page_title: Aural rehabilitation
section_title: General steps included in the aural rehab of a child (infant, toddler, child)
hierarchical_section_title: Aural rehabilitation / General steps included in the aural rehab of a child (infant, toddler, child)
caption_attribution_description: Picture of an infant wearing a hearing aid
context_page_description: Aural rehabilitation is the process of identifying and diagnosing a hearing loss, providing different types of therapies to clients who are hard of hearing, and implementing different amplification devices to aid the client’s hearing abilities. Aural rehab includes specific procedures in which each therapy and amplification device has as its goal the habilitation or rehabilitation of persons to overcome the handicap caused by a hearing impairment or deafness.
  Aural rehabilitation is frequently used as an integral component in the overall management of individuals with hearing loss and refers to services and procedures for facilitating adequate receptive and expressive communication in individuals with hearing differences. Aural rehabilitation is often an interdisciplinary endeavor involving physicians, audiologists and speech-language pathologists.
context_section_description: Identification of Hearing loss
  Audiological evaluation
  Hearing aid and or assistive listening device evaluation and use
  Parental guidance to select appropriate therapy program
  Early intervention program
  Communication skill development (auditory, speech/language, sign)
  Literacy development (cognition, writing, reading)
  Regardless of treatment method for an infant, toddler, or child, the following problems have to be considered:
  Perceptual problems
  Communication problems (aural, oral, manual)
  Literacy problems (cognitive, memory, dexterity)
  Social, emotional, psychological problems
  Education and vocational placement problems
  Family and societal problems
caption: Infant wearing hearing aid
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