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Your real-life experiences and personal stories can inspire and influence others to improve the world for people who are deaf or have hearing loss. They can also encourage action to support implementation of the WHO’s World Report on Hearing. Individuals, families and organisations are encouraged to submit their stories and if chosen, will be used as [...] as part of the global World Hearing Forum Changemakers campaign and appear on the World Hearing Forum Changemakers Facebook page. This will help build a movement to persuade governments and societies to make hearing care a public health priority. See the Storytelling Guidelines Click the links below to see the Changemaker Stories published since May

follow the treatment plan and return to your office when changes in their hearing occur. They may even recommend your services to a friend. Shari Eberts is a hearing health advocate, writer, and avid Bikram yogi. She is the founder of Living With Hearing Loss , a blog and online community for people living with hearing loss and tinnitus. She also serves [...] tips. Make your office hearing loss friendly Your office is the first thing your patients will notice. Make sure it is welcoming from the minute they arrive and that it acknowledges and treats their hearing difficulties with respect. Train your receptionist to speak loudly and clearly. People with hearing loss have trouble hearing in most situations. Make [...] first time, can be an emotional and frightening experience for people with hearing loss. It certainly was for me. I wondered if the audiologist would understand my hearing problems. Would they find solutions to help me reengage with my family and friends – to communicate well in a variety of settings? Many people with hearing loss think about making an

emotional wellbeing, and overall quality of life. Communication partners report feelings of frustration and uncertainty and are prone to depression, detachment, and marital discontent. But research shows that by involving communication partners in the hearing care journey, both parties can experience improved quality of life and that rehabilitation outcomes [...] crucial for hearing care professionals to involve clients’ key communication partners in the rehabilitation process. Ida’s suite of Communication Partners tools guides people with hearing loss, their communication partners, and hearing care professionals in managing hearing loss through a more complete picture of the clients’ needs and greater support [...] February 14th is met with anxious anticipation by some, and trepidation by others. But regardless of how we feel about it, Valentine’s Day causes many people to think of love lost, found, and enduring. Communication plays a significant role in whether love thrives or dies. And people with hearing loss and their partners face communication difficulties that

tinnitus as the ‘bewitched ear’ and used natural remedies in hopes of curing it. Science has since made tremendous progress, and we now know that tinnitus is not a disease or illness in itself, but rather a symptom of an underlying condition, covering everything from infections and earwax build-up to hearing loss and noise exposure. Stress as a common [...] tinnitus clients and identify relevant counseling and coping strategies. Tools like the Tinnitus Thermometer is a fundamental and instinctive part of her approach, helping her to understand how her clients are experiencing their tinnitus and how they are coping. The Tinnitus Forecast graph helps to visualize how the tinnitus develops over time and illustrate [...] the British Tinnitus Association to raise awareness and educate the public about tinnitus. To mark the occasion, we spoke with Clinical Audiologist and Tinnitus Expert Regitze Willemoës about the nature of the condition and about learning how to cope. We also touched on the inevitable topic of COVID and how the global pandemic is currently impacting people

individual needs and context in hearing healthcare is close to the Eriksholm mission, so I see great opportunity for sparring and collaboration between us." Ida’s Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen says, “We are delighted to be welcoming Ruth Thomsen and James M. Harte to the Advisory Board. Both have solid and exceptional backgrounds in hearing healthcare [...] Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, AU; Lucille Beck, PhD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, US; Deborah Ferarri, PhD, Professor, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, School of Dentistry of Bauru, University of São Paulo, BR; Darcy Benson, AuD, Audiologist and Practice Owner, California Hearing Center and Audiology [...] Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida and Associate Professor of Audiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, US; and Barbara Kelley, Executive Director, Hearing Loss Association of America, US. Ida wishes to thank departing Advisory Board Uwe Hermann, De Wet Swanepoel, and Melanie Gregory for their invaluable insights and dedicated contribution to the

newborns with hearing loss. More recently, NAL is focussed on understanding and developing evidence for the benefit of connected health and remote hearing services. They are pioneering the use of behavioural economics to guide hearing health decision-making and providing timely evidence-based innovations such as recommendations for helping hearing aid wearers [...] innovative research to improve hearing health and quality of life across the lifespan. Behavioural Sciences uses psychology and other sciences to investigate and implement campaigns to promote hearing health. Communication Science investigates the efficacy of early intervention and other factors influencing children’s communication and psychosocial outcomes [...] “We are delighted to collaborate with the Ida Institute, which will help us advance NAL’s mission to conduct world-leading hearing research and innovation to improve the hearing health and transform the lives of people with hearing difficulties. We are excited at the prospect that together, we can do great things to enhance the patient-centered evidence-base

convenience, and efficiency. The pandemic has added an important safety incentive for professionals to apply telehealth and find new ways of providing clients with online support when in-person appointments are not an option. Real-time support To help professionals and people with hearing loss navigate the telehealth journey – before, during, and after the [...] provide their clients with a holistic and person-centered experience throughout the telehealth journey and ensure that the clients feel heard, understood, and involved at all stages.” Tips for using the tools The new editable PDFs include classic Ida tools such as the Line , the Box , My Hearing Explained , and the Tinnitus Thermometer . Each can be [...] Improve My Hearing is useful before the first appointment with a client. As a next step, the editable PDF version of the Line or the Box can be used to further explore their motivation for seeking help and consider the advantages and disadvantages of taking action. My Hearing Explained is a conversation guide that can be used to explain hearing test results

pandemic has caused disruption for people with hearing loss and hearing care services around the world. But in every crisis lies an opportunity to develop and grow. During lockdown, many hearing care providers found new, creative ways to support their clients. The pandemic also created greater awareness about hearing loss in the general public due to the d [...] competitive parameter for hearing care professionals and the industry in the coming years. Collaborating to prepare for the future While we can’t plan for the future, we can prepare. This is the philosophy behind the Future Hearing Journeys project and the reason why the Ida Institute has involved stakeholders from across the hearing care sector in exploring [...] exploring what future hearing care might look like, how professionals can best meet the needs of tomorrow’s clients, and how people with hearing loss can get the care they need and want. Armed with these insights, we will be better able to navigate an evolving landscape of new technologies, consumer demands, and business models, in which the only constant

Published: 21-12-2020 15:01

appointments. After using Why Improve My Hearing? you can follow up with the editable PDF version of the Line or the Box to better understand your client’s motivations for seeking help with their hearing or to help them assess the advantages and disadvantages of taking action. Living Well (Online) and My Hearing Explained also complement each other. Use Living [...] before appointments to help your clients come prepared to discuss their priorities and concerns. Then, use My Hearing Explained during the online appointment to explain hearing test results in person-centered language and to expand conversations to communication challenges and strategies. Finally, Goal Sharing for Partners can be used online across the different [...] Using Ida tools throughout a telehealth appointment Ida Telecare supports people with hearing loss before and between their hearing care appointments. Filling out our online tools gives clients a chance to gather their thoughts before an appointment, so that they are prepared to discuss what is most important to them. As telehealth is increasingly used

of invention”, has given people with hearing loss some wonderful new options. Virtual platforms, ASR (Automated Speech Recognition), clear masks and face shields – all of these existed before the onset of COVID, but now they are repurposed as golden gifts to people with hearing loss. Clear masks, which the hearing loss community has been crying out for [...] the chaos of 2020. The world’s pandemic and politics seem to have set the world spinning in another direction. And in this crazy, abnormal world, people with hearing loss have encountered another shock; dealing with facemasks has shot many of us back to the time before we had learned to cope well with our hearing issues. Every day, we are challenged trying [...] activities that can stimulate our happy mode. Put up the lights and decorate. Play boardgames with people in our social bubbles, or online. We have started playing Hearts online with our son and his partner to stay connected (and to win—we’re a competitive bunch.) Get outside to walk or run and to breathe air free from indoor stuffiness. If you have streaming