While hearing aids and cochlear implants can help a person detect sounds better, the ability to make sense of those sounds has to be learned. Aural rehabilitation helps children and adults with hearing loss get the most benefit from hearing aids or a cochlear implant. University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is the Twin Cities’ leader in aural rehabilitation.

Listening is a skill that is developed in several stages. Whether you are learning to listen for the first time, or linking new information to previously developed listening skills, aural rehabilitation can guide you through this process. Therapy helps you become aware of, identify, and give meaning to speech and sounds around you.

Conditions we treat

• Cochlear implant
• Bone-anchored hearing aids
• Hearing aids
• Hearing loss
• Hearing loss resource list

Treatments we offer
Aural rehabilitation focuses on:

• detecting sounds, including vocalizations and environmental sounds,
• learning to discriminate between sounds  (recognizing if sounds presented are the same or different),
• identifying sounds (what is the sound or the word that is presented),
• comprehension (using listening to better understand the environment), and
• providing support as the individual returns to daily life and work activities.

Contact information
For more information or scheduling call the location nearest you.

Fairview Ridges Hospital
Ridges Pondview Medical Building
501 Nicollet Blvd., Suite 120
Burnsville, MN 55337
612-273-2897

Fairview Southdale Hospital
Rehabilitation Services, Lower Level 2
6401 France Ave. S.
Edina, MN 55435-2199
952-924-1340

University of Minnesota Medical Center
University Campus
8th Floor Phillips-Wangensteen Bldg.
516 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-626-5775