Session Nine
What's Happening:
Hearing Loss: Understanding and Meeting the Challenge
SESSION IS FULL
We are no longer taking registrations for this session.
Tuesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24
3:30 - 5:20 p.m.
Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center Lobby
Registration Deadline: March 27
Class Limit: 30
This course will provide information on the nature and causes of hearing loss, as well as techniques and technology for improving communication in our noisy, fast-talking world. Interactive lectures will cover the causes of hearing loss, speech-reading, help in noisy environments, tinnitus, hearing aid technology, and cochlear implants. Small group sessions will also provide participants hands-on experience with assistive listening devices. Participants with hearing loss are encouraged, but not required, to enroll with a communication partner (e.g. spouse, friend), who must also enroll.
INSTRUCTOR: Diane Niebuhr is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, where she has been for 28 years. A licensed/certified audiologist, her primary area of interest is the rehabilitation of adults with acquired hearing loss. Helping them understand hearing loss, learn coping strategies, and make behavioral changes to improve communication has been the focus of her teaching.
