Graduation Year
2002
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Au.D.
Degree Granting Department
Audiology
Major Professor
Nancy Patterson, Chair
Co-Major Professor
Theresa Hnath-Chisolm, Chair
Committee Member
Robert Zelski
Committee Member
William Kealy
Keywords
Audiology, Aural Rehabilitation
Abstract
A need has been established for aural rehabilitation (AR) sessions throughout the years. The literature reviewed here demonstrates that new hearing aid users do benefit from a structured follow-up AR program. However, this need is often not met for a variety of patient and audiologist related factors. Therefore, an AR program that could be viewed at home has been suggested. I have developed a prototype for a CD-ROM based aural rehabilitation (AR) program. Included in the program are communication and speechreading strategies, which are the most prevalent materials in AR. The instructional and interaction portions of the prototype were created to be understood by the average person. The prototype includes the use of video, graphics, and audio to support the written information and to incorporate a sense of excitement into the CD-ROM based program.
Scholar Commons Citation
Macdonald, Sierra, "Development of an Aural Rehabilitation CD-ROM" (2002). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1525
