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organized an activity to help participants think about how they deliver difficult messages. The second day of “Tinnitus Challenge” was primarily devoted to group work. Participants focused their group work on the needs of both patients and professionals, looking to create resources for both. For hearing healthcare professionals, some groups looked at how [...] The Ida Institute recently held a mini-seminar on tinnitus in Skodsborg, Denmark. “Tinnitus Challenge: Moving Forward with Person Centered Care” assembled an international group of 15 participants from eight different countries, including audiologists, ENTs, and psychologists. Psychologist Anne-Mette Mohr gave a presentation about patient and professional

Published: 07-12-2015 15:42

Join a group Have you ever had questions about your hearing technology? Or wondered if there is a better way to manage communication? You may want to think about joining a group. Group sessions are mostly run by audiologists and allow you and your partner to talk to others with hearing loss about how to cope in daily life. They are a terrific place [...] view this content. We talked to couples after they participated in a group session. Hear their comments. Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. A woman tells the group that her family made no effort to include when she was a child before her hearing loss. The group talks about how to manage social isolation and develop the courage to [...] cookies to view this content. You can't always plan communication. Pretend you're at the theater and you want to buy popcorn. Hear the tips and tricks from the participants in a group session on how they would manage these challenges.

Published: 07-12-2015 15:20

understood by repeating their points Watch the person’s body language, face and gestures to help you Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. In this video, a group talks about how to order food at McDonald's via the intercom system after hours. You will be surprised how many good ideas they have in a very short time. Please accept marketing

Table” about Kathleen, her family, and her difficulties growing up with hearing loss. Melanie shared the beginnings of the framework designed by the Ida Transitions Management group, which looks at the various environments where young people will experience changes that can affect their emotional well-being. These include intellectual, social, physical [...] the take-away that successful transitions lead to emotionally healthy, resilient young people. We look forward to sharing the framework from the Ida Transitions Management group in 2016.

Published: 25-11-2015 16:36

marketing cookies to view this content. Jodi, Barbara, and Robert (USA, 2013) Stage: Action Recommended Tools: The Line , the Box , Goal Sharing for Partners , Living Well , Group AR Barbara comes in to get fitted for a pair of hearing aids. Her husband Robert, who is already a hearing aid user, comes with her. Robert is a supportive spouse who speaks

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

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

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

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

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