COMD 4373 Introduction to Aural Rehabilitation
This course introduces undergraduate students of communication sciences and disorders to aural rehabilitation in children and adults. Students will learn principles of amplification, including hearing aid components, personal and group amplification systems, troubleshooting techniques, cochlear implants, assistive listening devices and soundfield acoustics. Students will learn how to apply these principles within the context of various intervention methods to best benefit individuals diagnosed with varying degrees of conductive and sensorineural hearing loss. In addition, students will learn how to assess the degree to which hearing impairment impacts the life of individuals and their loved ones. Students will be trained on how to design and convey various intervention methods to minimize the effect of hearing impairment. They will also be introduced to vestibular rehabilitation and pharmacology of hearing.