Improving access for aural rehabilitation: new training program to develop peer mentoring for delivery of AR services.(Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Hearing Enhancement , audiologic rehabilitation)

A S H A Leader, June, 2005 by Shafer, Dee Naquin

Most audiologists recognize the importance of integrating audiologic rehabilitation (AR) into their practice, but factors such as accessibility, time, and lack of reimbursement make provision difficult. The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Hearing Enhancement (RERC-HE) at Gallaudet University's Department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences (DHSLS) has developed a peer-mentoring training program to respond to these issues.

In collaboration with Self Help for the Hard of Hearing (SHHH), the RERC-HE begins piloting the training program this month. A group of ...