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Goals of speech therapy:
To assess and diagnosis speech and
language disorders,
To improve intelligibility of speech.
To improve muscle function of oral
mechanism
To provide alternate methods of
communication for who will not gain
normal speech
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To provide information to the
patients and relatives about patient
illness.
To counsel the patient and their
families regarding speech and
language disorders
Hearing loss
is the inability to hear auditory
signals less than 2.5dl in frequency
range of 250 to 800 Hz
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Itoccurs when ear is not sensitive to
what it should be
Basic handling tools of different
frequencies to determine the type of
hearing losses
From this a record of patients hearing
called audiogram is taken
Modern audiology department has
equipments like impedance
audiometer, response audiometer
etc
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Goals of audiology:
To elevate degree and type of
hearing impairments.
Based on diagnosis recommend
appropriate rehabilitative programs
To provide consultation and
evaluation of disease condition to
patient and families
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Hearing loss can be helped out with
medical treatment, surgical treatment
of hearing aids
Hearing and speech has close relation
because hearing is normal way to
understand speech
Location:
need not be in the prime location
Traditionally it is a part of ENT
department
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Besides ENT it has interactions with
many departments like paediatrics,
neurology, physical medicine etc.
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Facilities: The following facilities are
needed
Reception and control room
Waiting area
Office room and administrative area.
Sound treatment room
Audiological assessment room
Therapy room
Store room
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Organisation:
key person in the unit is speech
pathologist and audiologist.
Speech pathologist diagnosis and
treatment of speech therapy
Audiologists is treatment and
diagnosis fo hearing impaired
AIIMS, Speech and Hearing Institute in
Mysore train speech pathologists
andaudiologists
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