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At the 2013 AAA Conference, the Ida Institute introduced the three winning ideas that captured top honors in Ideas, Speak up - Action and Awareness for Hearing Loss, the worldwide open innovation competition for ideas with the potential to create public awareness of hearing loss.

At a well attended gala celebration, Ida Institute managing director Lise Lotte Bundesen and Niels Boserup, chairman of the Oticon Foundation, unveiled the three winners: Hearing Tone Test Card, a wallet-sized hearing checker; Look Who's Hearing, a public art initiative that fits famous sculptures with hearing aids; and The Three Monkeys: Eyes Checked. Teeth Checked. Hearing Checked, a clever mnemonic that promotes regular hearing checks.

"We recognize that to continue the good work of this project and to...

Congratulations to Ida Advisory Board Chairman Louise Hickson for receiving the American Academy of Audiology International Award for 2013 for her many accomplishments in the fields of hearing science and audiology.

The American Academy of Audiology established an annual International award to honor and recognize achievements of international significance in audiology by an audiologist, hearing scientist or audiological physician.

Professor Hickson fits the bill, having made significant contributions to enhancing the lives of hearing-impaired individuals and their families, to increasing our scientific knowledge, and to support the future careers of her postgraduate students who have benefited from her mentoring and guidance.

Her clinical impacts are highlighted in the adoption of her...

We have a lot of great events planned for the American Academy of Audiology Conference in Anaheim, California. If you plan to attend, we look forward to seeing you there!

Here is an overview of Ida Institute related events at the conference:

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

3:45PM - 4:45PM: Learning Module: Facilitate an Understanding of Hearing Loss from the Child's Point of View

Session Number: LM027
Location: 208B
CE Hours: .1
Presenters: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, PhD, University of Colorado; Melanie Gregory, AUD, Ida Institute

Abstract: The child's perspective is essential when addressing the challenges of hearing loss. Incorporating this perspective makes them an active participant in the rehabilitation process.The My World tool from the Ida Institute facilitates an understanding of...

Ida Institute learning specialist Ena Nielsen, PhD., presented the “Emotional Brain and the Ida Motivation Tools” at the 2012 Oticon Symposium held in Hamburg, Germany, on 19 September. The symposium invited researchers from across Europe to discuss new research regarding the brain, cognition, and hearing. Ena Nielsen joined presenters from the Jean-Uhrmacher-Institute at the University of Cologne, the Max-Planck-Institute for Cognition and Neuroscience in Leipzig, and the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg.

Ena Nielsen focused her presentation on the emotional brain, exploring how emotions, information from friends and family, and past experiences can all contribute to and affect a patient’s decision making process when contemplating whether to take action on their hearing loss.

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Shabana presented his experiences in a poster using the Ida Living Well tool at the 2nd International Conference on Adult Hearing Screening (AHS) at Lake Como, Italy last week.

Shabana is a professor of audiology at Cairo University, Egypt. He attended the Ida Institute’s Living Well with Hearing Loss seminar series in 2011 and was instrumental in developing the tool that resulted from the seminar.

The Living Well tool enables the audiologist to open a dialogue with the patient about the communication situations in daily life that are meaningful for them. The audiologist can then help identify communication strategies and technological solutions.

Shabana used the tool with 10 patients with moderate-to-severe hearing loss. The patients had been fitted with...

Ida Institute Managing Director, Lise Lotte Bundesen, presented the Ida Institute's Living Well counseling tool at the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (BSHAA) Congress held in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 18-19 May.

Over 200 BSHAA members attended Bundesen's lecture on the Living Well tool. Attendees learned how the tool can help audiologists better understand the patient's perspective of hearing loss in daily life.

"I was very impressed with the amount of good questions and comments we received at the BSHAA Congress," stated Lise Lotte Bundesen. "The BSHAA community was eager to learn more about the Living Well tool and to find different ways to better understand the patient's story about their hearing loss and incorporate their story into the treatment process."

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Light bulbs flashed across Boston two weeks ago. The Ida Institute launched the Ideas competition with sparkle, speeches and good conversation at a well-attended open-house party at the 2012 AAA Conference. At the conference, we welcomed new members to our Ida community and saw many familiar faces at our exhibit.

Over 200 people attended the launch party to officially kick-off the Ideas competition. At the launch, Ida Institute managing director Lise Lotte Bundesen and Oticon Foundation Chairman Niels Boserup called for people around the world to create ideas to inspire action and raise awareness for hearing loss.

“The collaborative process will enable us to engage the collective intelligence of our network and the general public to build awareness of hearing loss and its impact,”...

Ida Institute staff and fellows will contribute to the upcoming AAA Conference in Boston by staffing an exhibit, holding a workshop on the Living Well tool and previewing the Ida Group AR Multi-Media Manual.

Throughout the conference, Ida will staff an exhibit where visitors can join our network, pick up hard-copies of our tools and purchase our two newest tools: Living Well and My World. Ida staff will be available to discuss the tools at the exhibit’s Tool Wall, where all Ida tools will be displayed. We will also be conducting demonstrations of the Living Well and My World tools throughout the day.

In the exhibit’s lounge area, visitors can relax and explore Ida’s online offerings, such as our E-Learning Lab, Forum and idea competition for hearing loss awareness. Our exhibit is n...

Ida Anthropologist Kirsten Lauritsen and Ida Fellow Dr. Joseph Montano (Chief of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical Center) conducted a session on Motivational Engagement at the 2011 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in San Diego, California.

This marks the first time that the Ida Institute has presented at the ASHA Convention.

During the Ida interactive workshop, Kirsten Lauritsen and Joseph Montano introduced the Ida Motivation Tools as a framework and guide for uncovering patient motivation during the rehabilitation process.

Workshop participants left the session prepared to use the Ida Motivation Tools in their clinical practice.

“I will absolutely reflect on my motivational issues that impede change in my clinical...

The Ida Institute launched our new Living Well with Hearing Loss counseling tool at this year’s British Academy of Audiology (BAA) Conference in Wales.

The Living Well tool is designed to encourage qualitative dialogue about a patient’s subjective experience. The tool enables hearing care professionals to explore the person behind the hearing loss and to discover and address otherwise undetected aspects that may significantly impact the patient’s ability to lead the life of their choice.

The tool consists of a series of photo cards depicting a range of different real-life situations. The patient is asked to pick the situations that best match their daily lives. Then, the patient sorts them according to how easy or challenging each situation is for them to manage. Once this is...