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The Ida Institute presented the Motivation tools and the Living Well Counseling tool at the International Symposium of Audiology in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentine Mutual Fund for Hearing Impairment (MAH) arranged the symposium, which included three distinct tracks for patients, ENT specialists, and audiologists.

Before the start of the symposium, Ida managing director Lise Lotte Bundesen and senior audiologist Melanie Gregory conducted a full day workshops for 65 MAH members on the Ida Motivation Tools. Participants engaged in constructive conversations about the value of patient-centered care and the implementation of the Ida tools. Overall, the participants found the workshop very valuable. One participant stated that ‘it was good to get a patient-centered perspective on issues...

The Ida Institute conducted a half-day workshop at a conference for members of the hearing and communication rehabilitation community in Denmark. The Southern Denmark Regional Health Organization and the Center for Communication and Assistive Devices arranged the three-day conference, which took place in Vingsted, Denmark, from 29-31 August.

At the conference, Ena Nielsen and Anette Molbech from the Ida Institute conducted a half-day workshop featuring the Motivation Tools and the Ideas Competition. Ena Nielsen presented the Motivation Tools and explored the different ways the tools can be implemented in hearing clinics. Workshop participants then practiced using the tools on virtual patients using an Ida ethnographic video for inspiration. Afterwards, Anette Molbech conducted a...

We are revisiting the land down under this spring for five interactive workshops on the Living Well and My World tools. This will mark a great opportunity for the Ida Institute to introduce our two new tools to the Australian hearing care community.

Ida audiologist Karen Parfitt will present the Living Well and My World tools throughout locations in Western and South Australia. Four of the workshops will be dedicated to hearing care professionals at Australian Hearing. Australian Hearing is the official government provider of hearing services in Australia and one of the largest providers in the world. Through its research unit, the National Acoustic Laboratories, Australian Hearing has made significant contributions to understanding and treating hearing loss.

The four interactive...

The European Union of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) has invited the Ida Institute to present the Motivation Tools at four upcoming EUHA technical seminars this March. These seminars will help introduce hearing care professionals across Germany to Ida’s easy-to-implement tools and methods.

Ena Nielsen, Ida Learning Specialist, and Anita Erras, Audiologist and Ida Fellow, will conduct Motivational Engagement workshops in Nürnberg (2 March), Lübeck (9 March), Dresden (16 March), and Köln (23 March). Anita Erras owns and operates a private hearing clinic in Weiden, Germany.

“This marks an excellent opportunity for the Ida Institute to expand our community of hearing care professionals. These four interactive workshops will give us the chance to introduce EUHA’s community to Ida’s...

The Ida Institute plans to launch a new training program to expand the global reach and impact of Ida’s tools and methods. The Train the Trainer will prepare trainers to create and deliver their own training programs on the Ida Motivation tools: the Line, the Box, and the Circle.

“It represents a new and exciting way to provide actionable knowledge to hearing care professionals around the world,” said Managing Director, Lise Lotte Bundesen.

Over time, the program will create a group of Ida Trainers spanning the globe. These Ida Trainers will be ready to return to their respective communities and teach other hearing care professionals on how to use the Ida Motivation tools.

Similar to most Ida activities, the workshops will emphasize interaction, collaboration, reflection and...

Ida’s new My World pediatric counseling tool can help give the child a voice and ensure that they are an active participant in the rehabilitation process.

On 5 December, we launched the My World tool at a workshop in Manchester, UK. Over 40 hearing care professionals (HCPs) attended the interactive, collaborative workshop.

The My World tool can help facilitate an understanding of hearing loss from the child’s point of view. It can help the HCP uncover information about the child’s communication challenges, reinforce positive patterns, and formulate a strategy for coping with challenges.

The tool consists of three different environments: a classroom, a home and an outdoor area. The child can place movable figures and everyday objects in the various environments. This activity...

Get the word out! Ida is coming to a city near you. We have been busy over the last couple of weeks preparing for our upcoming workshops in London and Florida.

On October 10th, we will be at University College London, where we will explore the challenges of bringing communication partners (i.e. husbands, wives, friends, etc.) into the rehabilitation process. Hearing loss affects more than one person: it impacts family and friends in many instances. This workshop can help you ensure that a patient’s communication partner is part of the solution, as opposed to part of the problem.

For our US community members, we offer a workshop in Tampa, Florida, about Motivational Engagement at the University of South Florida on October 28th. All are invited to join us as we explore the topic...

We are happy to announce the scheduling of two new Ida Workshops in 2011. United Kingdom: We will hold a workshop on Communication Partners in London on October 10th at the University College of London. It will be possible to sign up online shortly. United States: An Ida Workshop will be held at the University of South Florida on October 28th. More information about this workshop will be released soon.

Earlier this month, the Ida Institute conducted a workshop with 30 members of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) at their annual conference in Washington. All of the members attending the workshop were hearing impaired.

Following the last seminar series,” Living Well with hearing Loss” the Ida Institute has developed a Living Well tool prototype designed to better understand the person with hearing loss within their social context, to hear the patient’s unique story and to formulate positive management strategies for different social situations together with the patient. This has been tried out in clinics.

Participants at the seminars felt that as this tool had some unique qualities, it was essential to obtain patients perspective on this. Participant Brenda Battat,...