hearing therapy

A Dictionary of Nursing

hearing therapy (th'e-ră-pi) n. the support and rehabilitation of people with hearing difficulties, tinnitus, or vertigo. It includes teaching lip-reading, advising on environmental hearing aids, and providing tinnitus retraining therapy.

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