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1
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What are the goals of an initial assessment (3)?

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Determine communication demands, evaluate impact of hearing loss, identify problem settings

2
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What are the goals of a final assessment (4)?

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Improved conversational fluency, decrease communication difficulties, repeat of initial assessment materials, critique of AR program

3
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What are factors that define conversational fluency (4)?

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Sharing of speaking time, time spent in silence, exchange of information and ideas, time spent repairing communication breakdowns

4
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Minimal communication breakdowns, ideas easily exchanged, no dominance amongst one speaker, minimal silence

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High conversational fluency

5
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Numerous communication breakdowns, minimal exchange of ideas, one speaker dominates, awkward silence

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Low conversational fluency

6
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Period spent delivering a contribution to a conversation

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Conversational turn

7
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Average words spoken during turn

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Mean length of speaking turn (MLT)

8
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A way to assess the sharing of speaking time

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Mean length turn ratio (MLT ratio)

9
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What measures do we need to consider to assess conversational fluency (3)?

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Conversational setting and situation, complexity of topic, creation of conversation that elicits difficulty

10
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What are some procedures to measure conversational fluency and communication difficulties?

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Interview, questionnaire, daily log, group discussion, structured communication interaction

11
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Used to garner subjective responses regarding communication breakdown, difficulty to quantify information, informally elicit specific information

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Interview

12
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What are some factors required to be a good interviewer?

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Good listener, attentive, non-judgemental, encouraging of conversation, committed to helping individuals

13
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____ ____affects conversational fluency

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Conversational difficulties

14
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Quick and easy to administer, may provide rating scale for ranking difficulty, use assessment instrument to elicit specific information, may miss important patient specific information, patient rates their own difficulty, gives us qualitative or quantitative information

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Questionnaire

15
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What is the most popular way to assess conversational fluency and conversational difficulties?

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Questionnaires

16
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What are some types of questionnaires that are used in assessing conversational fluency and conversational difficulties?

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Abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit, Client oriented scale of improvement, etc.

17
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Implement method to self-monitor progress, rate amount of conversations understood, record difficulties in listening situations, provides quantitative information in a long period, records types of repair strategies

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Daily log

18
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Group of people identify concerns, group leader facilitates discussion, establish ground rules, everyone is encouraged to participate, some patients may be reluctant to participate

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Group discussion

19
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Stimulate conversational exchanges to depict difficulties, clinician and client evaluate stimulated conversation, discuss flow, turn-taking, and person’s understanding of conversation, can be time-consuming

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Structured communication interaction

20
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Carry out spontaneous exchange between communication partners that mimics real life situations, clinician uses elicitation techniques to create breakdown, assess client’s repair strategies, results may vary as a function of communication partner

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Unstructured communication interaction