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Many assume that hearing aids are the only solution. They are unaware of other valuable methods and tools such as communication strategies, assistive listening devices, or group rehabilitation programs. "We will soon be launching a new HLAA Boston website with a series of blogs showcasing personal perspectives on hearing loss. There will be a young

where unsuccessful hearing aid users will be randomized to either receive a motivational interviewing intervention (treatment group) or to review standard literature with an audiologist (control group). The treatment group will be introduced to the Line tool in a manner that is consistent with motivational interviewing methods. The audiologist will [...] barriers to hearing-aid use. Data collection will start in October 2013 and proceed until 2015. The goal is to collect data from 30 patients in the treatment group and 30 patients in the control group. Outcome measures collected will include an assessment of hearing-aid use, a hearing-aid questionnaire, an assessment of importance and readiness to change

using a group rehabilitation approach to deal with these symptoms rather than applying an individual rehabilitation program. “In Argentina, providing psychological counseling to individuals is the primary treatment employed for those people that have a complex or severe case of depression or anxiety regarding their hearing loss. We find that group programs [...] perspective to the hearing care profession. Her private practice is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she specializes in counseling adults with hearing loss and providing group audiological rehabilitation workshops for adults with acquired hearing loss. Viviana’s poster at the World Congress explored the relationship between hearing loss acquired in [...] programs actually represent a better approach to alleviating these symptoms for this population,” states Viviana Maller. “In a group workshop, we work closely with communication skills, provide information about hearing loss, and teach participants how to deal with stress in challenging situations. We show them how it is possible to handle the stress associated

Weill 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 [...] participant brought a close friend to the group session, for example, and this helped bring people to the group." Rachel Pizarek conducted the group sessions in partnership with the Center for Hearing and Communication, another private clinic located in Manhattan. In the fall, Rachel plans to conduct another group program and invite AuD students from Cornell [...] this work in combination with the GROUP tool? "We used many of the handouts from the ACE book, so that was why the combination of ACE and the GROUP tool worked so nicely. Without some of the handouts from the ACE program, the sessions would not have been as well organized. On the other hand, I liked the way that the GROUP tool focused on many of the emotional

collecting some of the most forward-thinking leaders in the field of pediatric hearing care together at the symposium. It was an honor to introduce the My World tool to this group of thought-leaders who are rethinking the boundaries of pediatric audiology and making a positive difference in the field,” stated Melanie Gregory. Workshop participants explored [...] work with other professionals in a multi-disciplinary fashion to support the child and their family. With regards to parents, Frontiers in Hearing has a very active parents group that focuses on the role of parents in the rehabilitation process. At the workshop, we explored how one could use the My World tool in involve parents in the child’s rehabilitation

barriers. One such strategy was the appreciative approach to change. Rather than a top-down, problem-focused approach to change management, the appreciative approach encourages group discussions to identify what works well now and to focus on doing more of that in the future. The approach often leads to more sustainable results, as change is created through

shape in real-life. To expose students to group AR, Maria dedicated an entire lecture of the counseling course to group aural rehabilitation. She utilized the GROUP tool to show them what a group AR session really looks like. “The videos on the clinician, patient, and student perspective of group AR in the GROUP tool helped take the drama out of the concept [...] s?’” By focusing an entire lecture on group aural rehabilitation, Maria aimed to convey the benefits of group counseling sessions to her students and motivate them to conduct their own sessions as future hearing care professionals. “While they are still students, it would be very good that they try doing group AR at least once, or attend a session, [...] Ida Fellow Maria Hoff recently used the Ida Institute’s GROUP tool to introduce the concept of group AR to students in her rehabilitation and counseling course at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. For students in the BSc audiology program, Maria Hoff’s course marks their introduction to rehabilitation and counseling methods. Many of the students

Published: 04-06-2013 11:57

the consequences clinical choices may have on people with hearing loss and their communication partners. The Dilemma Game can be used with colleagues, with a larger training group, in student training, or as an individual exercise. The dilemma cards also can be great material for role playing and other learning exercises. Developed in collaboration with

conduct with students and professionals. To demonstrate how you can run the workshop, the website contains short video clips from a real-life Time and Talk workshop with a group of audiology students from the University of Bristol. Time and Talk is based on the Hull York Medical School modified version of the Calgary-Cambridge Integrated Clinical Method

Published: 16-05-2013 11:59

Meet our collaborators We would like to thank the professionals below for being part of My World working group. Through their dedicated efforts and creative collaboration, they helped develop the supporting resources for the My World tool found on this website. Because of their efforts, pediatric audiologists from around the world can now access a rich [...] Shann Jane Shann is an experienced teacher of the deaf who has had a hearing loss herself from birth. She has worked in both education and health care, and now runs The Phoenix Group for Deaf Children, which is a charity in the UK for deaf and hearing-impaired children and their families. Jane is passionate about enabling deaf children to achieve their potential