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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

Australia CEO Dr. Tony Coles. “Both Audiology Australia and the Ida Institute have a strong focus on family and person-centered care in audiology, which is crucial to professional and ethical standards of practice and to ensure audiologists are able to deliver the highest standards of hearing health care.” The formal partnership is established for the [...] Australia sets high standards of ethical and professional practice, and provides professional development for members. Audiology Australia also advocates on behalf of its members and postively promotes the professional practice of audiology to the wider community to ensure audiologists are recognized for their expertise and valued for their services. [...] education, and public hearing care services. It is a natural fit that we would partner with Audiology Australia as leaders setting high professional standards in Australia that include person-centered care,” said Ida Institute Managing Director, Lise Lotte Bundesen. “Audiology Australia is very pleased to sign the MoU with the Ida Institute today and looks

for amplification devices and when they finally obtain them,” she continues. “People take a long time to accept the hearing loss as well as the hearing aids. So making them aware of, and able to understand, their own need to use hearing aids was the key challenge that Ida tools help to address.” Buddhinie used the Line and the Circle with patients who [...] importance of hearing in improving quality of life, and cosmetic issues as key factors. But she also sees progress as well. “The extent to which obtaining hearing aids is affected by stigma and lack of awareness has reduced a great deal over the last few years. People are becoming more and more aware of hearing health care, but it does not outweigh [...] communication and emotional needs. Eventually I was able to determine where in the process of behavior change the patient stood.” Many of the challenges that Buddhinie faces with motivation and acceptance of hearing technology will be familiar to hearing care professionals around the world. She cites financial issues, lack of acceptance and perceived

of hearing care important to you? With the atmosphere in audiology today, where automated testing and over-the-counter hearing aids are gaining ground, there is a global realization that audiology is changing. The role of our profession is changing towards being less and less concerned with the diagnosing and the quantifying of hearing loss and more [...] rehabilitative aspects of hearing care and I think the profession, with time, will be reshaped to become a rehabilitative profession, and that the training needs will evolve to reflect what’s happening in practice and what’s happening in the market. There’s no point in me training a diagnostician when there are five million apps and ten million computer [...] Vera-Genevey Hlayisi is a lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town teaching and researching rehabilitative audiology. Trained as a clinical audiologist, Vera has broad insight into person-centered care from both a clinical and research perspective and is a fervent advocate for a person-centered approach to audiological rehabilitation

California Hearing Center & Audiology Services, Inc., in San Mateo and San Carlos, California is the first clinic to complete Inspired by Ida, our new program for training and recognition in person-centered care. Clinics earn the Inspired by Ida label of quality when hearing care and front-end staff complete two foundational courses in the Ida Learning [...] Started with Person-Centered Care” and “Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools.” They can then display the label in their clinic, in electronic communication, and in advertisements to signal their commitment to applying principles of person-centered care in their daily practices. We checked in with the California Hearing Center to find out what earning [...] front and back office staff alike to come away with a more concrete concept of what person-centered care means, and the audiologists were able to add more person-centered techniques to their toolkit.” Dr. Benson shared that when she introduced the program to her staff they were quite enthusiastic. Lais Ama, Senior Audiologist at California Hearing Center

workplaces more hearing loss-friendly. What is the Working for Change campaign? We have been doing research with people with hearing loss for many years, and time and again, employer attitudes have been cited as the biggest barrier to employment and that’s an area where we can affect change. When the right support and understanding is there, hearing loss doesn’t [...] feel more confident about recruiting people with hearing loss, as well as overcoming some common myths about hearing loss and employment. It will also help employers support their employees who already have, or will develop, hearing loss. People with hearing loss are often reluctant to disclose their hearing loss because they fear being seen as incompetent [...] both sides— the employee and the employer. In 2017 we wanted to explore the cause of employer attitudes toward hearing loss. We found that in fact employers didn’t necessarily have bad attitudes toward hearing loss, but simply lacked the confidence regarding how to support employees with hearing loss, what to say, what to do, and what their legal obligations

on Hearing will be published on World Hearing Day 2020. At this Stakeholders’ Meeting, the content and structure of the report were presented, including the need to make tackling hearing loss a public health priority, development and implementation strategies, and target audiences of policy makers, international organizations, professionals, and patient [...] patient groups. The World Hearing Forum was also launched at this meeting with the vision is to eradicate preventable hearing loss. The World Health Forum seeks to make it possible for people with hearing loss to achieve their full potential through rehabilitation, education, and empowerment. Advocacy through the WHF for ear and hearing care will be at global [...] The World Health Organization Programme on Prevention of Hearing Loss and Deafness held their Third Stakeholders’ Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on 3-4 July. Ida Institute Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen attended the meting, where work by WHO in ear and hearing care was shared along with case studies demonstrating implementation of the 2017 World

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experience. The Circle All people with hearing loss go through different phases on their hearing journey, from when others notice that they have difficulty hearing, to testing their hearing, to seeking advice from a professional, and ultimately purchasing and using hearing technology. The Circle can be used by hearing care professionals as a personal reflection [...] on their hearing loss. But even when a person takes the step of making the first appointment with a hearing care professional, they still might not be entirely motivated and ready to accept help. So how can a hearing care professional support a client who isn’t ready to do something about their hearing loss? And what constitutes good hearing care beyond [...] From the editor Patient Motivation Hearing loss can be considered as a journey and the needs and perspective of the person experiencing the hearing loss will change along the way. Understanding where a person is on that journey makes it possible to make recommendations that are appropriate for the individual – and not necessarily directly related to

recently held a workshop, “Partners in Hearing: Learning Together,” in Skodsborg, Denmark. The workshop brought together people with hearing loss, hearing care professionals, and representatives of patient organizations to develop new ideas and conceptualize resources that can support people with hearing loss on their hearing journey. The workshop was organized [...] provide people with hearing loss with the support they need to advocate for themselves. Peer-to-peer support: This theme looked at a way for people with hearing loss to connect and share experiences. Family and Friends: In this theme we explored how people with hearing loss and their close relatives can work together to address the hearing loss as a family [...] organized in collaboration with Action on Hearing Loss , the Hearing Loss Association of America , and the Ear Foundation . It followed from October’s “What Matters To You?” seminar , where we decided we wanted to further explore the creation of educational and general awareness materials for hearing loss. This initiative was welcomed by the workshop p

patients and their families.” About Jennifer Ellery Martin Jennifer Ellery Martin, AuD, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore and Senior Audiologist at the National University Hospital in Singapore. She specializes in geriatric audiology and tinnitus. Her areas of research include neuropharmacology of tinnitus, hearing health [...] Singapore (NUS) and Senior Audiologist at the National University Hospital in Singapore. She hails from the United States, and encountered the Ida tools for the first time when she began teaching at NUS. “When I first began teaching at the NUS MSc Audiology Program, the curriculum already contained a few of the Ida Institute videos and tools in some of [...] long. Nobody wants to sit and listen to me talk for four hours. I just don’t think that is an effective learning situation for anyone. I need to have hands-on activities so that students can have a break from listening and apply the information they just learned,” Jennifer said. “The students practice analysis, reflection, and critical thinking as they