Aural rehabilitation, often referred to as aural rehab or A.R., encompasses a wide set of practices aimed at optimizing a person’s ability to participate in activities that have been limited as a result of hearing loss. “SLPs play a role in the screening, assessment, and rehabilitation of persons with hearing loss” (American Speech-Language Hearing Association, n.d.).
Treatment
Once the needs assessment is complete, aural rehab helps the person with hearing loss to organize and actively take charge of communication by creating a hearing loss management plan. The person with hearing loss can begin to tackle the obstacles presented in important communication events and try out and evaluate possible solutions. Those might include the use of hearing assistive technology and/or captions, communication strategies, auditory training sessions to build stamina for listening and sustained attention and relaxation techniques.
Additional Resource
Reference
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Aural Rehabilitation for Adults. (Practice Portal). Retrieved November 29, 2021, from www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Professional-Issues/Aural-Rehabilitation-for-Adults/