Abstract
Holistic approaches to aural rehabilitation (AR) seek to reduce the difficulties associated with hearing loss through sensory management, perceptual training, instruction, and counseling. Group AR classes provide an opportunity for interprofessional education and training for the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology. We propose a program (four classes) that focuses on communication strategies training and lipreading. Each class will also feature a guest speaker from a related discipline, such as psychology, physical therapy, and gerontology to discuss the latest research in those respective fields and how it relates to hearing loss, and lead interprofessional activities for participants and students. The program will involve undergraduate students in communication sciences and disorders and graduate students in speech-language pathology, providing students with hands-on experience in AR in an interprofessional setting. Participant and student outcomes from this program will guide future AR classes, encourage the interprofessional approach to AR and involvement of students, and contribute to the evidence on group AR classes.