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Published: 14-01-2013 15:16

Change: Realities and Roadblocks " seminar series in spring of 2012, where 75 hearing care professionals from around the world contributed their expertise and ideas to help us better understand what clinicians need in order to implement person-centered care in their practice. We appreciate the contributions of all our collaborators and would like to thank [...] management and business psychology Theresa Chisolm Professor, Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, University of South Florida Charlotte Rogers Hearing Therapist Clinical Lead, Nottingham Audiology Services Berth Danermark Professor of Sociology at The Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University and Örebro University [...] Russell Specialist Audiologist, Nottingham Audiology Services Louise Hickson Professor and Head of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Co-Director of the Communication Disability Center at the University of Queensland. Jerusha Shulberg Innovation Director and Audiology Training Manager, Cubex

Published: 14-01-2013 15:31

Ideas for Clinics Browse through the pool of ideas and find inspiration for projects that you can implement in your community. Raising awareness of hearing loss in your region can help inspire people to act on their hearing and visit your clinic for a consultation session. Whether you have minutes, hours, or days to contribute, your clinic can be part [...] Educate Teachers Family Picnics Family Picnics Coffee To Go Coffee To Go! Celebrate Hearing Celebrate Hearing Visit Local Schools Visit Local Schools Hearing Café Hearing Cafe Digital Storytelling Digital Storytelling Awareness in Days Clinicians Without Borders [...] part of a broader movement to raise awareness of hearing loss and inspire people to take action. Awareness in Minutes Share Books Share Books Communication Card Communication Card Silent Places Blog Silent Places Blog Local Media Newspaper Article Awareness in Hours Library Talks Library Talks School Art Contest School Art Contest Educate Teachers Educate

Published: 14-01-2013 15:32

field of hearing loss or not, your organization can join this global movement to raise awareness of hearing loss and work to ensure that more people seek treatment. Browse through the pool of ideas and find inspiration for a project that you can implement in your region. Awareness in Minutes Online Videos Online Videos Movies and TV Movies and TV Share [...] Storytelling School Art Contest School Art Contest Holiday Action Holiday Action Campaign Silent Music Fest Silent Music Fest Educate Teachers Educate Teachers Celebrate Hearing Celebrate Hearing Day Coffee To Go Coffee To Go Ear Plugs Demo Ear Plugs Demo Awareness in Days Documentary Film Documentary Film Sound Domes Sound Domes Theater Production Theater

Published: 14-01-2013 15:34

of untreated cases of hearing loss. All Schools Share Books Share Books Invite Speakers Invite Speakers Sign Language Teach Sign Language School Art Contest School Art Contest Ear Plugs Ear Plugs Demo Educate Teachers Educate Teachers Celebrate Hearing Celebrate Hearing Hearing Health and Audiology Departments Hearing Café Hearing Cafe Clinics Library [...] through the pool of ideas and find inspiration for school projects that can raise awareness of hearing loss. Changing the attitudes of children and young adults can help transform social norms for an entire generation. Implementing these ideas can help create a world where hearing loss is openly discussed among families and friends, thus reducing the

Published: 14-01-2013 15:35

cause and raise awareness of hearing loss. Below you will find a number of concrete ideas that can inspire people to take action on their hearing and seek treatment. Helping to raise awareness of hearing loss represents a great opportunity for your business to strengthen your relationship with consumers and local communities. Visualize Hearing Visualize [...] Visualize Hearing Support Pins Support Pins

t to reflect on their own practice and share their unique perspectives on the given topic. We consider our participants the experts. Their stories and experiences serve as the starting point for our collaborative process. A diverse group of participants helps the seminar bring fresh light on existing knowledge and explore uncharted territory. With our [...] Jennifer Thwaites, NHS United States Kris English, University of Akron Ellen Lafargue, Center for Hearing and Communication Kari Morgenstein, University of Florida Hillary Snapp, Millner School of Medicine, Uni of Miami Health Systems Linda Thibodeau, Advanced Hearing Research Center, University of Texas at Dallas Deborah von Hapsburg, University of Tennessee [...] An international group of hearing care professionals from 11 different countries, spanning 5 continents, will attend Ida’s upcoming seminar on 21 January titled “ Patient-Centered Care: Fluff, Fact or Fiction .” For each Ida seminar series, we aim to bring together a diverse group of participants from various backgrounds and locations. During the seminar

patient-centered care and considered what it means to practice in a patient-centered care way. Through interactive exercises, lectures, role-play exercises, and facilitated discussions, we explored patient-centered care from the perspective of both the patient and the hearing care professional. We looked into the underlying skills and practical tools that [...] ended, and a new one is soon to begin. In January, 24 hearing care professionals from around the world attended the first seminar in our three-part series titled: Patient-Centered Care: Fluff, Fact, or Fiction. This February, another multi-national group of hearing care professionals will travel to Denmark to partake in our second seminar and further [...] reexamining the concept of patient-centered care with an entirely new group of hearing care professionals. Applying different perspectives to the same topic over the course of three seminars serves to enrich our understanding of the topic. By the end of the seminar series, 75 hearing care professionals will have collaborated with each other to create new knowledge

launched a new training program to expand the global reach and impact of our tools and methods. The Train the Trainer seminars prepare people to create and deliver their own training programs on the Ida Motivation Tools : the Line, the Box, and the Circle. Alex Griffiths-Brown from Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital in Shropshire, United Kingdom, participated [...] patient responses Encourages shared ownership between audiologist and patient Helps to identify the need for change Establishes a goal (hearing better) and how motivated a patient is towards the solution (hearing aid/communication tactics etc) Promotes conversation between audiologist and patient Methods A rehabilitation training day was planned for all [...] they felt the day had been. The comments and the results from The Line were positive with a majority of staff scoring the day between 7 and 10. Outcomes from Training Day Implemented We allowed ourselves a time during the day where staff could individually come and talk through their ideas about The Line and how we could change practice The GHABP (NHS

Course teaching methods motivate the students to think critically about clinical situations and work to improve their patient-centered counseling skills. Throughout the course, Professor Humphrey uses role-playing, idea sharing, and reflection exercises to introduce and review patient-centered counseling skills. “The course presents evidence-based practice [...] real-life clinical situations during the course, the students are motivated to stay involved.” Currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Tennessee Hearing and Speech Center, Beth Humphrey attended the Ida Seminar on Communication Partnerships in 2010. This marks the second year in a row where Professor Humphrey has taught the Audiology [...] are in the process of completing or have completed their supervised clinical appointments. The Ida course expands the students' understanding of their role as an audiologist and reinforces the importance of good communication skills during consultation sessions. “I believe the course will help make my students more well-rounded...The course makes the

Published: 21-02-2013 15:34

Group Activities Learning environment Group exercises and role-plays are central to the Time and Talk method. Group activities allow participants to learn from each other's resources, skills and experience. To ensure a positive learning experience for all participants, you should create a collaborative learning environment. This can be done by ensuring [...] opportunity to contribute by offering input and suggestions and by acting out those suggestions. Possible activites Hot seating - Build a client profile by having observers ask questions of the person who will play the client. Alter ego - Help participants understand what may be going on in the heads of the clinician and the client during the conversation by [...] Competency Skills List and develop a question that they would ask a client based on a particular skill. Engage observers To involve the whole group and maximize the learning outcome of the session, you can give observers a task to complete while they are watching the role play. For example, you can ask observers to identify and call out different aspects