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Published: 23-09-2015 11:12

to receive results and treatment at home, or whose communication partners cannot attend appointments with them during working hours (for example: elderly clients with adult children). To address the needs of a new, tech-hungry generation, the person-centered approach is to use telehealth. We can use telehealth in different ways throughout the hearing

Published: 21-09-2015 14:59

movies! From the editor Hearing Loss at Any Age is a Family Affair Family-centered care is a standard and widely accepted practice when treating children with hearing loss. And that makes good sense. Young children rarely understand what a hearing care professional is describing, are unable to follow through with a treatment plan on their own, and have [...] feature: Tools for family centered care Ideas Worth Hearing From the editor Family Centered Care Family centered care is a standard practice when dealing with hearing impaired children. It is taken for granted that the entire family will need information on how to support the child and help him or her thrive. But this standard of care is phased out as a [...] self-sufficient. Why is the assumption made that adults who develop a hearing loss would not have family members who are as affected as the family members of hearing impaired children? What if we treat the family members of adults with hearing loss the same way? This month, we're looking at the benefits of family centered care beyond pediatric patients

Published: 24-08-2015 15:45

are the benefits? Lets parents prepare in advance for their child’s appointment Helps to identify the child’s needs Allows care to be personalized Why this tool? Parents of children with hearing loss receive a lot of information about their child’s diagnosis. They may have trouble taking in all the technical details and proposed treatments and will have [...] marketing cookies to view this content. Click here to get started with My Turn to Talk You might also like... My World Growing Up with Hearing Loss My Hearing Explained for Children Living Well for Teens and Tweens Telecare for Teens and Tweens

in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is also on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Amy has a strong interest in the socio-emotional development of Deaf and hard of hearing children and the Quality of Life outcomes of children with cochlear implants. Since she first thought of [...] areas of need. What sorts of patients do you see? About 5% of the children I see are hearing, but have Deaf families (in which case, ASL is often their first language), or children who communicate via non-verbal means. The vast majority of the patients I see, approximately 95%, are children who are Deaf or hard of hearing. They may be newborns who have [...] of becoming a psychologist as a pre-teen, Amy knew she wanted to focus on children. “I was interested in being both a counselor and a teacher,” she says. “I thought that becoming a psychologist would allow me to do both. I love children and always imagined that I would work with young people and their families.” Amy recently participated in the Cochlear

Published: 07-08-2015 12:33

The Ida Institute set out to answer this question with our latest seminar, “Successes, Gaps and Challenges in CI Rehabilitation: The CI Journey for Children and their Families.” For the families of children with cochlear implants, there is so much more to their journey than just the switch-on date. Together with a group of multi-disciplinary participants [...] rehabilitation, so they can focus more energy to enjoying life with their children. Seminar Lectures After Implantation Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Sue Archbold of the Ear Foundation shares research on the results of long-term management of children ages 6-18 with cochlear implants as they go from school to higher education [...] Educator's Perspective Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Ruth Bourne shares her experience as a teacher of children with hearing loss and principal of the Carel du Toit Centre , a school dedicated to helping children with cochlear implants learn to speak. The Parent-Driven Patient Journey Please accept marketing cookies to view this content

focusing on the different stages of transition for children and young people and are working on projects to suit children and their families’ needs at each transition. We will eventually develop a framework that can be used by hearing care professionals, patients, and their families to help children successfully manage their own transitions. [...] project. In that time, we’ve held four virtual meetings with participants from our global community, and have discussed what role the audiology community can play to help children with hearing loss and their families navigate the different phases of their lives. At these meetings, our participants have considered how transitions are managed in schools

Published: 28-07-2015 11:13

Ida tools. A new unit, Extending Patient-Centered Care to Families and Children, focuses on understanding hearing loss from the perspective of the family, with special focus on children’s and teens’ experience of hearing loss. The unit was written by Eileen Rall of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Paul Peryman of Van Asch Deaf Education Center

of our updated University Course. The newly expanded course features chapters on new tools, health literacy, and a whole new unit on patient centered care for families and children. We’ve also updated the content to reflect updated research. The University Course was originally developed by Deborah von Hapsburg, Ph.D., in 2010 when she was the visiting

Published: 07-07-2015 17:48

Module 4 - Extending Person-Centered Care to Families and Children Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 6-12 In this unit, we continue to extend our consideration of blended family-centered and child-centered care to ages 6-12. We focus on self-determination, which includes subset skills such as self-efficacy, self-advocacy, self-regulation, [...] tools provide examples for clinical use. Downloads Instructor's Guide Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 6-12 Module 4 Extending Person-Centered Care to Families and Children Family-Centered Care and Listening to the Parent Perspective Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 3-9 Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 6-12 Family-Centered

Published: 07-07-2015 17:48

Person-Centered Care to Families and Children Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 3-9 In this unit, we begin to extend our consideration of “centered” care by adding child-centeredness to family-centered care. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child supports our efforts to engage children in their care in developmentally meaningful [...] brief hands-on role-playing experience. Downloads Instructor's Guide Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 3-9 Module 4 Extending Person-Centered Care to Families and Children Family-Centered Care and Listening to the Parent Perspective Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 3-9 Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 6-12 Family-Centered