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Client profile: A school aged student that wears assistive listening devices to improve his/her hearing abilities resulting from an impairment. The student can be one that has been recently fitted for a device or one that has used a device regulary with family support to maintain the device and its parts.
Goal: Student will use and care for his/her assisted hearing device (i.e., hearing aid, cochlear implant) by independently completing daily routine checks to ensure it is working properly in 4/5 opportunities, across 5 consecutive sessions as measured by SLP data collection.
Hearing Aid Batteries Booklet
Hearing Aid Batteries Booklet
This social story about hearing aids and batteries can be used with a student that was recently fitted for hearing aids. Reviewing this story can teach the student about the benefits of hearing aids and the importance of battery maintenance to keep them working effectively. The story includes questions regarding battery maintenance and safe keeping to reinforce the students learning and understanding. After reading through the story, the student can color the black and white pictures to increase engagement.
Materials:
Hearing Aid Batteries Booklet
Coloring materials: crayons, markers, colored pencils, dot paint
Cueing: Verbal cueing may be provided as needed to support the student in answering comprehension questions included at the end of the booklet.
Data Tracking: Data will be collected using a +/- system to identify correct responses to comprehension questions regarding battery maintenance and safety practices. Over consecutive sessions, the level of cueing required to provide correct responses will be assessed to identify indepence and understanding.
EBP: According to ASHA, the child with a hearing impairment and their family are significant parts of the care team when hearing aids are newly introduced as part of an aural rehabilitation plan. It is important that children where assistive listening devices routinely to promote improved hearing abilitites and reduce the amount of information that can be missed resulting from hearing impairment (Walker et al., 2015). Walker et al., (2015) concluded in a study that children that wear listening devices regularly will have less of a risk for deficits in vocabulary and grammar usage. Children wearing assisted listening devices will depend on family to help maintain devices and encourage regular use. Speech language pathologists will play an integral part in educating the family and child about device management and the importance of routine use (ASHA).
References
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (n.d.). Hearing aids for children. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022, from https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/professional-issues/hearing-aids-for-children/#collapse_1
Walker, E. A., Holte, L., McCreery, R. W., Spratford, M., Page, T., & Moeller, M. P. (2015). The influence of hearing aid use on outcomes of children with mild hearing loss. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 58(5), 1611–1625. https://doi.org/10.1044/2015_jslhr-h-15-0043
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