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Patient Education Handouts

Last updated on: January 31, 2012

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As a service for audiologists to give to their patients, ADVANCE offers these patient education handouts first in the print version of the magazine, then online. Covering a variety of topics, the handouts speak to patients' concerns about conditions related to hearing and balance, and offer places to look for additional resources. If you have suggestions, email Editor Sherry Fox.

Hearing Loss

Do I Need to Learn Sign Language?

Teach aging patients the benefits and limitations of sign language.

More Hearing Loss

Assistive Technology

Communication in
Noisy Conditions

Educate your patients on the options available if they have difficulty communicating in noisy conditions.

More Assistive Technology

Balance/Dizziness

Balance Problems

This handout will educate your patients on the basics on balance problems.

More Balance/Dizziness

Patient Information

Audiology Abbreviations

Eliminate confusion by providing this run-through of audiology terms.

More Patient Information

Hearing Instruments

Cochlear Implants

Teach your patients about the ins and outs of cochlear implants.

More Hearing Instruments

Tinnitus and Other Hearing Impairments

Tinnitus: An Auditory Processing Disorder

Effective tinnitus treatment frequently requires a team approach.

More Tinnitus and Other Hearing Impairments

Tools and Tests

Electrophysiological Auditory Assessment:
The BAEP

Facilitate better understanding of this important diagnostic test.

More Tools and Tests

Regretfully, auditory processing problems don't always manifest themselves in children. They can be a latent occurrence in adults, compensated for early in life but not so in conjunction with a sensori-neural hearing loss. Speech recognition problems may seem unexplainably worse relative to the degree of hearing loss, skewing expectations with the use of amplification. This article paints auditory processing problems as only a childhood problem.

Robert DeNyse, Audiologist, Fort Wayne Audiology Ctr	January 29, 2010
Fort Wayne, IN

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