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Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Experience between Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Students Working with Adults with Dementia.
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PMID:  21764999     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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PURPOSE: An interdisciplinary service-learning (SL) experience with audiology (AuD) and speech-language pathology (SLP) students was designed to examine changes in students' attitudes towards adults with dementia following a SL experience in which they socialized with nursing home residents who had dementia. METHOD: There were 19 AuD and 24 SLP students who completed a SL course, 14 AuD and 18 SLP students who had not participated in the SL course, and 24 nursing home residents with dementia. The AuD students conducted two hearing evaluations and the SLP students socialized with the residents during 15 visits. The students' attitudes toward older adults with dementia were assessed using Kogan's Attitudes Towards Old People Scale and qualitative analysis of their journal entries. The results were compared across groups over time. RESULTS: The SL groups showed more positive attitudes than the non-SL students, and their later journal entries were more positive than earlier entries. CONCLUSIONS: This SL experience provided clinical opportunities for AuD and SLP students to work with adults with dementia. Direct contact with the residents resulted in more positive attitudes toward older adults in residential facilities.
Authors:
Wafaa A Kaf; Linda S Barboa; Bradley J Fisher; Lydia A Snavely
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of audiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1558-9137     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-7-18     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9114917     Medline TA:  Am J Audiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, Missouri State University.
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