MyWorld:PediatricAudiologyTool

To address the challenges of hearing loss in a holistic fashion, the child's perspective is essential. Incorporating the child's perspective gives them a voice and makes them an active participant in the rehabilitation process.

During a consultation session, it is often possible to learn how a parent or teacher perceives a child's hearing loss. However, it is often not as easy to engage the child and gain their perspective.

MyWorldTool

The My World tool can help facilitate an understanding of hearing loss from the child's point of view.   

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 to describe communication successes and challenges in every day life.

By playing with the tool components, the child can externalize the hearing loss and discuss how they communicate with others in a concrete and non-threatening way.

The tool can help you uncover information about the child's communication patterns, reinforce positive patterns, and formulate a strategy for coping with every day challenges.

ObtaintheTool

Please visit our online web shop to purchase the tool.

Introduction

Watch Ida senior audiologist, Melanie Gregory, demonstrate how to use the My World tool in a clinical setting.