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Published: 30-07-2015 13:44

the advantages and disadvantages of acting on their hearing loss. Help them evaluate which arguments are most important to them. Ask your client, “What would you like to do next?” Respect your client’s decision. If they prefer to continue as they are today, provide them with information and encourage them to reflect on their hearing and return later if [...] The Box The Box is an effective way to help ambivalent clients and explore with them what might encourage them to take action on their hearing loss. By answering the four questions in the Box, the client is prompted to think about the pros and cons of either doing nothing about their hearing loss or acting on it. It is important that your clients fill [...] fill out the Box themselves. Afterwards, ask follow-up questions and encourage your clients to elaborate. The Box can be used in combination with the Line for a more complete picture of the client’s thoughts about their hearing loss and motivation to act on it. Instructions Step 1 Ask your client, “What are the advantages of continuing as you are today

Published: 30-07-2015 13:44

client’s needs Encourage and support the client by focusing on the personal benefits of improved hearing and communication Maintenance: “I am using my hearing devices” The client has begun using hearing devices and/or effective communication strategies. At this stage, they may still feel ambivalent. Some are pleased to be using hearing devices but find it [...] the Line to explore your client’s experiences with hearing and communication. Listen to the client Give brief advice regarding possible options for improving their hearing and communication Acknowledge and support their growing awareness of the situation Preparation: “I think I need help with my hearing” The client continues to express ambivalence or has [...] better hearing. Don’t suggest that there is only one correct way forward Use the Box if the client continues to express ambivalence Action: “I am going to do something about my hearing loss” The client has decided to act on their hearing loss. They may want to talk about their hearing difficulties with other people and seek acknowledgement and appreciation

my job and liked the work routine and missed them terribly. Within a few months I began working on a proposal for my first book, Shouting Won't Help. Tell us about your hearing loss journey. I first lost my hearing in 1978, when I was 30. I lost much of the hearing in my left ear seemingly overnight. The doctor advised a hearing aid but hearing aids weren't [...] weren't very good in 1978 and I was young and didn't want to wear one. I managed with the good hearing in my right ear until I was in my early 50s. By then my right ear was also deteriorating and I got two hearing aids. By my early 60s, I was profoundly deaf in my left ear and had moderate to severe hearing loss in my right. I got a cochlear implant [...] Better With Hearing Loss: A Guide to Health, Happiness, Love, Sex, Work... and Hearing Aids is, in her words, a one-stop point of information about everything related to hearing loss that she’s gathered over the years. “I have learned a tremendous amount about hearing loss in the past few years and through my writing I have an opportunity to share it,” she

global community, and have discussed what role the audiology community can play to help children with hearing loss and their families navigate the different phases of their lives. At these meetings, our participants have considered how transitions are managed in schools, sports, or other areas of healthcare, and what resources and information are provided [...] into groups focusing on the different stages of transition for children and young people and are working on projects to suit children and their families’ needs at each transition. We will eventually develop a framework that can be used by hearing care professionals, patients, and their families to help children successfully manage their own transitions [...] programs as inspiration for discussion. They’ve shared research on transitions and related it back to self-determination theory, which looks at whether or not a person’s behavior is self-motivated. What everyone can agree on, is that transitions are a continuum in all of our lives, and they will continue to build on each other. Currently, our participants have

Published: 07-08-2015 12:33

journey. Beginning with diagnosis, looking to implantation, rehabilitation, and the child's transitions through school, the Cochlear Implant Journey aims to identify the resources and emotional needs of families to help them make informed decisions about treatment, devices, and rehabilitation, so they can focus more energy to enjoying life with their [...] according to their values. Patient/Family Types and Decision-Making Models Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano of the Marion Downs Hearing Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, presents methods used to train audiology students at the Marion Downs Hearing Center in terms of counseling procedures. [...] a successful cochlear implant journey look like? The Ida Institute set out to answer this question with our latest seminar, “Successes, Gaps and Challenges in CI Rehabilitation: The CI Journey for Children and their Families.” For the families of children with cochlear implants, there is so much more to their journey than just the switch-on date. Together

specific challenges faced by Deaf and hard of hearing individuals in a hearing society can make it easier to engage in a therapeutic relationship and focus on core issues, rather than having the onus on the patient to explain to a clinician about their experiences. Sometimes the counseling is related to hearing status and its implications, yet often times [...] who are Deaf or hard of hearing. They may be newborns who have just been identified as having reduced hearing, all the way through young deaf or hard of hearing adults in their college years. The patients I see use a range of technologies and communication modalities, yet have reduced hearing in common. Do you involve parents and siblings in your sessions [...] , where I teach in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infants, Toddlers and Families: Collaboration and Leadership Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program as an instructor for online courses, and an adjunct professor at Tufts University, teaching courses on Deaf Culture in the Eliot Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development. I worked

other friends and family members) in audiology sessions, knowing that their support is crucial to finding lasting solutions for living well with hearing loss. Those solutions can be hearing aids, but also include communication strategies. The article also addresses the reasons why people with hearing loss would choose not to adopt hearing aids. It cites [...] players in a person with hearing loss’s journey. They have knowledge about their partner’s successes and difficulties, and are the support system the patient needs to follow through with rehabilitation. An article in the current issue of ENT & Audiology News supports that very idea. The article, “The Role of Significant others in Hearing Aid Adoption,” identifies [...] in people with hearing loss taking action. It particularly focuses on adults aged 65 years and older, whose communication partners, according to the article, are more likely to see the benefit of treatment. The article also recognizes that communication partners are likely to feel isolated or lonely as a result of the patient’s hearing loss. Article

Published: 24-08-2015 15:45

communicates with most often and then answer four brief questions. The questions help them communicate their hopes, needs, concerns and other things they want to talk to their hearing care professional about. The results can be printed out or emailed to their hearing care professional prior to the appointment. The hearing care professional can then provide [...] about their child’s diagnosis. They may have trouble taking in all the technical details and proposed treatments and will have questions and concerns they’d like addressed during their child’s appointment. That’s why it’s important for them to have the time and space to consider the issues that are most important to them. My Turn to Talk helps parents [...] with My Turn to Talk You might also like... My World Growing Up with Hearing Loss My Hearing Explained for Children Living Well for Teens and Tweens Telecare for Teens and Tweens

Published: 25-08-2015 17:34

organize your thoughts and prepare for the next session. More tools Ideas Worth Hearing Share Books Share Books Share books about hearing loss with clients and organizations in your community to encourage people to take action on their hearing and improve their quality of life. Visualize Hearing Visualize Hearing Sponsor and organize a traveling art [...] process. That is why the Ida Institute offers tools and resources to help hearing care professionals re-examine their own self-awareness and empathy and actively engage with their colleagues for practical ideas and support. Ida Tools for Self-Development · Dilemma Game · Reflective Journal · Time and Talk · Video Library Reflecting on Day-to-Day Practice [...] assumptions and responses they might otherwise take for granted. The result can be improved judgment and more informed actions that benefit the patient and help to build a relationship of trust and confidence. “At its core, reflection is a way to look at relationships, to explore what happened in the interaction between patient and practitioner and to reflect

2020 process, including our job ad for hearing care managers of the future. They were given possible future trends and asked to think about the likelihood of each of the trends taking off, and how they could possibly affect the participants’ future work. Participants then learned about the Motivation Tools and watched the ethnographic video in which [...] Nottingham, uses the Line and Box with her patient Paul. The session was rounded off by asking the participants, “What did you learn today that will inspire your future practice?” This allowed the students to reflect on how what Ena and Hans Henrik shared ties into the participants’ reality. Thank you to Eriksholm for inviting us back, and to the participants [...] Foundation, brought together an international group of 46 audiology students. Presentations and activities revolved around the theme, “Beyond the Audiogram,” a natural topic to include the Ida Institute’s mission of patient centered care. Ida Project Manager Ena Nielsen and Chief Anthropologist Hans Henrik Philipsen gave an interactive presentation, “Are You