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| average number of words spoken during a set number of conversational turns |
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| Mean length (speaking) turn (MLT) |
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| ratio of two speakers in a conversation; 1.0 = equal speaking turns |
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| Simulated communication interactions |
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| Structured communication interactions |
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| What is an advantage of structured communication interactions? What about a disadvantage? |
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-Good face validity
-Can be time consuming to score |
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| Spontaneous interaction with few external constraints; Free flowing conversation between patient and communication partner |
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| Unstructured communication interaction |
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| What's an advantage of unstructured communication interaction? What about a disadvantage? |
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-good ecological validity—mimics real-world interaction
-results may vary as a function of the communication partner |
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| instruction provided to a person with a hearing loss to maximize his or her communication potential |
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| course of action taken to facilitate a conversational interaction or to rectify a problem that arises during conversation |
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Conversation Characteristics among PWHL:
-Disrupted ________ (Rule #4)
-Inappropriate ___ shifts (Rules #3 & #4)
-___ content (Rule #5)
-Frequent ___ (Rule #4) |
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| taking of turns; topic; Superficial; clarification |
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| How can the talker influence the reception of the spoken message? |
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| Speed of speech, enunciation, and obscuring normal articulation |
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| How can the message influence the reception of the spoken message? |
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| Syntax, repetition of important key words, sentence length, ambiguous references, and colloquialisms |
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| How can the environment influence the reception of the spoken message? |
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| Background noise, lighting, distance, and visual distractions |
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| How can the patient influence the reception of the spoken message? |
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| Hearing aids/HATs, listening and comprehension effort, and emotional state |
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| What are the 4 repair strategies? |
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| Repeat repair, request for information repair, key word repair, and elaborate repair |
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