Welcome to the Ida Institute’s Living Well Online. Living Well is designed to help you find out where and when it is most important for you to communicate well.
You will describe 3 different communication situations.
Fill in the tool at home with someone close to you (such as your spouse) who might have a different point of view.
Save your session to your home computer. Email it to your audiologist, or print it out to bring to your appointment.
Step By Step Video Guide
Situation
Describe the situation
How difficult is it to communicate in the situation?
Who will help you?
Plan your communication
How will you do it?
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Situation
Describe the situation
How difficult is it to communicate in the situation?
Who will help you?
Plan your communication
How will you do it?
130 characters left
Situation
Describe the situation
How difficult is it to communicate in the situation?
Who will help you?
Plan your communication
How will you do it?
130 characters left
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If you do not understand a message, ask the other person to repeat or rephrase. You should try to limit the number of times you ask a person to repeat as this will frustrate them. Asking people to rephrase is often more helpful than asking them to repeat the same thing over and over again.
If you have understood part of the conversation, only ask for the part you misunderstood to be repeated. Remember to tell the other person the part of the conversation you did understand, so they only need to repeat the part you didn’t understand.
Think about the communication situation ahead of time. Will there be a lot of background noise? Is there one person in particular you want to communicate with? Make a strategy for how you will manage the sitaution before you get there.
When attending events, position yourself in the best place for communication. Make sure to face the speaker. Sit at the head or foot of the table. This provides the best view of others. If hearing is better for one ear, keep your good ear facing the speaker.
Ask your communication partner to face you when they are speaking. Ask others to speak a little more slowly. This makes speech easier to understand.
Tell others that you have a hearing loss and explain the difficulties you have. Ask them to define the topic and try to suggest ways that they can help improve communication.
Try to reduce background noise by closing doors or windows if possible.
Complete the steps in the following order
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