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Published: 07-12-2015 15:32

can be hard to predict and control. Other situations can be planned. Think about where you are going and what that environment is like. Will there be a lot of background noise? Is there one person in particular you would like to talk to? Building a habit of planning ahead will help you make the most of those occasions, and help you adapt in unplanned [...] at a restaurant and ask for a table in the quietest part of the room Think about where at the table you want to sit to hear best Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Nicky has had hearing loss since birth but copes very well socially. In this video, she shares what she does to make sure she can hear well when she and her husband go out

Published: 07-12-2015 15:36

them and why Ask your partner when they find communication with you easiest Talk about how your partner can support you in large groups or background noise Ask your partner how your hearing loss affects them Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Anne is a former president of HLAA and has had a hearing loss for 30 years.She and her husband [...] content. John has a severe hearing loss and got cochlear implants late in life. Before he got his CIs, he used to take his hearing aids out in the evening, which made it difficult to talk to his wife. Here John’s wife shares how they continued talking. Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. Gill has a severe hearing loss. Her husband, John [...] Include your partner Our hearing is important to the people close to us and to our quality of life. When we talk to someone, we share our thoughts, feelings, and ideas. If you tell others what makes it easiest to talk to each other, you can work together to find ways to improve your daily communication. For example, you can: Tell your partner when you

Published: 07-12-2015 15:42

questions about your hearing technology? Or wondered if there is a better way to manage communication? You may want to think about joining a group. Group sessions are mostly run by audiologists and allow you and your partner to talk to others with hearing loss about how to cope in daily life. They are a terrific place to get tips and tricks and meet others in [...] situation. For example, you can share experiences on how to: Try different technologies and how to use them Manage communication in places with a lot of background noise Tell others that you have a hearing loss Invite your friends and family to support you … and much more Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. We talked to couples after [...] include when she was a child before her hearing loss. The group talks about how to manage social isolation and develop the courage to speak up for yourself. Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. You can't always plan communication. Pretend you're at the theater and you want to buy popcorn. Hear the tips and tricks from the participants in a

audiologists, ENTs, and psychologists. Psychologist Anne-Mette Mohr gave a presentation about patient and professional responsibility regarding choices of treatment. This was followed by three ethnographic films made by Ida Senior Anthropologist Hans Henrik Philipsen. Hans Henrik met with tinnitus patients in the US and UK, and the films share how the [...] for both. For hearing healthcare professionals, some groups looked at how they can assess a patient’s current state and help them to reframe the way they think of their condition. For patients, they want a way to supply information, help them come to terms with their diagnosis, and give them an easy way of communicating their feelings and experiences [...] their lives, and how their families help them manage. Following the films, Jesper Müller-Krogstrup of Nosco organized an activity to help participants think about how they deliver difficult messages. The second day of “Tinnitus Challenge” was primarily devoted to group work. Participants focused their group work on the needs of both patients and professionals

Online Hearing Screening,” and published earlier this year in Ear & Hearing. The study was conducted by Ida collaborator Ariane Laplante-Lévesque and her colleagues K. Jonas Brännström, Elisabeth Ingo, Gerhard Andersson, and Thomas Lunner. It followed 224 adults who failed an online hearing screening test measuring speech-in-noise recognition, and then [...] could help identify the profiles and needs of people who have failed a hearing screening and help tailor an intervention to promote help-seeking and rehabilitation in this population.” What they did find is that those who had a higher self-reported hearing loss (regardless of the magnitude of their measured hearing loss) were those who were most driven [...] with hearing loss are important to the Ida Institute. We recommend the use of our Circle tool help hearing care professionals track the progress of their clients as they go through various stages of change on their hearing loss journey. Shifts from one stage to another are momentous and can take a great deal of time. Even evidence of a hearing loss

be provided, such as remote hearing aid fittings and mappings of cochlear implants, early detections and interventions, and possibilities for rehabilitation such as AR and AVT. Telepractice also looks at the possibility of teletraining as a continuing education method – including where person-centered care is concerned – and the roles that communication [...] as examining what teleaudiology is and clarifying terminology, while also addressing training requirements for different services, hardware and software requirements, and potential barriers to implementation. Contributors to the book include Ida Advisory Board member DeWet Swanepoel and Ida fellows David Fabry and Beth Atkinson. The chapters focus on [...] Telepractice in Audiology , by Emma Rushbrooke and K. Todd Houston is a look at best practices for audiology, and features a foreword by Ida Institute Advisory Board Chairwoman Louise Hickson. Telepractice in Audiology is a general reference for the world of teleaudiology (and broader telepractices in general), and provides a hands-on, practical approach to

of Indian Speech and Hearing Association next month. The conference, held in Mumbai, India, from 5-7 February, will cover topics ranging from hearing conservation to how technological advancements affect persons with hearing loss to auditory responses in cochlear implant patients of different ages. Ida Senior Audiologist Melanie Gregory and Learning [...] February as part of a pre-conference CEP. Each workshop will be an hour-and-a-half long. The topics include: Patient Centered Care: What does it take to make it happen?; Identifying Patient Motivation to improve outcomes: The line, the circle and the box; and Living well with hearing loss: A counseling tool to enable improved communication in daily life [...] life. Ida’s workshops will introduce the importance of counseling. They are part of a day-long seminar; other topics include auditory processing in adults and the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline. Ida’s participation at the conference was facilitated with the help of Ida fellow Dr. Kalyani Mandke, who participated in our Cochlear

Published: 20-01-2016 16:43

framework that can be used by children and young adults with hearing loss, parents and hearing care professionals to help young people navigate the various transitions in their lives. This includes background information on key issues and challenges affecting each group and areas where children and young adults may need to make adjustments as they grow older [...] understand their difficulties and moving from pediatric to adult care. To help these teens and tweens, their families, and their hearing care professionals adjust to these changes, the Ida Institute ran their Growing Up with Hearing Loss process. Intended to help young people gain more autonomy as they get older, Growing Up with Hearing Loss will help them [...] experiences growing up in a hearing world, and how she made successful transitions to her current life as an independent adult. Rite of Passage Our Growing Up with Hearing Loss project focuses on transitions experienced by children and young adults. However, the likelihood of acquiring a hearing loss increases with age and this creates another unique

conference, hosted by the Military Audiology Association and the Association of VA Audiologists, offers a variety of sessions on new research, clinical initiatives, and innovations. This year’s session topics will include BiCROS amplification, noise induced hearing loss, tinnitus management, and cochlear implants. Ida is particularly pleased to attend [...] Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (ASP) Program Office announced Implementing Patient-Centered Tools and Resources Created by the Ida Institute in VA Audiology Clinics, which recommends the use of the Ida Institute’s tools in all clinics of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “Patient centered care empowers Veterans to define and achieve their [...] health — every aspect of life that affects their health and well-being.” Registration is still open for the conference. Ida will have a booth set up for the whole of the conference, where we will have brochures and printed copies of our tools. Be sure to stop by for more information about Ida and our tools, training, or just to say hello.

prime persons with hearing loss to talk to their hearing care professionals, to organize their thoughts before their appointments, and extend care beyond the appointment. The platform currently has four tools that clinicians can email to their clients: Living Well: A streamlined web version of our tool, featuring drag-and-drop photos, and the ability to [...] important, and why they are difficult to communicate in. My Turn to Talk for Adults: Like our original tool for parents, My Turn to Talk will help CI patients think about who they communicate with, and what questions they have before their appointments. Why Improve My Hearing: An adaptation of our Motivation Tools to help persons with hearing loss assess [...] assess their readiness to take action before they meet with a hearing care professional. Top Tips for Managing Conversation Well: A collection of suggestions for how persons with hearing loss can cope with difficult situations, including ethnographic video clips to illustrate how others have dealt with similar situations. These four tools are only the