title: Guest editorial: the audiologist as advocate.
abstract: An advocacy process, utilizing the audiologist as advocate, is proposed for auditorily impaired individuals, with six stages: personal contact, assessment, recommendations, implementation, follow-through, and follow-up. The advocacy program is illustrated by general guidelines and by a specific example. The advocacy process enables the hearing-impaired individual to become more independent through individualized programming.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006281:Health Occupations; D006309:Hearing; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012380:Role