This activity allows you to hear what speech might sound like when different speech acoustic information has been filtered out. It will demonstrate the relationship of power vs clarity.