Course Code: REL-RTS-0-22POD13
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Recall the correlation between hearing loss and cognitive decline and related client needs.
Select appropriate assistive hearing devices.
Identify the role of each interdisciplinary team member in writing goals and maximizing outcomes.
Outline:
Introduction
Why It Matters (2:06)
Correlation Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline (3:00)
Hearing Loss: A Modifiable Risk Factor (5:22)
Hearing Loss and Cognitive, Physical, and Social Activity (7:44)
Client Identification (11:44)
Interventions: Hearing Aids (14:10)
Interventions: Assistive Listening Systems (18:46)
Interventions: Personal Devices (21:30)
Cognitive Impairment and Hearing Devices (24:38)
Determining Success (28:12)
Rehab Interventions and Documentation (30:14)
Rehab Interventions: OT (31:32)
Rehab Interventions: SLP (32:43)
Rehab Interventions: PT (34:27)
Rehab Intervention: General (35:04)
Goal Writing (37:02)
Goal Writing: SLP (37:25)
Goal Writing: OT (38:30)
Goal Writing: PT (39:59)
Sample Goals (40:31)
Client Example (42:45)
Organizational Support (45:03)
Summary (46:03)
Conclusion (47:45)
Subject Matter Expert: Julia Barrett, OTR/L, MBA
Julia Barrett has over 30 years of experience as an occupational therapist and rehabilitation manager in skilled nursing, independent, assisted living, and memory care facilities as well as home health. She currently is the Vice President of Senior Living Services for Synchrony Health Services. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in occupational therapy from the University of Toronto and her Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in healthcare, from the University of Southern Indiana. She has presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association conferences and has worked on clinical task forces and program creation.
Writer: Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP
Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. She obtained her bachelor's degree in psychology from Jacksonville State University and her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from The University of Alabama. She worked with clients of all ages and a variety of diagnostic conditions in school, hospital, skilled nursing facility, outpatient clinic, and home health settings. In her previous role as a national clinical director for Aegis Therapies, she created training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology related to the clinical rehabilitation needs of older adults in post-acute care. She currently draws upon her expertise in her role at Relias as Lead Subject Matter Expert Writer for Speech-Language Pathology. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Intermediate level Speech and Language Pathologists; Occupational Therapists; Physical Therapists; in the following settings: Rehabilitation Settings.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.