Communication Management for the Hearing Impaired

Abstract

A survey of 303 speech pathologists living in the Slate of Victoria was conducted in November. 1982 to obtain information regarding their communication management for the hearing impaired population. The results indicate that intervention for the hearing impaired population is considerable in terms of the number of speech pathologists providing services and broadly based as determined by the range of services and the types of individuals receiving the services. There was, however, considerable individual variability in relation to the extent of intervention. Survey data is analyzed in terms of the type and the extent of services provided and the populations (age, degree of hearing loss) receiving the services. The performance of speech pathologists is examined in relation to the location of employment facility and the number of years since completing their speech pathology qualifications. Implications of this survey are discussed.