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had a hearing loss. “But, when I brought out the Line,” Amy recalls, “she completely changed and was able to express her reservations and fears. She even said that she thought I should be asking a third question: How high is your desire to wear hearing aids. It was so fun! And I could see her taking even more ownership of this experience.” “Hearing is [...] clients is the Line . The Line is a deceptively simple tool that helps audiologists personalize and structure communication with their client and encourages them to take action on their hearing loss. It helps to turn someone’s personal view on their hearing loss and their ability to act on it into motivation. Recently, Amy was with a client who came to the [...] is a personal issue,” Amy continues, “not just one of hearing levels and word discrimination scores. What matters is how someone’s hearing loss is affecting their life, and their relationships. Because hearing is such a personal thing, how can we not practice person-centered care?”

Susanne Ødorf, a person with hearing loss who used the online version of Living Well before meeting with an audiologist. “You can read it and come back to it and think about it. When you first sit across from a hearing care professional, right after you come home you think, ‘I didn’t ask about this,’ or ‘I should have said that.’ I think it’s a good idea to [...] Telehealth has a reputation for being complex and technical. It immediately evokes ideas of fancy equipment and expensive upgrades – investments of time and money that not every clinic can afford to make. But the reality of telehealth in audiology doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. When the Ida Institute launched our Telecare suite in 2017 [...] designed a series of free-to-use online tools that people with hearing loss can fill out at home, prior to appointments, to help them think about their needs and concerns. By sending our tools to clients ahead of time, you can help them consider what they would like to discuss with you and come prepared to the appointment . “Having clients come to ap

scary. Make sure you and your staff act like true partners right from the start. Shari Eberts is a hearing health advocate, writer, and avid Bikram yogi. She is the founder of Living With Hearing Loss , a blog and online community for people living with hearing loss and tinnitus. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Hearing Loss Association of [...] People with typical hearing bear the bigger burden and may need to adjust the pace and style of their speech, but people with hearing loss must also take responsibility for the success of the communication. Below I provide best practice tips for both sides of the conversation. Audiologists, please share these with patients. Tips for the conversation partner [...] to hear and try your best to do it. Tips for the person with hearing loss While many communication best practices rely on communication partners to make accommodations, there are also things the person with hearing loss can and should do. These include: 1. Arrive well rested. I often hear better in the morning after a quiet night of rest and relaxation

patients in hearing care and empowers them to participate actively in their own care. The network will allow members to exchange knowledge and experiences, identify common interests, and foster new collaborations to advance person-centered care. It will help build connections among different types of organizations, as well as across and within geographies [...] Services at Action on Hearing Loss. Participants also stressed the need to increase awareness and understanding of PCC, and to work with patients to identify what PCC looks like from a patient perspective. “There is a big gap between how professionals and patients think about PCC,” said Nerina Scarinci, Associate Professor & Head of Speech Pathology at The [...] infuse audiology education and training with PCC. In effect, educating future generations of hearing care professionals and providing opportunities for clinicians to upgrade their person-centered skills is key to changing mentalities. In many educational settings, the focus is still on installing technical skills in students and PCC is still not taught

Getting new hearing technology is a major step for any person with hearing loss. But while someone may be prepared to use hearing technology in theory, the reality of adapting to a new device – and its limitations – may be different than the person’s expectations. Group aural rehabilitation programs can support you as a hearing care professional so [...] our ongoing work to revitalize our tools and materials, Ida has recently revamped our Group Aural Rehabilitation resource . We have updated our session plans to cover more topics and include activities that introduce lipreading, clear speech, and meditation. We have also reformatted our facilitator notes and guidelines to make it even easier to run a group [...] bringing together a group of clients and their communication partners, you can efficiently answer questions about technology, strategize together how to handle difficult communication situations, and build a peer support network among your clients. Research has shown that group AR programs lead to happier clients and lower return rates. As part of our

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oft-times we need to repeat and reiterate the same messages and instructions multiple times before someone gets the hint. This applies to those (friends, colleagues, family) accommodating our hearing loss. For me, my biggest compliment and frustration is the same: People forget I have hearing loss. Apparently, I fake hearing so well they forget, so kudos [...] transition into discussing how my hearing loss has shaped me into the person I am today. When speaking about my hearing loss I highlight the strengths and capabilities my hearing loss has given me, rather than leading with the deficits and weaknesses I have because of it. “It's not what you say, it's what people hear,” as communications expert Frank [...] wrong, a missed a deadline, and sometimes even an angry or frustrated boss. Like many with or without hearing loss, I don’t always know when I mishear, but those times in which I knowingly struggle, would these unfortunate incidents have been avoided had I spoken up? Living with hearing loss is no small feat. In an ideal and perfect world, people’s d

being open about hearing loss improves communication and is a benefit to everyone in the workplace. If the dialogue about the needs of the person with hearing loss fails, many countries have laws in place to protect the person with hearing loss. Managing Hearing Loss at Work includes a list of organizations and the different protections and accommodations [...] countries that offer information and support. Ida has also assembled a number of supporting materials – including videos, articles, and a poster – with tips and experiences from people with hearing loss on how to make conversations easier in a busy workplace. Managing Hearing Loss at Work is an outcome of our “Partners in Hearing: Learning Together” workshop [...] Managing Hearing Loss at Work resource. This new resource is designed to provide information for people with hearing loss to support their communication needs at work. Hearing loss in the workforce is quite common: There are 37.5 million people with hearing loss in the US workforce alone. As people get older, the likelihood of developing a hearing loss

patient organizations, educational institutions, professional organizations, and care providers from around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas and discuss concrete collaboration opportunities. “The purpose of this initiative is to advance person-centered care globally and build a network of organizations that are committed to translating the principles [...] people and organizations working together to ensure that person-centered care becomes an integral part of the hearing care ‘eco-system’ – from education to clinical practice.” The PCHN will allow participants from various horizons to share knowledge and explore ideas that will spark new forms of collaborations across organizations, geographies and cultures [...] Louise Pritchard, Action on Hearing Loss Neil DiSarno, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Charlotte Rogers, British Academy of Audiology Joy Rosenberg, British Society of Audiology Jean Holden, Canadian Academy of Audiology Dave Gordey, Canadian Academy of Audiology Sarah Allen, The Ear Foundation Christine Hunter, Hearing Matters Australia Barbara

realities of hearing loss, we were able to develop knowledge, tools, and methods that allow hearing care professionals to take a more person-centered approach and provide care based on the needs of the individual.” Ida’s ethnographic films allow students, researchers, and hearing care professionals and others to observe situations and behaviors, and recognize [...] people with hearing loss, their communication partners, and how they all interact with each other. Ida’s Senior Anthropologist, Hans Henrik Philipsen, explains, “We were the first in the hearing care sector to use ethnographic films to create insights and encourage reflection on living and working with hearing loss. By documenting and learning from the [...] commercial fishermen and the effects of mass tourism to living with cerebral palsy and the Juǀʼhoansi bushmen of the Kalahari . But it’s no wonder: ethnographic films are powerful tools for research, reflection, and education. They create nuanced narratives from interviews and observations of people, communities, and cultures. And they give context in

Together, Tom and Shahrzad developed a strategy that involved hearing aids to remedy the hearing loss and a neuromodulation tinnitus therapy system to address the tinnitus. Shahrzad also included Tom’s family in his treatment since they were so involved in his life and care. The former gardener believes he was saved for a reason and is now an outspoken [...] says, “makes them think about the wants and needs of patients and how tinnitus could affect the lives of not only the patient, but also their family and co-workers.” Shahrzad often uses the Tinnitus Thermometer with her patients as well. The thermometer helps clinicians assess how patients are experiencing and coping with tinnitus. “I use it with patients [...] it was robbed and he was shot in the head as the criminal made his escape. He was left paralyzed, could barely speak, lost some of his hearing, and suffered from debilitating tinnitus. “He was brought to my clinic in a wheelchair,” Shahrzad recalls, “by the psychiatric nurse who also happened to be his sister. Tinnitus was raging day and night.” Since