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rubrics and spark conversations about effective and supportive feedback that will encourage students on their PCC journey. Talita le Roux, Senior Lecturer in Audiology at the University of Pretoria, says: “For students to fully understand the essence and value of PCC, the principles should be embedded in some structured way in each theoretical and practical [...] organizations, including American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, British Society of Audiology, Audiology Australia, and the International Standards Organization (ISO), have started to include PCC in their standards for professionals – a recognition that puts pressure on academic programs to rethink their curricula and underscores the relevance of the [...] Curriculum Guidelines are intended as an evolving resource that we can build on continually – and we encourage feedback and suggestions. We would like to acknowledge the contributions from our academic partner universities and warmly thank them for their vision and leadership on this front.

at a societal level and then examine how those affect healthcare and audiology specifically. Through a combination of surveys, interviews, and focus groups, the Future Hearing Journeys project will gather insights and evidence from key actors across hearing healthcare, including hearing care professionals, people with hearing loss, advocacy groups [...] landscape. And that is what we hope to provide through Future Hearing Journeys. We are thrilled to see the interest that the project is gaining already – and hope that as many people as possible will get involved and tell us what they think.” We invite everyone in hearing healthcare to join the journey and share their insights. If you are a hearing care [...] assessments. A world where AI and over-the-counter delivery models have taken over and hearing care professionals are doing online counseling only. What are the implications for people with hearing loss? Will they have access to the care they need? To examine such questions and explore the trends that will affect hearing care in the coming years, the

contact and no contact audiology appointments, many hearing care professionals are looking for practical ways to add or increase telehealth services . Embedding Ida Telecare tools on their websites is one easy way to do this. The person-centered tools help improve communication between hearing care professionals and their clients. They’re free and the process [...] both the audiologist and their client tend to be more prepared for the meeting, which means it can be more focused and provide patients with insight into what we're going to be doing, why we are doing it, and how it ties back to their questions or concerns.” We asked Marais why he decided to embed the tools and what benefits he and his clients have seen [...] better preparation by the client and the clinician prior to the first meeting. They allow clients to reflect on their hearing health needs and provide them with the opportunity to consider how to put their thoughts and feelings into words. The tools ensure we can start talking about what is important to the patient and/or their significant others from

checked in with our university and professional and patient organization partners to find out how they have been affected by the situation and what actions they are taking to cope. Our university partners have been affected by the sudden and total shift to online learning, the social and technological divide this has created, and the loss of clinical placements [...] gathered the members of the Person-Centered Hearing Network (PCHN) on August 31 for a virtual update of the network’s activities. The PCHN brings together Ida’s university and professional and patient organization partners in a collaborative effort to make person-centered care (PCC) a standard in hearing healthcare. The Inaugural meeting of the PCHN [...] barriers and unanticipated costs. The organizations are trying to support their members as they branch out into telehealth and try to reopen their clinics safely. Meanwhile, their members’ new needs come at a time when the organizations themselves are missing out on the training and conference opportunities they rely on for both community and financial

to judge the mood and the seriousness and intent of the speaker is a problem,” explains Russell Misheloff, a member of the Hearing Loss Association of America , who has had a moderate to severe hearing loss for the past 25 years. Dr. Roger Wicks, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Action on Hearing Loss , UK, confirms. “We're hearing a huge number of [...] communication exceedingly difficult for people with hearing loss. Many rely on lipreading and facial expressions to help pick up words and phrases they may otherwise miss in a conversation. Masks take away these visual clues that people with hearing loss use to communicate. “Masks have complicated hearing. Even though I don’t lip read well at all, the inability [...] of reports of anxiety and stress for many people. It's the prospect of a world that's even harder to hear and interpret,” he says. Face masks and hospitals: the dual challenge One of the spaces where masks are both of vital importance and pose a particular challenge for people with hearing loss is in hospitals – a challenge Misheloff has experienced

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for inspiration and to stimulate discussion within and between academic programs. Rubrics from the University of Pretoria At the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Pretoria, the students are evaluated according to the five stages of the Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes taxonomy ( Biggs and Collins, 1982; [...] gap between theory and clinical practice, showing that PCC is rarely adopted during hearing care consultations ( Grenness et al., 2015 ). The discipline of audiology originally developed from a biomedical model of care with a lot of emphasis on pathology, site of lesion tests, and diagnostics. Therefore, the focus of the profession and the associated training [...] assumed, but interactional skills are valued. To ensure that students understand the essence and value of PCC and master its fundamental principles as they graduate, the approach needs to be taught and measured as a required competence. But how do you measure and grade a student on person-centeredness? As with any other skillset, PCC can actually be measured

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resources, and behavioral assessments on a variety of topics. The learning objectives were developed with input from our university partners. While parts of different topics may be useful or inspiring when teaching different areas, each topic is complete and independent of the others. The topics are are not arranged in a particular order, and it is only [...] objectives by Meibos et al. address the student’s emotional response concerning their attitudes, values, and appreciation for motivation in learning Adult aural rehabilitation Explain the key elements of aural rehabilitation and show videos of people with hearing loss in group aural rehabilitation settings Adult diagnostic audiological assessment Introduce students [...] diagnostic testing, including building rapport and shared decision-making Adult amplification Review a person-centered approach to choosing and fitting amplification, including the importance of client motivation Counseling Give students a foundational understanding of how to effectively counsel their clients and enhance their appointments Implantable te

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areas within hearing care and measurable behaviors to track your students’ progress. What are the benefits? Define person-centered learning objectives in your curriculum Evaluate students’ person-centered skills in clinics Be inspired by leading academics who have successfully implemented person-centered care in their programs Perspectives and insights [...] audiology curricula, both for educators and students Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Talita le Roux from the University of Pretoria describes their drive to implement PCC and provides helpful tips on how to get started The resource Learning objectives Download learning objectives, resources, and observable behaviors specific to different [...] different fields of audiological and vestibular practice Additional resources PCC student learning guide Download Utah State University’s guide for students describing the department’s focus on and commitment to PCC and how PCC is included in their education Patient/carer questionnaire Download the University of Southampton’s questionnaire in which clients

the University of Southampton. The Danish Association of Speech and Language Therapists and Audiologists The Danish Association of Speech and Language Therapists and Audiologists (Audiologopædisk Forening [ALF]) is the largest not-for-profit association of speech and language pathologists and audiologists in Denmark. The organization has several goals [...] partnerships with the University of Southampton, the Brazilian Speech-Language and Hearing Society, and the Danish Association of Speech-Language and Hearing Pathologists. “We are proud to expand our global network with these three institutions representing very different national contexts for hearing healthcare,” says Ida Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen [...] person-centered care in Denmark.” The Brazilian Speech-Language and Hearing Society The Brazilian Speech-Language and Hearing Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia [SBFa]) consists of groups of professionals interested in stimulating, debating, and disseminating the scientific and professional production in the field of audiology, as well as

shores of Lake Superior, and the suburbs of Minneapolis, five Audiology Concepts locations are dotted across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Jason Leyendecker bought the first two clinics in 2017 and added three more just last year. All five clinics have now become Inspired by Ida , so we asked Jason about the Inspired program and the importance of person-centered [...] person-centered care. What is your clinic’s superpower? The ability to adapt and change. Our industry is always evolving, and I’d say we are an early adopter in adapting. We take pride in staying up to date and driving some of the change. You won’t often hear, “It’s because that’s how we have always done it” in our office. Three words to describe the Inspired [...] supplement to the process we already use. What changed in your practices after completing Inspired by Ida? We loved implementing the Line into the hearing aid evaluation process. It helps reduce ambiguity and addresses objections much earlier in the process so we can address them before they become bigger objections. What does person-centered care mean