Auditory Reality and Self-Assessment of Hearing

Title
Auditory Reality and Self-Assessment of Hearing
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Noble, William G
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sage Publications, Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1177/1084713808316172
UNE publication id
une:8198
Abstract
Analyses are made of three problem areas in the realm of hearing disorder and its management, all of which are cogently informed by self-assessment: (a) prosthetic technology and the auditory ecology, (b) dimensions of benefit from amplification, and (c) dimensions of disability. Technology and ecology addresses the matter of "fitness for purpose" of different prosthetic schemes, moderated by people's hearing and listening environments (ecologies) and by what they bring to the task of hearing and listening. Dimensions of benefit covers what is achievable with prevailing technology, and also what people are aware of and identify as their needs. Dimensions of disability examines what has been recently learned about the range of hearing functions that need attending to in management of impaired hearing. A closing section provides a portrait of "auditory reality," whose characteristics may be better appreciated when analyzed in contrast to and comparison with "visual reality."
Link
Citation
Trends in Amplification, 12(2), p. 113-120
ISSN
1940-5588
1084-7138
Start page
113
End page
120

Files:

NameSizeformatDescriptionLink