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