Audiologic Habilitation of the Pediatric Population

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Pre -requisites: AUDI 7216, HLAG 6533 In this course the different techniques used to habilitate the pediatric hearing -impaired population will be discussed. The historical development of oral and manual philosophies will be presented and the student will be exposed to the educational models u sed to teach the deaf child, as well as, with partial hearing loss. Implications of acoustic phonetics in amplification and intervention plan development will be discussed. The assistive technology used to support academic and social activities will be presented and psychosocial aspects of hearing loss associated to counseling of family and teachers will be addressed.