Published: 03-11-2011 10:22
obtain a physical copy of My World, get in touch at contact@idainstitute.dk. Download the app from the Apple Store Get the app for iPads Download the app from Google Play Get the app for Android tablets Click here to get started with My World You might also like... Growing Up with Hearing Loss My Hearing Explained for Children My Turn to Talk for Parents [...] experiences with hearing loss. It can help you uncover information about the child’s communication patterns, reinforce positive behavior, and develop strategies for daily challenges. What are the benefits? Hear the voice of the child Provide better quality service and care Ease the child’s anxiety More efficient appointments Easy to introduce and use [...] functioning. The need and uses of My World specifically was the subject of a Masters thesis by Jessica Round at the University of Western Australia. She found that "there is a need for the ‘My World’ tool from both professional and hearing-impaired perspectives and that defined uses can and need to be formally established for each professional." Get the app
Published: 14-01-2013 13:12
create a world where more people acknowledge their hearing loss, take action, and start living life to the fullest. We can encourage more people to appreciate and protect their hearing, preventing thousands of cases of hearing loss each year. Look through the ideas and find inspiration on how you can raise awareness of hearing loss in your community. Ideas [...] Ideas for Individuals Ideas for Nonprofits About Hearing Loss Ideas for Clinics Ideas for Businesses About the Ideas Ideas for Schools Big Ideas
Published: 30-04-2013 13:52
express how she coped in the school environment. Reflection As you watch the video, consider the following questions: Using the My World tool, what does Richard discover about Amber's seating arrangements in the classroom? What are the implications of this discovery for Amber's ability to hear the teacher well? How might Richard use the My World tool to help [...] The tool in action The videos below were created by pediatric hearing care professionals to show how they use the different environments in the My World tool to talk with children about their hearing loss. You can use these videos to learn how to introduce the tool in the appointment and how to work with each of the three environments. You can also [...] also see how the hearing care professionals use the tool to help the children explore alternative communication strategies in specific situations. If you would like to contribute a video to the website showing how you or a colleague work with the My World tool in the clinic, please contact us . Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Case
Published: 16-05-2013 11:59
at Nottingham Audiology Services in the UK. Her clinical specialty is audiological rehabilitation in children and adults. Naomi is currently engaged in research with the National Biomedical Research Unit on the effect of using the Ida Motivation Tools in an NHS clinic. She also won the BAA Audiologist of the year award in 2012 for going above and beyond [...] Audiology and Chair in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, faculty of the Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neurosciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She also serves as a Professor of Audiology at the Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado, Denver and at the Marion Downs Hearing [...] Hearing Center. She has conducted research in the areas of language, speech, and social-emotional development of deaf and hard-of-hearing infants and children for over thirty years. Over the last 25 years, she has focused on the impact of early-identification and early intervention on the developmental outcomes of children with significant hearing loss. Eileen
Published: 20-01-2015 12:17
electrodes. The receiver is anchored under the skin to the bone behind the ear during a surgery that typically takes one to two hours. The processor is worn over the ear, and attaches to the wearer's head with a magnet to the internal receiver. Sound is transmitted to the internal receiver, which sends sound waves through the electrodes. The electrodes [...] a successful journey is the ongoing involvement of someone who can help guide children and families through the transition phases. Equally important is providing the tools needed to achieve the outcome that everyone hopes for: A healthy, independent child, and a family that can provide the support the child needs. What is the necessary structural support [...] psycho-social Support from the beginning Support is crucial throughout the CI journey and begins with the newborn hearing screening. When the screening shows that the infant has a hearing loss, it is up to the professionals conducting the assessment to remember that they are delivering news that will likely be very difficult for the parents to accept. Emotional
Published: 02-02-2015 12:47
tion. An advantage of the online platform is the opportunity to include a variety of materials from PDFs to video. Ida ethnographic videos are used to generate discussion and reinforce course content. Although the course focuses on children from birth to three years, students who see older children have explored the use of the My World tool. Ida Institute [...] libraries. The speaking events can provide relevant, user-friendly information about hearing health care to the community near your school. Visit Local Schools Visit Local Schools Get involved in your community and offer hearing health information and free hearing screenings to students at the beginning of each school year. Your visit to the school can [...] University of Sao Paulo developed, in partnership with the Hospital Samaritano - São Paulo, “Auditory Rehabilitation in Hearing Impaired Children: Emphasis from Birth to 3 Years Old.” With financial support from the PROADI-SUS of the Ministry of Health, the online course debuted in August 2013 to an initial study body of 105 students, made up of audiologists
Published: 03-02-2015 12:56
to the goals for the session or the issues and challenges raised by the parents. Take the selected environment and ask the child to help you make it “just for them” by arranging furniture and selecting characters to represent friends and themselves. With the child, identify the primary communication partners in the selected environment. Ask the child [...] that might arise and ask the child to describe the situations to you. You can use the child’s responses to start exploring their world, how they cope with challenges, and brainstorm solutions. Role play the situations with the child through the characters they’ve selected. You may also use the characters in the third person. The goal is to offer a set [...] when using the three environments in the My World tool. The Quick Tool contains possible questions to ask the child as you explore their daily life at home, in the classroom, and during outside activities. Keep in mind that your conversations with the child should always focus on the topics and challenges that are important to the child. The questions
Published: 16-04-2015 17:13
Care Manager of the Future. Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. See the presentations of the two Hearing Care Manager of the Future groups: Communication for Life and Fit for the Future. Juggling can be a metaphor for the way hearing care professionals will need to balance the demands of day-to-day patient care with the external pressures [...] roles. Fit for the Future The second group looked at the skills or ‘DNA’ hearing care managers of the future will need to have. Like many professionals in changing industries, audiologists will be facing a competitive skills gap as the rehabilitative aspects become more essential. The group’s solution, Fit for the Future, is centered on the development [...] many challenges to the profession, they also represent an opportunity for the profession to build a strong bridge to the future that recognizes the importance of the human dynamics of hearing loss.” Ida will continue to use future-based idea development and the appreciative approach to develop a future-proofing timeline. To fill the need for different
Published: 22-05-2015 12:38
this content. George is five years old and lives with his family in Derby, UK. He was born with cerebral palsy and the family considered his deafness a minor thing on the long list of ailments. The film provides a very honest picture of the frustrations and challenges the family has encountered on their journey through the public health system. Their [...] Connor is a nine-year-old boy from Cape Town, South Africa. He attends the Carel du Toit school for deaf and hard of hearing children. Through interviews with teachers and parents, the film shows the challenges that a family experiences when bringing up a child with a CI. In particular, the film focuses on key transitions such as when the child begins [...] into the decision of getting a CI for a child. The film also portrays a strong mother who does not take no for an answer and who sometimes struggles with the health services in order to get the best care for her son. This short film gives you a very honest picture of what it takes to achieve these goals, even through “you feel like you’re the bad guy
Published: 26-05-2015 11:55
Tele-health focus group meeting for the projects IMP3D, Audiocation, and the Innovation Implementation Process. The Tele-Health Project Ida Institute first began exploring the role of tele-health in the future of hearing healthcare more than a year and a half ago as part of our Vision 2020 process. “The goal of the Tele-health work stream is to help [...] products. The Innovation Implementation Process is a way of guiding audiologists through a change process, allowing them to explore the experience and journey of the end user, hypothesize about which step to take first, and complete a risk/impact analysis for each new tool or technology. Taking Tele-health Into the Future Ida is taking the input from [...] session, Heidi showed Marilyn how to put on her hearing aids, change the batteries, and clean them. In the second session, shown here, Heidi asks Marilyn follow-up questions about her hearing aid use and experience, and talks her through cleaning a tube. The sessions show some of the real-time challenges of tele-audiology -- unclear web cams, environmental