title: An Audiological Fear Reduction Program for a Child.
abstract: This article presents a program for reducing the fear of audiological procedures in a 6-year-old female student who is deaf. Developed by a school audiologist and the school counselor, this eight-session program involved several interventions. These included familiarizing the subject with the procedures and providing reassurance, hands-on activities, graded exposure to the procedures, peer modeling, and reinforcement for cooperation with the procedures. A significant reduction in anxiety and an increase in cooperation with audiological procedures at the school was noted. At 8-month follow-up, the client was cooperative when earmolds were made for her at the school. In addition, some generalization to another audiological setting was reported.
authors.affiliation: St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daar
authors.affiliation: St. Francis de Sales School for the Deaf, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Henna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grunblatt