1 / 17

Conversational Behaviors of Individuals with HL

Conversational Behaviors of Individuals with HL. Audiological Rehabilitation. Improving Effective Communication Improves Quality of Life!!. Factors for Successful Communication. Effectiveness of their listening device Lipreading skills Amount of residual hearing

janine
Download Presentation

Conversational Behaviors of Individuals with HL

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Conversational Behaviors of Individuals with HL Audiological Rehabilitation

  2. Improving Effective Communication Improves Quality of Life!!

  3. Factors for Successful Communication • Effectiveness of their listening device • Lipreading skills • Amount of residual hearing • Good use of communication strategies

  4. Conversation • There are many reasons why we engage in conversations • There are implicit rules of conversation that should be followed • Communication with a person who has a HL may involve modified or adapted rules of conversation • These modifications may lead to interruptions, increased conversational effort and misunderstandings

  5. Rules of Conversation • Agree to share one another’s interest • Share the responsibility of talking • Participate in choosing and developing the topic • Turn taking • Keep true to the topic • Provide information without being verbose

  6. Rules of Conversation - Modified • Disruption of turn taking • Speaking style • Topic shifts • Modified topic selection • Clarifications • Violation of social etiquette

  7. Communication Strategies • Facilitative Strategies • Repair Strategies • Maladaptive Strategies

  8. Factors That Influence Reception of a Spoken Message • The Talker • Delivery with appropriate speaking behaviors • The Message • Use of simple, repetitive short sentences • The Environment • Quiet, well-lit areas with a good view of the speaker • The Listener • Appropriate use of amplification, attention to the speaker and a good emotional state

  9. Facilitative Strategies • Strategies that influence the Talker • Instructional Strategies • Strategies that influence the Message • Message-Tailoring Strategies

  10. Facilitative Strategies, cont’d • Strategies that influence the Environment • Constructive Strategy • Strategies that influence the Listener • Adaptive Strategy • Attending Strategy • Anticipatory Strategy

  11. Receptive Repair Strategies • Repeat repair strategy • Request for information repair strategy • Key word repair strategy • Elaborate repair strategy • Extended repair strategy • Specific vs Non-specific repair strategies

  12. Maladaptive Strategies • Dominating the Conversation • Bluffing • Withdrawal • Becoming increasingly anxious

  13. Stages in Repairing a Communication Breakdown • Stage 1 • Detection of a communication breakdown • Stage 2 • Dealing with a communication breakdown • Repair Strategy • Bluff • Disregard Utterance

  14. Conversational Styles • Passive • Withdraws from conversations and interactions rather than attempting repair strategies • Aggressive • Blames others for the misunderstanding • Assertive • Takes responsibility for the communication difficulties in a way that is considerate of communication partner Non-Interactive Dominating Interactive

  15. Research: Specific Vs. Nonspecific Repair Strategies • Which repair strategies are used most commonly? • What happens after a repair strategy is used? • What is the drawback to using nonspecific repair strategies? • Which strategy will most likely lead to understanding of a message?

  16. Research: Who Uses Repair Strategies? • Familiar Vs. Unfamiliar Partners • What are the attitudes of those who use communication strategies? • Who is least likely to use repair strategies? • Lower levels of education • Sudden HL • Receive minimal benefit from HA

  17. What Are the Important Components of an AR Program? • Practice in using specific repair strategies • Practice using communication strategies with familiar and unfamiliar persons • Increase the amount of training for persons with sudden hearing loss and those who are receiving minimal benefit from listening devices

More Related