Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply an understanding of communication impairment to the development of realistic communication goals
- Demonstrate an awareness of the social implications of a communication impairment
- Demonstrate knowledge of client communicative needs assessment tools
- Demonstrate ability to select and use an appropriate communicative assessment tool for client
- Demonstrate knowledge of the need for developing realistic expectations for clients in a hearing program
- Demonstrate sound knowledge of the benefits and limitations of hearing devices and their use in overcoming communication breakdown
- Assess the communicative needs of clients with hearing impairment and implement hearing program
- Identify factors contributing to the communicative breakdown
- Identify impact of client's hearing impairment on carers/relatives
- Negotiate and develop realistic communication goals with the client
- Accurately document effects of communication impairment and the communicative needs of the client in client records
- Use information gathered to formulate a hearing program to minimise effects of hearing loss
- Use the program to appropriately meet the communication goals of the client
- Effectively implement the hearing program ensuring client participation and commitment
- Evaluate the hearing program
- List the different evaluative tools that are available and the different factors that they assess
- Explain the benefits and limitations of the different evaluative tools in the assessment of effective rehabilitation
- Use the evaluative tools to determine outcomes of hearing program
- Identify remaining communicative needs and establish whether these can be met with additional advice or basic communicative strategies
- Work in collaboration with other agencies
- Identify a range of health care professionals and services
- Consult other health care professionals and support services to determine the most appropriate source for referral
- Relate effectively and knowledgeably with other health care professionals
- Provide assistance to other health care professionals, services and/or carers as required