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Shari Eberts is a hearing health advocate, writer, speaker and avid Bikram yogi. She is the founder of LivingWithHearingLoss.com , an online community for people living with hearing loss and tinnitus. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Hearing Loss Association of America . Shari has an adult-onset genetic hearing loss and hopes that by sharing [...] to live more peacefully with their own hearing issues. Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter . My name was called and my heart jumped. I was here to get my hearing tested. It wasn’t the first time, but I knew my hearing problems had gotten worse. This time it was likely the audiologist would recommend hearing aids. I didn’t want them, but I knew it [...] time. I didn’t know much about hearing loss or the types of hearing aids that were available. I had never heard of assistive listening devices or communication best practices for people with hearing loss. I expected lots of questions about where and when I had trouble hearing, but the conversation centered on the hearing aids. Did I want them to be visible

The Nottingham Hearing Practice in Nottingham, England is the newest clinic to earn the Inspired by Ida label for person-centered care. Inspired by Ida is a program that guides both hearing care professionals and front desk staff in the fundamentals of person-centered care (PCC) and provides coaching for implementing PCC in their work via tools developed [...] Institute. Successful completion of the coursework and pledging a commitment to PCC principles earns clinics the Inspired by Ida label, a benchmark of quality in person-centered care. We checked in with Jo Herrod, Co-Director and Audiologist to learn more about the Nottingham Hearing Practice’s philosophy and what earning the Inspired by Ida label means to [...] more than 50 years of combined experience from the public and private sectors to the clinic. We share with the Ida Institute the same passion for delivering the best possible outcome for clients and we will always take on board any service, training, and new ideas that can help us maintain and improve upon our ethos. As seasoned professionals, what did

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association in the United States for 198,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students [...] to be partnering with ASHA, an organization whose reach and influence is respected throughout the speech and hearing community," says Ida Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen. "We are also looking forward to beginning our association with an organization equally dedicated to audiology and speech-language pathology. This is an exciting opportunity to [...] Pietranton, says, "Ida Institute's excellent resources and tools are valuable to our members' work with people with hearing loss. Ida's focus on patient-centered rehabilitative care is inspirational, and aligns with ASHA's vision of making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all." One of Ida's first activities as part

Audiologist and Clinical Coach at Australian Hearing, Australia’s largest government-funded service providing hearing care, rehabilitation, and technologies. Frances has more than ten years of experience developing and implementing processes, procedures and training in tele-audiology. De Wet Swanepoel, Professor at the Department of Speech-Language Pathology [...] y has continually expanded over the last fifteen years to allow people with hearing loss to access services when, where, and how it suits them best. Telehealth has become an essential component of high-quality audiological services, and is a salient opportunity for hearing care professionals to extend person-centered care. The Ida Institute has launched [...] educators guide students in an exploration of what tele-audiology is, why it is important, and what forms it can take. The practical activities and tools provided enable students to create a concrete plan for implementing tele-audiology in their own context and inspires them to consider how tele-audiology might benefit their clients at different stages

Shari Eberts is a hearing health advocate, writer, speaker, avid Bikram yogi, and member of the Ida community. She is the founder of LivingWithHearingLoss.com , an online community for people living with hearing loss and tinnitus. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Hearing Loss Association of America . Over the next few months, she will be [...] what the problem was. Both my father and grandmother had developed hearing loss as young adults. It was my turn. I went to get my hearing tested and was told I had mild hearing loss, too slight to treat. This surprised me since I was struggling in class, but with this excuse at hand, I chose to ignore my hearing issues, preferring denial to action. [...] through my advocacy work and by meeting other people with hearing loss have I discovered the tips and tricks that I use today to lead a productive and happy life despite hearing loss. Person-Centered Care in Four Easy Steps Person-centered care could have alleviated many of the problems I faced in the early years of my hearing loss. In this series of

advocating and promoting audiology in South Africa by building awareness of the role of audiologists and the services available to people with hearing loss. “We are proud of the Ida Institute’s work to integrate person-centered care in hearing rehabilitation and we are thrilled to partner with them to ensure the best possible care to people with hearing loss [...] long-standing reputation for high-quality audiology education and practice, and the Ida Institute is happy to be working with a professional organization that is committed to raising awareness of hearing care among the public and other medical professions.” The formal partnership between Ida and SAAA is the latest in an effort to engage organizations around [...] to develop and promote audiology to the public, medical and educational bodies, and other healthcare professions. SAAA aims to provide professional development support to its members while also campaigning to create awareness of the importance of hearing healthcare. Their public awareness initiatives aim to educate the public, medical and educational

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designed to help hearing care professionals engage with and support children in family- and child-centered contexts. Downloads Instructor's Guide Extending Person-Centered Care to Families and Children Module 4 Extending Person-Centered Care to Families and Children Family-Centered Care and Listening to the Parent Perspective Family-Centered and Child-Centered [...] Module 4 - Extending Person-Centered Care to Families and Children Extending Person-Centered Care to Families and Children In this unit, we consider the history, principles, and concerns of person-centered, family-centered, and child-centered care and relate it to pediatric audiology. Because the centeredness of care depends on child development, we [...] Child-Centered Care Age 3-9 Family-Centered and Child-Centered Care Age 6-12 Family-Centered Care and Child-Centered Care Age 12-18 Person-Centered Care 18+ Implementation

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situations with clients in order to make goals functional and person-centered. The Living Well Tool will be introduced as a way of exploring what it means to live well for people with hearing loss. Downloads Living Well with Hearing Loss Instructor's Guide Module 3 Living Well with Hearing Loss Learn more >> Motivational Interviewing Learn more >> Motivation [...] Module 3 - Client's Perspective Living Well with Hearing Loss This section will focus on the importance of asking the question: What does it mean to live well with hearing loss? To that end, this section will explore the meaning of living well from different perspectives, and will emphasize the importance of addressing everyday communication situations

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g what tele-audiology is and why it is needed in modern hearing care. The module reviews the many different formats of tele-audiology, as well as the mandate for including tele-audiology in hearing healthcare. The fourth section looks at how tele-audiology can be applied at different states of behavior change on the hearing journey. The Circle provides [...] inquiry and the Change Guide , students can make tangible plans towards implementing tele-audiology in their own contexts. Finally, there is an in depth look at the Ida Telecare tools, how they can be applied to prepare clients for their appointments, and how they can further support their everyday life with hearing loss. Module 5 Tele-Audiology and Per [...] different stages of readiness for action. This section also looks at practical examples of existing tools and resources that could extend person-centered care through tele-audiology, as well as the client and provider factors, government, licensing, and IT issues that must be managed in order to execute a meaningful tele-audiology service. Section five provides

The Hearing Clinic in Radlett and Hitchin, England , has become the first clinic in the United Kingdom to become Inspired by Ida. With a stated mission to take the time to listen to their clients and to be thorough and enthusiastic about working together with them, the Hearing Clinic was already committed to the principles of person-centered care. As [...] is a seal of approval and we couldn't be more excited and proud to be the first clinic in the UK to be awarded with this prestigious label.” Clinics such as the Hearing Clinic achieve their Inspired by Ida status when 80% of staff have completed the courses “Getting Started with Person-Centered Care” and “Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools” [...] well as front-end staff. The team at the Hearing Clinic were very pleased with the courses and expressed an appreciation of the initiative. “Person-centered care is at the core of our values and service delivery,” says clinical audiologist Trisha Halai. “We want our patients to experience a journey to hearing health that starts with them at the center