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nal Ear Care Day. The European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association , in cooperation with the European Hearing Aid Professionals and the European Federation of the Hard of Hearing , updated the Three Monkeys poster for IECD to feature a woman covering her eyes, mouth and ears. The original Ideas Worth Hearing poster is itself inspired by the [...] Teeth checked, eyes checked, but what about your hearing? It has been nearly two years since the Three Monkeys were chosen as the winner of our Ideas Worth Hearing competition as a way to remind people to get their hearing checked as regularly as they visit the dentist and optometrist. We’re very excited to see the idea is still going strong, having [...] no evil, and hear no evil. The updated posters were distributed across Europe and in 12 different languages for the annual event on 3 March. The Three Monkeys poster originally came out of our Ida Ideas Worth Hearing competition in 2013. The concept was submitted by Curtis Alcock as a way to raise awareness of the importance of regular hearing tests.

audiology and what the enhanced role of the audiologist will be in the future. This included discussing changing trends in healthcare -- including technological advances – and how audiologists can continue to bring patient centered care into their practices. We tied in the concept of being “Future-Proof” with an advertisement for the hearing care manager [...] Now! Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The Friday morning session, called Creating the Future of Hearing Health Care, was a chance to share the work we’ve been doing with our Vision 2020 process. Speakers included Dr. Louise Hickson, Dr. John Greer Clark, and Dr. Patricia McCarthy, who were all participants in Vision 2020. Ida Managing Director Lise Lotte

Published: 16-04-2015 17:13

Worth Hearing From the editor The Hearing Care Manager of the Future Hearing healthcare is changing. Advances in technology and access to hearing care services, the relatively low percentage of people with hearing loss who take action, and the changing population are among the main reasons for this change. In times of change, we need new ideas and new [...] about the hearing aid) · Makes their value recognized and works towards public awareness of good hearing · Redefines themselves from running a hearing clinic to running a shop · Acknowledges the new ageing population (75 years old is not old anymore) · Is competent and confident in skills base and counseling Outside Their Comfort Zones As hearing healthcare [...] that hearing care managers of the future could become communication specialists who would follow with patient care throughout the lifespan. Newborn hearing screenings are already standard practice, but if the relationship between patient and hearing care professional continues beyond that point, patients would come to know and trust the hearing care

transitional phases in a child's life and how to navigate them. The framework will also provide clinical support tools for hearing care professionals, children and young adults with hearing loss, and their families. The framework will help these different groups develop the knowledge and skills required for children and young adults to learn to manage t [...] For children with hearing loss and their families, however, there are additional challenges to navigate as well as the usual adjustments children go through as often as one year to the next. With this in mind, the Ida Institute has begun work on a new Transitions Management project. Focusing on the different social stages children and young adults move

use of clear, graphic language and color, which make it friendly and inviting. The panel included Bo Linnemann, founding partner and design director of internationally renowned design firm Kontrapunkt; Dr. Maria Alarcos Cieza Moreno, the coordinator for Disability and Rehabilitation at the World Health Organization; and Ida Institute Managing Director [...] December 2014 and January 2015. International Ear Care Day was established in 2007 following the First International Conference on Prevention and Rehabilitation of Hearing Impairment in Beijing. The date was selected as the shape of the numbers – 3.3 – resembles two ears. Every year, International Ear Care Day addresses a specific theme and carries out [...] out an extensive range of activities with broad participation in order to raise awareness of hearing care and the prevention of hearing loss. Congratulations to the China Rehabilitation Research Center for Deaf Children team!

teaches and researches at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, where her focus is family centered care. She has a speech pathology background and obtained her PhD from the University of Queensland. Nerina has also been involved with Ida for years, participating in our Patient Centered Care: Fluff, Fact, or Fiction? seminar, and more recently [...] parison study, looking at improving rehabilitation outcomes for older adults with hearing loss and their family members using a family centered care approach. The team is Christopher Lind from Flinder’s University, Louise Hickson, Carly Meyer, and myself from UQ, and Mel Gregory, from the Ida Institute. One of my big roles while I’m here as the visiting [...] that’s available for family members of children with hearing loss. Even though we think naturally that children with hearing loss and their families will receive family centered care, I did another project, where, actually, they’re not necessarily. The parents are there because they have to be there and rarely were the intervention needs of the family members

how, as a team, children with cochlear implants and their families can smoothly navigate the journey from diagnosis, through implantation, and into rehabilitation. Our faculty members Sue Archbold, Ruth Bourne, Lone Percy-Smith, and Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, each gave presentations about treatment and rehabilitation programs for cochlear implant patients [...] needed support in the course of their children’s diagnoses, surgeries, and rehabilitations. This led to a discussion among participants about how audiologist can deliver the news of a child’s hearing loss to the parents with sensitivity, and help the parents manage their emotions and accept their children’s diagnoses. Participants teamed up for group exercises [...] seminar, “Successes, Gaps and Challenges in CI Rehabilitation: The CI Journey for Children and their Families.” Twenty-one participants from 14 different countries attended the two-day conference in Skodsborg, Denmark, at the end of April. The multi-disciplinary group included audiologists, teachers of the deaf, surgeons, and a psychologist, all working

real audiologists and patients.” Ida has now begun identifying the state of change illustrated by the patients in each video, along with recommending tools that the films can be used to teach. Some of the patients filmed are asking questions about their hearing loss for the first time, and others have been living well with their hearing loss for years [...] films to our video library. The films, shot between 2009 and 2012, cover clinical session with patients around the United State and United Kingdom. The films cover a variety of clinician-patient experiences: There is a wholly-positive young man who comes in for an appointment with a hearing aid in mind; appointments that end abruptly when patients [...] patients get different news than they were expecting; a woman who shares her tips on how she introduces her hearing loss to new people and her different communication strategies; and different levels of readiness to take action across the spectrum in between. All films were all shot by Ida Institute Senior Anthropologist Hans Henrik Philipsen. “We have found

mismatch between audiologist, client, and family member preferences for client- and family-centered care and current clinical practice. Data obtained from interviews with adults with hearing impairment have shown that developing a therapeutic relationship with clients and ensuring patients are informed and involved and treated as individuals are key aspects [...] British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (BSHAA) Congress in Telford, UK. She presented research findings on behalf of the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre and teams from the University of Queensland and the University of Melbourne, including Professor Louise Hickson, Dr Nerina Scarinci, Dr Carly Meyer, Dr Katie Ekberg, and Dr Caitlin Grenness [...] data from interviews with audiologists, clients, and family members also showed that although family involvement in hearing rehabilitation is currently limited, each would value greater involvement of family members in order to develop a shared understanding and responsibility for managing hearing difficulties. The adoption of a family centered care

Published: 22-05-2015 12:38

the Carel du Toit school for deaf and hard of hearing children. Through interviews with teachers and parents, the film shows the challenges that a family experiences when bringing up a child with a CI. In particular, the film focuses on key transitions such as when the child begins mainstream school. Less technical and... a bit more personal, I think [...] necessary Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Kate is six years old and lives in the Cape Town area with her family. Kate’s father is an anesthesiologist and works at the cochlear implant center at the hospital. This provides him with a unique personal and professional perspective on having a child with a cochlear implant. Kate’s mother [...] accept marketing cookies to view this content. George is five years old and lives with his family in Derby, UK. He was born with cerebral palsy and the family considered his deafness a minor thing on the long list of ailments. The film provides a very honest picture of the frustrations and challenges the family has encountered on their journey through the