Intro -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- The World Health Organization (WHO) And Hearing-Related Disability -- Services Included in the Aural Rehabilitation Plan -- Where Does Aural Rehabilitation Occur? -- Who Provides Aural Rehabilitation? -- Hearing Loss -- Service Needs -- Culture and Cultural Competence -- Evidence-Based Practice -- Case Study: Applying the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health -- Case Study: Evidence-Based Practice Decision Making -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Appendix 1-1 -- Appendix 1-2 -- Appendix 1-3 -- Part 1: The Components of an Aural Rehabilitation Plan -- Chapter 2. Diagnostics and Listening Devices -- Hearing Testing and the Audiogram -- Speech Recognition Testing and Speech Audiometry -- Listening Devices -- Hearing Aids -- Teleaudiology -- Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids and Personal Sound Amplification Products -- Cochlear Implants -- Hearing Assistive Technology Systems and Assistive Listening Devices -- Case Study: Listen to the Music -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Chapter 3. Auditory-Only Speech Perception and Auditory Training -- Listening to Speech With a Hearing Loss -- Goals of Auditory Training and Candidacy -- Historical Notes -- Brain Plasticity and Auditory Training -- Theoretical Underpinnings for Auditory Training -- Auditory Training to Improve Speech Recognition -- Auditory Training to Improve Music Perception -- Benefits of Auditory Training -- Case Study: Learning to Hear Again -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Chapter 4. Audiovisual Speech Perception and Speechreading Training -- Speechreading for Communication -- Characteristics of a Good Lipreader -- What Happens When Someone Lipreads?.

The Difficulty of the Lipreading Task -- What Happens When Someone Speechreads? -- Factors That Affect the Speechreading Process -- Assessing Vision-Only and Audiovisual Speech Recognition -- Speechreading Training -- Benefits of Speechreading Training -- Oral Interpreters -- Case Study: An Exceptional Lipreader -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Chapter 5. Communication Strategies and Conversational Styles -- Conversation -- Facilitative Communication Strategies -- Repair Strategies -- Stages of Communication Breakdown -- Research Related to Repair Strategy Usage and Communication Breakdowns -- Conversational Styles and Behaviors -- Case Study: A Couple Conversing -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Chapter 6. Communication Strategies Training and Digital Therapeutics -- Conversational Fluency -- Self-Efficacy -- Issues to Consider When Developing an In-Person Training Program -- Getting Started -- Model for Training -- An Example of the Communication Strategies Training Model in Practice: Acknowledgment Tactics -- Program Evaluation -- Short-Term Training -- Communication Strategies Training for Frequent Communication Partners -- Digital Therapeutics -- Benefits of Training -- Case Study: A Digital Chat -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Chapter 7. Counseling, Psychosocial Support, and Assertiveness Training -- The Patient's Story and Narrative Therapy -- Counseling -- Psychosocial Support -- Assertiveness Training -- Related Research -- Case Study: Solving Challenging Situations -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Appendix 7-1 -- Part 2: Aural Rehabilitation for Adults -- Chapter 8. Aural Rehabilitation for Adults.

Prevalence of Hearing Loss Among Adults -- Who Is This Person? -- Where Is the Patient in the Journey? -- A Patient-Centered Approach -- The Aural Rehabilitation Plan -- Tinnitus Intervention -- Case Study: One Size Doesn't Fit All -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Appendix 8-1 -- Chapter 9. Older Adults -- Overview of the Population -- An Aural Rehabilitation Blueprint -- Activity Limitations and Participation Restrictions -- Audiologic Status and Otologic Health -- Life-Situation Factors -- Health Variables -- The Effects of Untreated Hearing Loss -- Aural Rehabilitation Intervention -- Other Services -- The Frequent Communication Partner's Journey -- Aural Rehabilitation in the Institutional Setting -- Case Study: Staying Active -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Part 3: Aural Rehabilitation for Children -- Chapter 10. Detection and Confirmation of Hearing Loss in Children -- Overview -- Detection of Hearing Loss -- Confirmation of Hearing Loss -- Health Care Follow-Up -- Parent Counseling -- Case Study: A Memorable Journey -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Appendix 10-1 -- Appendix 10-2 -- Chapter 11. Infants and Toddlers -- Legislation Concerning Children Who Have Hearing Loss -- The Individualized Family Service Plan -- Communication Mode -- Listening Devices -- Early Intervention Programs -- Parental Support -- Case Study: A Mother's Journey -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Appendix 11-1 -- Appendix 11-2 -- Chapter 12. School-Age Children -- The Transition From Early Intervention Services to Elementary School -- Creation of an Individual(ized) Education Program -- The Multidisciplinary Team.

School and Classroom Placement -- Amplification and Assistive Listening Devices -- Classroom Acoustics -- Other Services -- Children Who Have Mild or Moderate Hearing Loss -- Children Who Have Auditory Processing Disorder -- Children Who Have Unilateral Hearing Loss -- Case Study: IDEA(s) for All Children -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Appendix 12-1 -- Chapter 13. Auditory Training for Children -- Four Design Principles -- Developing Analytic Training Objectives -- Developing Synthetic Training Objectives -- Formal and Informal Auditory Training -- Interweaving Auditory Training With Other Components of Aural Rehabilitation -- Example Programs -- Case Study: Listening With a New Cochlear Implant -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Appendix 13-1 -- Appendix 13-2 -- Chapter 14. Language -- Overview -- Content -- Syntax -- Pragmatics -- Language Evaluation -- Approaches for Teaching Language -- Language Instruction -- Case Study: Vocabulary Gains Following a Speech Perception Training Program With Structured Input -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Chapter 15. Speech and Literacy -- Speech Characteristics -- Assessing Speech Skills -- Speech Therapy -- Literacy Characteristics -- Literacy Evaluation -- Literacy Instruction -- Case Study: Writing Samples From 10- and 11-Year-Old Children -- Final Remarks -- Key Chapter Points -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Key Resources -- Appendix 15-1 -- Glossary -- References -- Index.