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British Medical Bulletin 43:999-1026 (1987)
© 1987 The British Council

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Auditory rehabilitation

S D G Stephens

Welsh Hearing Institute, University Hospital of Wales Cardiff

Abstract

The aims of rehabilitation are minimising disability and avoiding handicap; these aims can be achieved only by taking a broad perspective on the particular patient's needs. The objective is to help the patient to function optimally within his chosen environment. Solutions can often be forthright and straightforward, but some cases call for a degree of subterfuge on the part of the professional. In most cases standard techniques may provide all that is needed; in others all types of improvisation may be necessary. Steady progress has been made in technological solutions for patient's instrumental requirements and their differential provision has some scientific rationale. Much research remains to be done to optimise the psychological components of rehabilitation and the indicators for when and how to incorporate them.


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