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Published: 30-04-2013 13:52

express how she coped in the school environment. Reflection As you watch the video, consider the following questions: Using the My World tool, what does Richard discover about Amber's seating arrangements in the classroom? What are the implications of this discovery for Amber's ability to hear the teacher well? How might Richard use the My World tool to help [...] The tool in action The videos below were created by pediatric hearing care professionals to show how they use the different environments in the My World tool to talk with children about their hearing loss. You can use these videos to learn how to introduce the tool in the appointment and how to work with each of the three environments. You can also [...] also see how the hearing care professionals use the tool to help the children explore alternative communication strategies in specific situations. If you would like to contribute a video to the website showing how you or a colleague work with the My World tool in the clinic, please contact us . Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Case

last year's team meeting in August, 2012, Artursson translated the Line and the Box into Swedish and conducted a lecture on the Ida Motivation Tools. "I was surprised how motivated my colleagues were to change current procedures at our company and introduce the Ida Motivation Tools into their consultation sessions," states Anna Artursson. "The hearing [...] motivated to use the tools, many found it challenging to use the tools with patients for the first time. Artursson found it helpful to provide her colleagues with support as they went through their personal change journeys to implement the tools. She regularly answered emails from her colleagues who had questions about how to use the tools. Most importantly [...] introduced the Ida Motivation Tools to her colleagues at Audionomerna, a private clinic chain with 33 locations throughout Sweden. Due to her continued support and motivation, many of her colleagues are now using the tools with patients on a daily basis. Artursson is the clinical manager of the Audionomerna clinic in Karlstad, Sweden. Each year, Audionomerna

The audiology team in Nottingham, UK, won the British Academy of Audiology poster prize for their account of the team's experience implementing the Ida Motivation Tools into their NHS audiology practice. Last year, the Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit collaborated with the Nottingham Audiology Services and the Ida Institute to conduct an [...] workshop on the Ida Motivation Tools. The workshop aimed to assess the feasibility of implementing the Motivation Tools within NHS clinics, identify the challenges of applying Motivational Engagement methods, and develop an ethnographic documentary to support the training of other audiologists. Over the course of three days, each member of the audiology [...] to go through a whole list of things that really isn't very helpful…If you can provide the space to get things out from the patient, than [using the Ida tools] does not really take more time from the appointment.” Initially, some members of the Nottingham team were skeptical about how long it would take for them to feel comfortable using the Ida tools

Humphrey. “The interactive exercises in the course involve the students who are likely to hide in the corner. The students may end up having to work harder, but since we discuss how to deal with real-life clinical situations during the course, the students are motivated to stay involved.” Currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of [...] Beth Humphrey has integrated the Ida University Course into the Audiology Counseling Course at the University of Tennessee. Her students find that the course provides valuable practical counseling techniques that can be directly applied to their future work in the clinic. As students are exposed to the counseling skills in the Ida University Course, a whole [...] Humphrey. Most students in the counseling course 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

Published: 14-01-2013 13:12

create a world where more people acknowledge their hearing loss, take action, and start living life to the fullest. We can encourage more people to appreciate and protect their hearing, preventing thousands of cases of hearing loss each year. Look through the ideas and find inspiration on how you can raise awareness of hearing loss in your community. Ideas [...] Ideas for Individuals Ideas for Nonprofits About Hearing Loss Ideas for Clinics Ideas for Businesses About the Ideas Ideas for Schools Big Ideas

busy finalizing all the details to launch another tool early in 2013! Through a process of collaboration with key specialists within the audiology world, Ida is excited to be shortly adding the new 'Change Guide' to the list of tools already available. This new online tool is designed to help hearing care professionals implement the Ida tools in a clinical [...] manage the change required in order for the Ida tools to be successfully applied to a clinical setting. To support the change process in a clinic or department, the guide uses a combination of activities, videos, case stories and reflective exercises. The Change Guide is based on an appreciative approach to change, which has its roots in the Appreciative [...] approach to change, the Guide helps you reflect on and talk about what works well now and how you can get more of that. This is fundamentally different from more traditional approaches to change and helps create ownership for the process and more sustainable outcomes. Full details of the Change Guide will be available here on the Ida website, so look

always the case. The Box, for example, could be of great value to our dispensers in this case. The Box can help the dispenser have the client slowly come to realize the advantages of taking action on their hearing loss and acquiring hearing instruments.” After attending the Ida Institute’s Train the Trainer workshop this spring, David Rist added the Ida [...] dispenser usually tries to convince the patient to take action by reiterating that the patient has a hearing loss based on the audiogram and that it would be logical to get a hearing aid,” states David Rist. “Once the dispenser has completed the audiogram, and it shows a hearing loss, the dispenser expects that the client will move forward with hearing [...] receive training on the Ida Motivation Tools during their first weeks in the profession. This August, Hidden Hearing expanded training on the Ida Motivation Tools to include experienced dispensers. Practicing dispensers at Hidden Hearing found the Box to be quite useful in the context of upgrading a client’s instrument. Using the Box during training

have a large influence on the success of your practice.” By using the tools, Menchenton finds that he can learn more about the individual needs and perspectives of each patient. This enables him to create tailored plans that, in the end, increase patient satisfaction. “I think the greatest less for me was realizing that the emotional questions can gather [...] partner’s life? These are the type of things that will help me understand a broader perspective of the impact that their hearing loss is having on them and others.” Trevor Menchenton is an established member of the Canadian audiology community. In 2009, he received the Jean Kienapple Award for Clinical Excellence from the Canadian Academy of Audiology [...] been established the year prior. Time has marched forward, and so has Trevor Menchenton. He is now the owner and lead clinical audiologist at Audiocorp, a private hearing clinic with locations throughout New Brunswick, Canada. We recently had a chance to catch up with him and learn how Ida’s principles have contributed to the success of his private clinic

weeks ago. The Ida Institute launched the Ideas competition with sparkle, speeches and good conversation at a well-attended open-house party at the 2012 AAA Conference. At the conference, we welcomed new members to our Ida community and saw many familiar faces at our exhibit. Over 200 people attended the launch party to officially kick-off the Ideas c [...] McCarthy led an interactive workshop on the Living Well counseling tool on the first day of the conference. Closing out the conference on Saturday, Ida Fellow Jill Preminger provided an overview of our soon-to-be-released Group AR online manual at the Grand Rounds in Audiologic Rehabilitation. We look forward to next year’s AAA Conference in Anaheim, California [...] competition. At the launch, Ida Institute managing director Lise Lotte Bundesen and Oticon Foundation Chairman Niels Boserup called for people around the world to create ideas to inspire action and raise awareness for hearing loss. “The collaborative process will enable us to engage the collective intelligence of our network and the general public to

in Western and South Australia. Four of the workshops will be dedicated to hearing care professionals at Australian Hearing . Australian Hearing is the official government provider of hearing services in Australia and one of the largest providers in the world. Through its research unit, the National Acoustic Laboratories, Australian Hearing has made [...] We are revisiting the land down under this spring for five interactive workshops on the Living Well and My World tools. This will mark a great opportunity for the Ida Institute to introduce our two new tools to the Australian hearing care community. Ida audiologist Karen Parfitt will present the Living Well and My World tools throughout locations in [...] significant contributions to understanding and treating hearing loss. The four interactive workshops at Australian Hearing represent a great opportunity to learn more about audiological practice in Australia and add new members to the growing Ida community. The workshops will occur on the following dates: 27 March - Perth Hearing Center, Western Australia