Research grants
To support research and keep up with the newest evidence in person-centered care, the Ida Institute provided funding to select research projects until 2021.
Previously funded projects
2021
COVID-19 and Tinnitus: Implementing Ida’s Online Tools to Enhance Person-Centered Care
Professor Raj Shekhawat, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Deepti Domingo, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Professor Bamini Gopinath, PhD, Macquarie University, Australia
Diana Tang, PhD, Macquarie University, Australia
Barbra Timmer, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Alan Hopkirk, PGDip, The Invisible Hearing Clinic, Glasgow, UK
Jessica Vitkovic, PhD, Soundfair Australia
Tori Kok, MSc, University College London, UK
'My Hearing Explained for Children': An evaluation of the tool in NHS clinical practice
Jacqueline Young, PhD, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Trust, UK
Luise Marino, PhD, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Trust, UK
Abigail Milchard, MSc, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Trust, UK
Harriet Withey, BSc, Aston University, UK
Randomized control trial for the evaluation of the efficacy of Ida "Living Well" online counseling tool in first-time adult users with hearing loss
Evgenia Vassou, MSc, 1st University Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Eleftheria Iliadou, MD, MSc, 1st University Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Markatos, BSc, University of Athens, Greece
Kikidis Dimitrios, MD, PhD, Hippokrateion Hospital, Greece
Athanasios Bibas, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
2020
The feasibility, usability and utility of developing an outcome ‘dashboard’ which routinely tracks person-centered care experiences alongside other success measures in a hearing rehabilitation organization
Jessica Vitcovic, PhD, Better Hearing Australia
Caitlin Barr, PhD, Better Hearing Australia
Does the Ida tool ‘My Hearing Explained’ result in improved understanding of the consequences of hearing loss among older hearing impaired individuals seeking help for their hearing for the first time?
Gabrielle Saunders, University of Manchester, UK
Kai Uus, University of Manchester, UK
Assessing the use of the ‘My Hearing Explained’ tool to align communication strategies between adults with hearing loss and their communication partners
Taegan Young, National Acoustic Laboratories, Australia
Melanie A. Ferguson, PhD, National Acoustic Laboratories, Australia
Elizabeth Beach, PhD, National Acoustic Laboratories, Australia
2019
Realizing the benefits of group aural rehabilitation in rural Newfoundland: An innovative knowledge translation approach to improve outcome for hearing loss in a specific rural sub-culture
Anne Griffin, MSc, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Taylor Burt, BSc, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Click here to read their article about the project in Canadian Audiologist.
Does viewing ethnographic videos change audiology and speech-language pathology students’ clinical self-efficacy and anxiety in commencing clinical placements?
Nerina Scarinci, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Kristen Tulloch, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Christopher Lind, PhD, Flinders Medical Centre, Australia
The use of ethnographic videos as a tool for critical reflection in audiology ethics education
Andrea Simpson, PhD, La Trobe University, Australia
Renee Garruccio, MSc, La Trobe University, Australia
Clare Delany, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Stella Ng, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada
2018
Learning to 'walk the walk' with 'Time and Talk': Evaluation of changes in person-centered communication skills of audiology and speech-language pathology students
Caitlin Barr, PhD, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Nerina Scarinci, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Monique Waite, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Jessica Vitkovic, PhD, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Samantha Tai, MA, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Adaption and assessment of the online course "Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools" for Brazilian speech-language pathology and audiology undergraduate students
Deborah Viviane Ferrari, PhD, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Rodolpho Camargo, BA, São Paulo State University, Brazil
Decision-support and help-seeking on a smartphone screening app
Karina Swanepoel, BA, University of Pretoria, South Africa
De Wet Swanepoel, PhD, University of Pretoria, South Africa
David Moore, PhD, University of Cincinnati, USA
2017
How do NHS audiology patients use Ida Telecare and what are the ‘active ingredients’ of the Telecare tools? A feasibility study
Helen Henshaw, PhD, NIHR Nottingham BRC, UK
Daljit Mehton, BAAT, NIHR Nottingham BRC, UK
Melanie Ferguson, PhD, NIHR Nottingham BRC, UK
Claire Benton, MSc, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Melanie Gregory, BA, The Ear Foundation, UK
Assessing a patient-centred online audiological rehabilitation tool to empower patients to manage their hearing loss successfully
David Maidment, PhD, NIHR Nottingham BRC, UK
Eithne Hefferman, PhD, NIHR Nottingham BRC, UK
Daljit Mehton, BAAT, NIHR Nottingham BRC, UK
Melanie Ferguson, PhD, NIHR Nottingham BRC, UK
Melanie Gregory, BA, The Ear Foundation, UK
Online tools to improve empowerment and readiness for assessment for cochlear implantation
Helen Cullington, PhD, University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service, UK
Padraig Kitterick, PhD, NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, UK
This study was halted by mutual agreement between the research group and Ida Research Committee.
2016
Identifying clients' readiness for hearing rehabilitation within initial audiology appointments: A pilot intervention study
Katie Ekberg, The University of Queensland, Australia
Caitlin Barr, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Applying a person-centred approach in audiological rehabilitation for people with hearing loss and their communication partners: Changing the talk to focus on living well with hearing loss
Nerina Scarinci, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Christopher Lind, PhD, Flinders University, Australia
Carly Meyer, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Katie Ekberg, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Ototoxic hearing loss among childhood cancer survivors: Parent, audiologist, and teacher perceptions of facilitators and barriers to successful hearing rehabilitation
Janet R. Jamieson, PhD, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Beth Brooks, MSc, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Marla Buchanan, PhD, The University of British Columbia, Canada