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Psychosocial Adjustment and Disability Discrimination: A Comprehensive Overview, Quizzes of Speech-Language Pathology

Definitions, terms, and insights into the psychosocial adjustment process following a disability diagnosis. It covers various costs associated with disabilities, both monetary and non-monetary, and discusses the legal protections against discrimination under the americans with disabilities act (ada) and equal employment opportunity (eeo). The document also explores speech recognition abilities and challenges for individuals with hearing loss, as well as the purposes and patient variables of speech recognition testing.

What you will learn

  • What are the legal rights of individuals with disabilities under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
  • What are the different communication approaches for individuals with hearing loss and their expected outcomes?
  • What are the purposes of speech recognition testing?
  • What are the costs associated with hearing loss?
  • What are the patient variables that affect speech recognition?

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Old Definition of
Impairment
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what is missing or not working properly
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Disability
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things that couldn't be done because of the impairment
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Handicap
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negative impact of disability
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goes by the biopsychosocial modelinteractions between
health conditions and contextual factors
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Human Function
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functioning at he level of a body or body partthe whole
person in a social context
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Old Definition of

Impairment

what is missing or not working properly TERM 2

Old Definition of

Disability

DEFINITION 2 things that couldn't be done because of the impairment TERM 3

Old Definition of

Handicap

DEFINITION 3 negative impact of disability TERM 4

New

Definition

DEFINITION 4 goes by the biopsychosocial modelinteractions between health conditions and contextual factors TERM 5

Human Function

DEFINITION 5 functioning at he level of a body or body partthe whole person in a social context

Disability of Human Functioning

dysfunctioning at one or more of these levels:impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions TERM 7

Patient-Centered Approach

DEFINITION 7 more than just fitting HAs and assessing hearing ability TERM 8

Thinking About the Person

DEFINITION 8 age, gender, SES, life stage, race/ethnicity/culture, life factors, deaf/hoh, psychological well-being, other hearing related complaints, social/vocational/home communication difficulties, etc. TERM 9

Impact of HL on Young Adulthood

DEFINITION 9 reassess dreamsself-doubt about finding a life partner TERM 10

Impact of HL on the 30s

DEFINITION 10 energy not invested in reassessmenthesitation about change

Other Factors

cultural/linguisticgender TERM 17

Gender: Women

DEFINITION 17 females: family structure: feel that HL will diminish ability to care for kids older females: more reliant on nonverbal repair strategies value on communicating in social settings more likely to gauge emotional temp of situation friendly: repair strategies unfriendly: bluffing younger (35-45) view HAs more negatively vs older (75-85) TERM 18

Gender: Men

DEFINITION 18 males: family structure: may feel loss of means to provide financially middle/older men: poorer speech rec than women more likely to bluff in general TERM 19

Survey of 458 People w/

HL

DEFINITION 19 2/3 have trouble hearing TV3/4 found selves in situations where people or TV not loud enough1/4 stated HL affects their work<5% have asked employer for help re: HL1/4 said HL affected earning potential TERM 20

Deaf Culture

DEFINITION 20 needs different than hoh or deafservice needs may be more related to school/work accommodationsmay want to improve speaking skills

Adjustment to HL

4 stages: pre-hearing loss onset onset of hearing loss diagnosis adjustment TERM 22

1. Pre-HL Onset

DEFINITION 22 person has certain personality, SES, world viewlife factors set in place TERM 23

2. HL Onset

DEFINITION 23 time span between onset of HL and diagnosisoften onset goes undetectedmay feel they are not hearing wellfamily members may notice poorer hearing/communication TERM 24

3. Diagnosis

DEFINITION 24 HL identified, extent of problem revealedanxious, worriedextent to which social, vocational, and educational activities are explored TERM 25

4. Adjustment

DEFINITION 25 begin to adaptmay receive different services counseling psychosocial support assertiveness training speechreading/listening/communication strategies training AR may be focused on minimizing or solving communication problems identified in phase 3

ADA: Title

state and local governmentsguarantees equal access to services/programs/activities of public entitypublic entity: state or local government and all departments TERM 32

ADA: Title

DEFINITION 32 public accommodationsprohibits discrimination on basis of disability in activities in places of public accommodations - buisnesses that are generally open to public and fall into one of 12 categories listed ex: restaurants, movie theaters, schools, daycare, recreation, physiciannewly constructed places of public accommodation must be ADA compliant TERM 33

ADA: Title

DEFINITION 33 telecommunicationstelephone companies must provide telecommunication services to those who are deaf/hoh or speech-impairedclosed captioning all TVs 13" or larger must have captioning capabilities TERM 34

ADA: Title

DEFINITION 34 Miscellaneousexclusion of certain conditions transvestism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, compulsive gambling, pyromania, kleptomania, sexual behavior disorders, etc.protect people w/o disabilities if they seek to advocate on behalf of those w/ disabilitiesprevents "reverse discrimination""severability" TERM 35

Equal Employment Opportunity

DEFINITION 35 Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964: prevents employer discrimination on basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origintitle I and title V of ADA prevents employers from discriminating on basis of dsability

Speech Recognition

ability to perceive a spoken message and make decisions about its lexical composition using auditory and sometimes visual infopeople w/ HL usually experience loss of clarity leading to poorer ability to understand speech, especially in noise TERM 37

Mild HL and Speech Recognition

DEFINITION 37 quiet: fairly unaffectednoise: may decrease to 50% if PTA is 40dBHL, consonants may be missed - especially if HFHL TERM 38

Mild-to-Moderate HL and Speech Recognition

DEFINITION 38 quiet: will understand most - if face-to-face, known topic, constrained vocabnoise: may miss 50-75% if PTA is 40dBHL and 80-100% if PTA is 50dBHL TERM 39

Moderate HL and Speech Recognition

DEFINITION 39 may miss all or most of conversation w/o HAdifficulty in group situations TERM 40

Severe HL and Speech Recognition

DEFINITION 40 may not even hear voices, unless speech is loudDifficulty understanding speech w/ w/o amplification

Words

phonetically balanced word lists monosyllables that have CVC structure more difficult than phrases or sentencesallow wide range of skill to be assessed percentage of words repeated verbatim percentage of phonemes correct TERM 47

Phrases and Sentences

DEFINITION 47 high face validity TERM 48

Phrases and Sentences: Prosodic

Cues

DEFINITION 48 we listen to intonation, rate, and duration, all of which help us ID words and understand meaning TERM 49

Phrases and Sentences: Contextual Info

DEFINITION 49 words in a sentence provide contextual redundancyrecognition of some words facilitates recognition of others TERM 50

Phrases and Sentences: Coarticulation

DEFINITION 50 when words are spoken in a sentence, they blend together and vary as a function of what precedes and follows

Auditory Only, Vision Only, Auditory + Visual

ways we can assess person's speech understandingauditory only: can be in quiet and/or noisevision only: speaker should be in well-lit condition, facing patientauditory + visual: use both together to gain enhancement from speechreading TERM 52

Articulation Index/Audibility Index

DEFINITION 52 represents one form of speech reading quantification good for assessing benefit of amplificationweighting consistent with ANSI count dots above TH, multiply by 0.03 more dots w/in 30dB range of speech spectrum at 2k and 4k Hz TERM 53

Problems Relying on AI

DEFINITION 53 doesn't take other factors into consideration distortion, internal HA noise, doesn't indicate error types, 2 people with same speech understanding and AI can have different errorsreally just a test of audiblity TERM 54

Age-Related Changes in Speech

Perception

DEFINITION 54 rate of TH changes increases significantly w/ age TERM 55

Other Considerations w/ Speech Perception:

Pre vs Post Lingual

DEFINITION 55 post-lingually deafened: have pre-existing auditory maps onto which new auditory info can be builtpre-lingually deafened: may not necessarily have the skills for higher level auditory processing abilities that are likely result of early experience w/ auditory signals that these individuals do not getgreat variability in pre- lingually deafened adults

Cued Speech

sign for each phoneme in order to make phonemes visualfollows English language/grammarexpected outcomes: can range in auditory performance skill better performance than sign some transition completely to spoken language only w/o transliteration TERM 62

ASL/Deaf Community

DEFINITION 62 most visualcompletely visual language of its ownexpected outcomes may not have open-set recognition may have some environmental awareness may become a non-user TERM 63

Complex Listening Environments

DEFINITION 63 listener must figure out message/partner or interestparse out target message from noisemaintain attention to message while ignoring other noisemay switch/divide attention to other conversations/include other listeners TERM 64

Conditions Affecting Speech Understanding

DEFINITION 64 SNRnumber of masking voicessimilarity between target and masking noisespatial separationvisual speech cuesunderstandability of maskersfamiliarity w/ target talker/message TERM 65

Changes in Auditory System/SIN

DEFINITION 65 SNHL reduces ability to use spectral and temporal gaps in complex environmentSNHL affects ability to determine segregation of sound sources and spatial separation, ability to recognize/learn new voicescognitively-demanding