Don’t Sweat it! Tips for Better Hearing Success with Your Client!
Don’t Sweat it! Tips for Better Hearing Success with Your Client!
1 hour 30 minutes
Overview
Older adults with hearing loss tend to be more sedentary and less active than those with normal hearing. Several factors may contribute to this relationship, including but not limited to reduced ability to hear sounds and speech, decreased mobility, increased cognitive/listening fatigue and limited hearing accessibility measures. This presentation will review the current literature on the comorbidity of age-related hearing and vestibular loss, as well as evidence-based interventions aimed at addressing these factors.
Learning Objectives
- Upon completion of this workshop participants will be able to create a treatment plan that takes into consideration the patient’s hearing ability.
- Participants will be able to effectively implement communication strategies with individuals with hearing loss.
- Participants will be able to operate hearing aids and verify their functionality prior to communicating with patients with hearing loss.
Speaker biography: Mohamed Rahme
I am a lecturer at the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University. Also, I am a combined M.Cl.Sc. & Ph.D. candidate in Audiology/Hearing Science. My major areas of research interest include activity tracking function of hearing aids, exercise accessibility and promoting physical fitness and hearing health in adults with hearing loss following exercise interventions. My other areas of research interest include pupillometry and measures of listening effort, hearing aid sound quality and validation of clinical simulators.
The instructors
The Seniors’ Health Division (SHD) is a special interest group within the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. SHD is committed to providing members with services related to older adult health and physiotherapy practice.
It is comprised of physiotherapists from across Canada who work with older adults in a variety of practice settings, including acute geriatric care, geriatric rehabilitative and restorative units, long term care settings, community based and home care settings.
SHD is a member of The International Association of Physical Therapists working with Older Persons.
Vision of the Seniors' Health Division: Older Canadians are moving, moving more and moving better with the help of physiotherapists.
Mission of the Seniors' Health Division: To support our members in providing excellent physiotherapy care to optimize the independence and quality of life of older adults.