Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired
| Medical Definition: |
Procedures for assisting a person with a hearing disorder to maximum comprehension in communication. |
| Guide Notes: |
GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; coord IM with type of hearing disord /rehabil (IM); DF: REHABIL HEARING IMPAIRED |
| Previously Indexed: |
Deafness/rehabilitation (1966-1997),Hearing Disorders/rehabilitation (1966-1997) |
Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired Categories.
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Communication Methods, Total - Utilization of all available receptive and expressive modes for the purpose of achieving communication with the hearing impaired, such as gestures, postures, facial expression, types of voice, formal speech and non-speech systems, and simultaneous communication. |
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Lipreading - The process by which an observer comprehends speech by watching the movements of the speaker's lips without hearing the speaker's voice. |
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Manual Communication - Method of nonverbal communication utilizing hand movements as speech equivalents. |
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