title: Aural rehabilitation of hearing-impaired adults (official policy of the British Society of Audiology).
abstract: This report, which outlines the official policy of the British Society of Audiology on the aural rehabilitation of hearing impaired adults, (a) estimates the prevalence of hearing impairment in adults in the United Kingdom; (b) identifies the main problems associated with hearing impairment in adults; (c) outlines the main aural rehabilitative procedures and (d) puts forward recommendations for future developments in this area.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001298:Audiology; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012952:Societies; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D006113:United Kingdom