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Recommended reading On the impact of hearing loss on family Adult-children's perspectives on a parent's hearing impairment and its impact on their relationship and communication Preminger, J., Montano, J., Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, T. (2015). International Journal of Audiology. Vol 54, 10. 720-726. In it Together: The impact of hearing loss on personal relationships [...] People The effect of hearing impairment in older people on the spouse: development and psychometric testing of the significant other scale for hearing disability (SOS-HEAR) Scarinci, N., Worrall, L., & Hickson, L. (2009). International Journal of Audiology, 48(10), 671-83. Persons with acquired profound hearing loss (APHL): how do they and their families [...] people with hearing impairment: A literature review of the spouse's perspective Donaldson, N.A., Worrall, L., & Hickson, L. (2004) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 26(01), 30-39. On involving communication partners Reinventing Life: Improving Hearing Rehab with Communication Partners Gjonnes Møller, H. (2022). The Hearing Journal. From

to help facilitate the change process. We might sit in and watch a consultation discussion, and give them feedback about how it went.” Based on clinician input, for example, Connect Hearing took existing biomedical questions usually discussed during the appointment and placed them in a reformatted Client Lifestyle Form, which is filled out before the [...] clinicians at Connect Hearing were regularly using the Ida Motivation Tools and client-centered methods in appointments. Clinicians found the new Lifestyle Form to be very helpful, as they now have more time during the appointment to use the tools and initiate a conversation with the client about their motivation to take action on their hearing. [...] really good, and I wanted to differentiate our business from other clinics,” states Bettina Turnbull. “A lot of people think that client-centered care and good business practices do not go hand in hand, but I think they go quite nicely together. There are some larger groups where clinicians feel it is all about the numbers, the price, and what they can

the human dynamics of hearing loss. Conference participants were a mix of hearing care professional working in hospitals, hearing aid consultants, hearing aid dispensers, and audiology students. Xu Fei is a lecturer and ENT specialist at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, one of the only schools specializing in hearing and speech science in China. He [...] the world. By presenting at conferences and workshops, community members help inform new professional groups of Ida's valuable tools and educational resources. In June, Ida Fellow Xu Fei gave a presentation on the Ida tools to over 50 hearing care professionals at the annual conference of the Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation Association of Zhejiang [...] He attended the Ida Institute's first seminar series in 2008 on Defining Hearing.

about their ability to follow-through with the rehabilitation and the unpleasant side-effects. With the Line, one can remind the patient about their motivation to take action, and use that as a powerful, constructive force to deal with their fears and anxiety. “It is easy to use the Line and the Box with vestibular patients. You want to know how strong [...] Institute seminar series on Living Well with Hearing Loss in 2011. She is a registered clinical scientist specializing in balance and dizziness at Windsor Audiology Centre in the United Kingdom. In addition, Fiona is currently working towards a PhD at the University of Surrey, focusing on self-management support and patient-centered care in the context of [...] We strongly encourage hearing care professionals to explore how the Ida tools and methods can be applied in new, innovative ways in the clinical setting. Ida Fellow Fiona Barker has done just that. As a Clinical Scientist at Windsor Audiology Centre in England, she uses the Ida Motivation Tools with patients with vestibular disorders to explore their

given credit and rewarded for using such tools and methods, it will increase usage of the tools and allow researchers to collect a much larger and broader set of data on their effectiveness. This data could be a critical element when attempting to add the Ida tools and similar methods to the quality standards of large public sector hearing care systems [...] audiology research that a large number of individual who are fitted with hearing aids do not become effective users of their hearing devices. This refers to the all too common story of the person who takes action on their hearing, receives hearing aids, but does not use them and leaves them in the drawer. In her research, Fiona Barker looks to identify [...] Ida Fellow Fiona Barker plans to design and pilot an intervention that looks to improve clinical outcomes for adults with acquired hearing loss. The intervention, which will likely include at least one of the Ida Institute's tools, aims to close the gap between the number of individuals prescribed hearing aids and those who become successful users. It

Melanie Gregory partnered with pediatric hearing care specialists Christine Yoshinaga-Itano and Eileen Rall to conduct a post-session workshop on the My World pediatric counseling tool at the 2013 Frontiers in Hearing Symposium hosted by the Marion Downs Hearing Center. Representatives from pediatric hearing care centers of excellence in the United [...] of pediatric audiology and making a positive difference in the field,” stated Melanie Gregory. Workshop participants explored how pediatric hearing care specialists can place more emphasis on the psycho-social development of children with hearing loss. Hearing loss in children can cause a delay in the development of receptive and expressive communication [...] Before the introduction of advanced hearing aid technology, the only way children could communicate was through play. Advancements in technology have produced hearing instruments to allow pediatric specialists to address the child’s hearing, but technology alone cannot address all of the issues concerning speech and language development. Participants

evaluate the reach and impact of the Ida Institute on the hearing care profession. The survey results show that the Ida Institute has made a significant impact on the hearing care profession and the treatment of hearing impaired persons around the world. Thousands of hearing care professionals find the Ida tools and resources valuable and use them in their [...] picture of our impact on the hearing care profession. Our goal was to estimate the number of professionals, students, and patients who have been ‘touched by Ida’. In other words, we wanted to determine the number of professionals and students who have received training on the Ida tools and methods and the number of patients they have seen over the past year [...] demonstrate how Ida is transforming how hearing care is practiced today. In just the past year, our network reported that they had introduced and presented the Ida tools and methods to approximately 4,000 hearing care professionals. Moreover, they reported that approximately half a million patients saw a hearing care professional in the past year who

first couple of sessions and say ‘I know you are here for these reasons, but are there any other things that you want to learn while you are here?’ We got a lot of good ideas and we found that people were very interested in more information and journal articles on hearing loss. We were then able to supply them with more articles and handouts." You mentioned [...] program and invite AuD students from Cornell University to participate. Rachel Pizarek received her Doctor of Audiology degree at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Her clinical areas of interest include the diagnosis of adult hearing loss, tinnitus counseling and treatment, hearing conservation for musicians, construction workers, and those at [...] Cornell Medical College Hearing and Speech Center, recently used the Ida GROUP tool to organize two group aural rehabilitation sessions in New York City. We recently had a chance to speak to Rachel about her experience. How did you use the GROUP tool to organize the group sessions? "We used the tool’s Quick Start Guide to plan and organize the content

professionals working at private hearing aid dispenser chains across China. "As a new field, qualifications for hearing care professionals and audiologists are not standardized across China. Hearing care professionals working in private dispensers and hearing clinics often have very different levels of qualifications and skills," states Xu Fei, Lecturer [...] audiological practice." Xu Fei is a trained ENT specialist and a Lecturer in Audiology at the Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, one of three schools specializing in hearing and speech science in China. In 2009, Xu Fei attended the Ida Institute's first seminar series on the Process of Defining Hearing. [...] appointments. They just come when they want to and will wait outside the front door until the audiologist has time to see them. This is similar to what occurs at Chinese hospitals. People show up and wait many hours until they are seen by a doctor," states Xu Fei. "Sometimes an audiologist may have one patient, and sometimes they may have up to four or five

care and clinical communication, exploring the interaction between audiologists and older adults with hearing loss during consultation sessions. The research is funded by the HEARing Cooperative Research Center in Australia. It falls under a larger project led by Louise Hickson to explore the factors that facilitate or inhibit adult with hearing impairment [...] rehabilitation and hearing aid sales. This finding emphasized the importance for audiologists to take the time to develop the therapeutic relationship with the patient and to let them know that they can trust you and that you are recommending a certain strategy based on their unique interests.” If the first part of Caitlin’s research explored what adults want [...] Meyer, who currently holds a HEARing CRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, to film 60 consultation sessions with 26 different hearing care professionals across Australia. They watched the collected footage and applied the Roter interaction analysis system (RIAS) to analyze the interactions between the audiologist, the patient, and their communication partner