AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

Aural Rehabilitation • Communication Strategies

–Learn how to let listener know you don’t understand –Environmental modifications –Developing good communication skills

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Aural Rehabilitation • Body Language/Speech Reading –Whole picture –Watching teeth, tongue, and lips to predict sounds heard

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Assistive Listening Devices

• Amplified telephones • TV Ears • Television captioning • TTY (phone) • Alerting devices – draw attention to sounds source by using other senses –Flashing lights for doorbell, phone, smoke detectors

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