![]() ![]() ( Editor’s note: For further information about the terminology of AR, the reader is referred to Chapter 2 of this text.) Despite this, the term aural rehabilitation continued to be used widely to describe a process distinct from diagnostic audiology. There also was concern about emphasis on audiology diagnostic services rather than on aural rehabilitation. At the same time, there appeared to be a division between educational services and the provision of audiology services for individuals with hearing impairment. ![]() Even at that time, there was concern about the lack of audiologists to provide services in aural rehabilitation. The VA defined an audiologist as one concerned with the assessment of hearing as well as habilitation and rehabilitation of children and adults with hearing impairment. At that point in history, audiology was defined by the Veterans Administration (VA) (Newby, 1964). It was not until World War II when a military aural rehabilitation program was started that the term audiology came into existence. Therefore, the quest to use a more representative term than aural rehabilitation has ensued. For example, strictly speaking, even lipreading would not be part of “aural” rehabilitation because it is primarily a visual process. The argument posits that the process of improving the communication of adults with hearing loss is a holistic approach that extends well beyond simply improving hearing. Much of the disagreement about terminology centers around use of the term aural rehabilitation, which implies a process focused on hearing per se. Timeline for development of audiology (1600–1810). ![]()
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