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purchased their company in 2011 and now have five clinics, and are continuing to hire new audiologists and front-of-house staff. Trevor is currently working on his AuD, and continues to see a full load of clients. Trevor’s interest in person-centered care began early in his career. “When I started practicing, I designed and implemented an individualized [...] slowly, and lots of repetition. “We focus a lot on taking the process from very simple to becoming more and more complex, involving the family as much as possible,” he says. This can mean waiting until second and third appointments to explain volume controls and wax guards to his clients, giving them time to adjust to handling their hearing aids first [...] handouts cover practical information about hearing loss, what clients should expect from their journey, the different hearing aids the clinicians fit, and more complex concepts like neuroplasticity and the advantages of using amplification. Audiocorp’s front-of-house staff trained in person-centered methods, and the website has further resources for clients

mention the Telecare versions of Living Well and My Turn to Talk. The online tools can also be used to save even more time by having the person with hearing loss complete the activities prior to the appointment. Paula is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Maryland’s Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, where she specializes in aural [...] article in the ASHA Leader recommends Ida’s Communication Rings and Living Well tools as visual aids to help people with hearing loss prioritize their rehabilitation. “A Framework that Puts Patients at the Center of Audiologic Care,” by Paula Schauer, AuD, recommends the Communication Rings and Living Well as visual aids that can support the COSI or be used [...] used as an alternative in person-centered care. Paula also taps into the necessity of hearing care professionals being fit for the future in her article, emphasizing the increasing importance of audiologic counseling, personalized treatment plans, and that, “upcoming regulatory changes require audiologists to show that the efficacy of their services…it

brought together 50 audiology students and recent graduates for three days of different activities and workshops. Learning and Innovation Specialist Jamie Owen and Communication Specialist Amanda Farah Cox presented the Communication Partner tools on Saturday. Summer Camp participants were introduced to the concept and importance of Communication Partners [...] presentation placed a particular focus on Goal Sharing for Partners, and the participants learned how and when to introduce the tool in their session. They then split off into pairs and practiced using the tool, imaging how Gill and John would answer the questions. The presentation wrapped up with a My Ida Moment, where participants were asked to reflect [...] “ A Sense of Irritation ,” about Gill and John. The participants were asked to reflect in particular on how Gill’s hearing loss has changed the roles within her relationship with John. This was followed by a brief introduction to the Communication Partner tools, the Partner Journey, the Communication Rings, and Goal Sharing for Partners. The presentation

2015. Fifteen participants from eight countries met over a day and a half to discuss how hearing healthcare professionals and tinnitus patients manage tinnitus. We wish to thank all of our collaborators for their input and hard work to make these tools a reality, and look forward to hearing from our community about their use. [...] ENTs, and psychologists, the Tinnitus Management suite of tools offers hearing care professionals a way to structure appointments with their patients. The Tinnitus Thermometer is designed to help patients articulate how they feel about their tinnitus on any given day. This allows the hearing care professional to tailor their counseling method and track [...] for new tinnitus patients to help them understand and deal with their condition at the onset of tinnitus. All of the tools aim to offer hearing care professionals a way to address their patients’ concerns and to help ease patient anxiety regarding tinnitus, allowing them to manage their condition and live well with it. The tools are a product of the

eLearning and Innovation Specialist Jamie Owen will give the presentation, "Telehealth in Audiology: Engaging and Motivating Patients Online," focusing on telehealth and Ida’s Telecare Tools. The presentation will look at telehealth in the broadest sense, introducing participants to the concept, Ida’s work with it through our Vision 2020 process, and the [...] the emerging trends we’ve identified. We will highlight the benefits of telehealth for both clinicians and people with hearing loss. There will also be an introduction to the Ida Telecare platform and how hearing care professionals can bring person-centered care into teleaudiology. Participants in the presentation will be eligible for CEUs. As part of [...] community to help us continue the discussion in our Forum. Jodi Contor, Frances Lockhart, and Beth Atkinson will share how they use teleheath in their practices, what investments they have made, what barriers they have overcome to make the implementation successful, and what advantages they have reaped from using telehealth. Click here to join the discussion

s of hearing aids for musicians, treading familiar turf by discussing the psycho-social aspects of hearing loss and the trans-theoretical model . Finally, Advisory Board member Christine Yoshinaga-Itano chaired and presented on the final session of the week, looking at relationship between language and social skills of deaf and hard of hearing children [...] many cross overs between their research and their contributions to Ida. Advisory Board chairwoman Louise Hickson chaired a roundtable on Evidence Based Practices, which included Ida fellow Terry Chisolm as one of the participants. Founding Advisory Board member Adrian Davis co-chaired a roundtable on hearing as a global health priority – a project he [...] , presented on design considerations for self-management programs for adults with hearing loss. The panel was chaired by Eriksholm’s Ariane Laplante-Levesque. Advisory Board DeWet Swanepoel chaired a on the panel about using teleaudiology to assess people with hearing loss. His fellow Advisory Board member Lucille Beck presented her work on how the

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Telecare for Teens and Tweens You have probably seen a lot of doctors and specialists about your hearing, but no one understands what life is like with your hearing impairment better than you do. By using the Ida Telecare tools to get ready for your next appointment, you can make sure that you discuss the things that are most important to you to help [...] your successes and challenges with your hearing impairment. This will help ensure that your needs and concerns are taken care of. Your answers will also help your audiologist so that they can recommend the best treatment for you, whether that's new technology, communication strategies, or additional support from your family, teachers, and friends. What [...] in the appointment and who do you communicate with? http://idainstitute.com/apps/wimh_teen_en/ Why Improve My Communication? How would improving your hearing and communication effect your daily life? For Tweens https://apps.idainstitute.com/apps/lw_tween_en Living Well Online Tweens When is it easy or hard for you to communicate and what can you do to

the development of our Telecare platform. The presentation will look at how patients and hearing care professionals can both benefit from the use of teleaudiology, but will address the challenges and opportunities in equal measure. Attendees will be introduced to the Ida Telecare tools, which will also be demonstrated. The Telecare tools can be used [...] telemedicine. Ida Innovation and Learning Specialist Jamie Owen will cover how telehealth in audiology can be approached from the perspective of person-centered care. The presentation will offer an introduction to telehealth in audiology, revisit Ida’s Vision 2020 process – in particular our Telehealth work stream – and how that work stream led to the [...] used at different stages of a client’s journey, whether the first appointment, a follow-up appointment, or as maintenance, and are thus are a flexible way to keep patients engaged in their rehabilitation. Ida’s presentation will take place on Saturday, 8 October. Registration is still open for the conference. To learn more, visit the IAPA2016 website

support people with hearing loss and revenue lost to years those people are unable to work because of their hearing loss. “Spend to Save” continues in this line of research, but looks at figures from across Europe comparing the rate of hearing loss, hearing instrument up-take, and additional health care expenditures as a result of hearing loss going untreated [...] Save: Investing in hearing technology improves lives and saves society money.” The report, written by Brian Lamb, Sue Archbold, and Ciaran O’Neill, looks at a Europe-wide strategy for promoting hearing technologies in order to reduce healthcare costs. Previous Ear Foundation reports have looked at the cost of not treating hearing loss, focusing on what [...] majority of countries, hearing loss is directly associated with additional healthcare costs. However, the report highlights that in Denmark, which has a high uptake of hearing aids as they are readily supplied by the national healthcare system (and where the Ida Institute is based), there is actually a negative cost to hearing care. This suggests that

, hallways, and assemblies among other spaces. Senior Anthropologist Hans Henrik Philipsen and web editor Amanda Farah Cox visited Laycock Primary School in London, Grantham College in Grantham, and met with recent graduates at the Ear Foundation. There they met with children ages 7-11, teenagers from 16-18, and young adults aged 23 and 24, who all [...] all shared their experiences in education with a hearing impairment. Ida also had the opportunity to meet with teachers of the deaf, who discussed milestones they hope to see their students reach, and teachers of the deaf who have hearing impairments themselves and were able to reflect on their own experiences with transitions. The videos will be a part [...] Transitions Management platform, which will help parents, children, and young adults prepare for the changes involved in moving from one school to another, or from school out into the work force. Thank you to everyone who made Ida’s visits possible, in particular Suzanne Harrigan, Sue Brownson, and Debbie Norman. The Transitions Management platform will launch