CDS 484 529 Midterm Exam Study Guide The midterm exam will consist of multiple choice true false and short answer questions Reviewing the topics listed below will help to guide your preparation for the exam Reviewing the extra credit assignments attending the review session and asking questions during office hours are other ways to supplement your studying Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation Lecture 1 and Chapter 1 Aural rehabilitation definition Aural rehabilitation goals Activity limitations Participation restrictions Services included in an AR plan and who provides them Family and patient centered care Four dimensions of hearing loss Deaf community AR service needs throughout the lifespan Frequent communication partners and AR AR challenges Evidence based practice Understanding scientific articles Meta analysis systematic review Key components of AR Hearing Loss and Hearing Assessment Review Lecture 2 and Chapter 2 Parts of the ear and their functions Types of hearing loss Hearing screenings Basic hearing evaluation Pure tone audiometry air and bone conduction Audiogram Configuration of hearing loss Degree of hearing loss know the boundaries on Slide 28 of lecture 2 Symmetry of hearing loss Pure tone average Be prepared to describe the degree configuration type and symmetry of hearing loss on an audiogram as done in the in class activity in lecture 2 Speech audiometry Dynamic range Patient variables Advantages and disadvantages of stimulus type for speech audiometry Speech audiometry test procedures Challenges with speech recognition assessment Reliability vs validity Multicultural considerations Sensation level Listening Devices Hearing Aids Lecture 3 and Chapter 3 Effects of sensorineural hearing loss SNHL How hearing aids aim to address the deficits associated with SNHL Compression Over the counter OTC hearing aids and personal sound amplification products PSAPs Steps to the hearing aid fitting process Device selection Hearing aid types Hearing aid components Bilateral vs monaural fittings Verification Orientation Moisture Temperature extremes Contaminants Directional microphone technology Acclimation Realistic expectations Hearing aid care and use Validation Hearing aid troubleshooting Listening Devices Cochlear Implants CIs and Assistive Listening Devices ALDs Lecture 4 and Chapter 3 Tonotopic organization CI components CI speech processing Envelope Fine structure Changes that occur with a CI Shallow insertion depths Speech processing strategies CI programming Contraindications Evaluation for candidacy Trends in candidacy Adult candidacy criteria Hybrid candidacy criteria Hybrid implants Candidacy issues for adults Pediatric candidacy criteria Candidacy issues for children Factors important to CI success for children Simultaneous and sequential implantation Bilateral configurations Troubleshooting CIs Situations where ALDs are helpful HATS vs ALDs Wireless ALDs FM personal and soundfield infrared induction loop bluetooth Wired ALDs Telephone accommodations Closed captioning Auditory Speech Perception and Training Lecture 5 and Chapter 4 Spectral and temporal effects of hearing loss and age Brain plasticity Auditory training goals Auditory training key points Theory behind auditory training transfer appropriate processing theory meaning based orientation affective filter hypothesis Computerization of auditory training Auditory training candidacy Four design principles of auditory training auditory skill stimuli activity type difficulty level Analytic vs synthetic training objectives Cognitive skill based training Formal vs informal training Auditory training for music perception Benefits of auditory training Audiovisual Speech Perception and Training Lecture 6 and Chapter 5 Speechreading Factors that affect speechreading performance Visibility of sounds Rapidity of speech Coarticulation and stress effects Visemes and homophenes Models of audiovisual integration McGurk effect Importance of residual hearing Factors that influence speechreading talker message environment listener Rules of speechreading Assessment of speechreading ability Traditional methods of speechreading training Speechreading today Developing speechreading skills Analytic vs synthetic speechreading Benefits of speechreading training Oral interpreters