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Published: 23-09-2015 11:13

that fit their lifestyles, and recognize that their hearing loss journey is unique. You can also serve as an intermediary by connecting your clients to one another through Group AR and other support groups. The strategies you introduce in your sessions will be reinforced if your clients compare notes, share tips, and provide support that they might

Published: 23-09-2015 11:22

an appointment. Including photos of the staff will also make your practice more personable, and allow first-time visitors to put a face to a name before they arrive. Can:Do Group provides pictures and information about all of their staff's experience. Make important information readily available Including a frequently asked questions section on your

Published: 23-09-2015 11:24

person with hearing loss and his or her family need to adjust to this change. Arranging Group meetings is a way to help people with hearing loss and their communication partners meet others who are experiencing the same things they are. There is an evidence-base for Group AR’s effectiveness, but few practices take advantage of this resource. Please accept [...] marketing cookies to view this content. People with hearing loss wishing to make connections beyond Group AR – or who simply prefer the comforts of their own homes – might prefer an online solution. You can set up a forum on your website, or a Facebook group to help your clients meet each other, share stories and advice, and exchange resources on both local

Published: 23-09-2015 16:17

materials. If there is more information out there, more people are likely to seek help. Take GROUP Online Just as tele-audiology doesn’t have to connect the audiologist to clients in their home, it also doesn’t have to connect just audiologists to clients. Taking Group AR meetings online offers the same support for people with hearing loss and their families [...] software such as Skype or Google Hangouts. A closed Facebook group is a private way to conduct conversations that are not happening in real time, but is using a platform familiar to many. Ida collaborators Deborah Ferrari and Ariane Laplante-Lévesque have used free software Padlet for student group work. Talking to people with hearing loss about their t [...] opportunities for devising technological and communication strategies for your client, even while they’re at home. Jill Preminger, who participated in our Telehealth focus group, shared this video, which she calls “Huh?” <iframe data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fC7H-IGM2RE"></iframe> Please accept marketing-cookies to watch this video. A program

The Ida Institute is continuing its work with tele-audiology, this time with a presentation to a group of audiology students at the Lund University International Summer School in Sweden. The five-hour workshop was intended to get the students excited about using tele-audiology now and inspire them about future possibilities. The workshop was given by

Published: 12-10-2015 16:46

other. GROUP AR is an effective way to help clients strategize ways of coping with their hearing loss, to learn how to explain their hearing loss to others, and to offer emotional support to them and their communication partners by putting them together with people like them. Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Beyond GROUP AR, consider [...] online community. The HLAA, for example, provides information on local chapters as well as online resources where PHLs can find support. There is also the pote ntial to run Group AR sessions online using Skype meetings or Google hangouts. The number of participants in each session can be limited the same way an in-person session would. This may increase

looked you up online and thought, “Oh! These are my people!” For a number of reasons! What age group do you work on in the project? I signed up to work with the oldest age group, largely because beyond basic child development, my best contribution to this group really is as a parent and what I know. That’s what I remember most about my daughter’s transition [...] director of the Office for Community Child Health at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Earlier this year, she joined our Transitions Management team, focusing on the 18+ group and how teenagers manage after leaving high school. Lisa recently visited the Ida Institute while on a research tour of the Nordic countries and answered a few questions about

Institute is making our first foray into this topic with our upcoming seminar, The Tinnitus Challenge, in Skodsborg, Denmark, this December. We have invited an international group of participants to share their insight from their different disciplines as clinicians, ENTs, and researchers. We’re looking forward to hearing about their experiences both with

Published: 25-11-2015 15:38

accept marketing cookies to view this content. Gill and John (UK, 2009) Stage: Maintenance Recommended tools: Motivation Tools , Communication Partner Tools , Living Well , Group AR By being a supportive partner, John often acts as Gill’s earpiece at social gatherings. This puts an added burden on John. He often finds himself having to pay attention

Published: 25-11-2015 16:18

marketing cookies to view this content. Joe, Bill, and Dallett (USA, 2010) Stage: Maintenance Recommended tools: Motivation Tools , Communication Partner Tools , Living Well , Group AR Bill and Dallett’s journey with hearing loss serves as a reminder that awareness of hearing loss does not necessarily translate into motivation to take action. Although Bill