Evaluation technique designed to investigate the efficacy of a group communication-based aural rehabilitation program for hearing-impaired adults

This paper studies aural rehabilitation efforts designed to address the compensatory strategies used by hearing-impaired adults and evaluates the success of an eight week group communications-based therapy program.

The effects of group-based psychosocial therapy on conversational fluency and communication handicap

This paper studies whether a combination of group rehabilitation in conjunction with psychosocial therapy enhances conversational fluency and diminishes communication handicap in cochlear implant recipients.

A longitudinal study of one cochlear implant recipient from baseline to twelve months, following a group-based rehabilitation program

This paper provides an in-depth examination of the experiences of one cochlear implant recipient who participated in a psychosocial group rehabilitation program that was aimed at overcoming the communication and psychosocial handicaps that may accompany hearing loss.

A comparison of communication breakdowns and repair strategies used by cochlear implant children from two differenct methodologies

This study investigates how children with cochlear implants from simultaneous communications backgrounds and from oral education backgrounds experience communication breakdowns. The study examines each group's response to communication breakdowns and the repair strategies of each group.