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effective therapeutic/counseling relationship with the individual with hearing loss and his/her family. In order to develop this relationship, I need to demonstrate that I am truly interested in understanding why the patient is seeking care, their experience of their hearing loss/tinnitus, and their goals. How do you use Ida tools in your work? I believe that [...] about Ida through the ASHA Special Interest Group on Aural Rehabilitation and Instrumentation. I review the Ida tools routinely and especially like the Patient's Journey and the Communication Partner's Journey. I find that the Ida website offers a wealth of ideas to be used and adapted for one's clinical practice, so I routinely examine various parts [...] of our new eLearning and discussion space, Ida held a competition asking for ideas for different topics for us to develop and discuss. The winner is Deborah Culbertson, who submitted the idea to develop counseling scripts for clinical use. Deborah is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at East Carolina

on ear and hearing care and what tools and components would be effective for raising awareness. Ida Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen gave a presentation on raising awareness about hearing loss and the results of the Ida Institute’s own campaign for this year’s World Hearing Day . She also shared the submissions from our Ideas Worth Hearing contest [...] meeting for the WHO programme on prevention of deafness and hearing loss. The two-day meeting included discussions on the World Health Assembly’s resolution on hearing loss; the WHO’s activities around hearing; strategies for global action on hearing loss; and a review of the effectiveness of World Hearing Day, held annually on March 3. Stakeholders also discussed [...] scope of hearing loss around the world, how evidence-based advocacy can increase awareness both for World Hearing Day and the Make Listening Safe initiative, and what member states can do to support these efforts. In connection with the Stakeholders meeting, the WHO also organized an ad hoc consultation on advocacy tools for ear and hearing care. The

Published: 28-06-2017 13:13

person-centered care was perceived and how they felt it could be implemented in a more hierarchical culture where it is often expected that the expert will supply all the answers.” Ida introduced the group to the Patient Journey , explaining the process people with hearing loss undergo as they comes to understand their hearing loss. As they have a particular [...] interest in welfare technology, the students were also introduced to Ida Telecare and the hearZA app – which features Why Improve My Hearing – as methods for extending patient care beyond a clinical appointment. Thank you to our visitors for a very interesting discussion and for making Ida a part of your tour! [...] Students from Kangnam University in South Korea visited the Ida Institute as part of their exploration of the Danish healthcare and social welfare systems. The group of 20 students are studying special education, social welfare, and computer media technology. As part of their visit, Ida gave a brief presentation introducing the concept of person-centered

information, and how up to date the tools are. Web-based resources and tools were also evaluated on whether they are easy to use and have a consistent, appealing design. Ida Telecare is a suite of free online tools that professionals can send to their clients prior to appointments. The tools help people with hearing loss think about their needs and concerns [...] concerns so they can come to their appointments prepared to discuss them, and help clinicians extend their care beyond the appointment. To learn more, visit the Telecare platform here .

Published: 16-06-2017 17:33 by Amanda Farah Cox

clients and ready them for a successful and efficient session that allows more time for counseling based on the client’s individual preferences and needs,” she explains. In addition to Ida Telecare, Lise Lotte also talks about Telecare for Teens and Tweens and Fit for the Future . Telecare for Teens and Tweens is an adaptation of the platform for young [...] Institute help hearing care professionals get started with tele-audiology?” Lise Lotte talks about how Ida’s online telehealth platform, Ida Telecare , can support person-centered counseling and allows hearing care professionals to extend their services beyond the appointment. “These tools can be used to inform and engage first-time and returning clients [...] young people, which addresses their unique needs and concerns. Fit for the Future is a self-development tool for professionals that suggests different ways they can modernize their practices and stay ahead of changing trends. The tools include an outline of the different ways clinicians can integrate telehealth into their work, whether they are already

children with hearing loss should reach at different ages – including developmental, academic, and social – and suggests how children and their families can most effectively advocate for themselves to make these transitions smoothly. The hour and a half presentation will introduce the Transitions Management platform, how it was developed and how to use [...] Conference. Cheryl DeConde Johnson and Carolyne Edwards will give the presentation, “Helping Children and Teens Navigate Transitions Successfully.” The Transitions Management platform offers a suite of resources for children, young adults, and their families, to help them navigate shifts between different school levels and life after school. It looks at [...] use it, and will cover the basics of self-determination theory. The concepts will be introduced through the ethnographic film, “I Brought It to the Kitchen Table.” Both Cheryl and Carolyne were collaborators on the development of Transitions Management along with Ida staff and other professionals. This year’s EAA conference will be held in Paradise Valley

Health Assembly has unanimously approved and adopted a resolution on the prevention of hearing loss. This is the first resolution on hearing loss adopted by the WHA in 20 years. The resolution invites the WHO to prepare its first ever world report on ear and hearing care, develop a toolkit for Member States, and support the development of safe listening [...] positive implications for hearing care around the world,” says Ida Institute Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen. “The WHO’s commitment to hearing healthcare will support improvements to how hearing loss is prevented and treated globally.” The WHO estimates that 360 million people worldwide live with a disabling hearing loss. Ida continues to support [...] support the WHO’s hearing care initiatives, such as the annual World Hearing Day , and will attend the upcoming stakeholders’ meeting in Geneva in July. Read more about the resolution here.

participants in the use of their devices and communication strategies. The study was conducted over a six-month period with adults with hearing loss aged 60+ to determine what impact a community-led intervention in training participants on how to use hearing devices. Ida’s Line was used as part of the study to measure hearing-related self-efficacy in participants [...] of a pilot study on community-delivered hearing care interventions. Baltimore HEARS study particularly sought out the participation of low-income minority older adults, who statistically only have a 10% uptake of hearing devices, compared to the average 20%. The pilot group consisted of 15 people with hearing loss, each with an accompanying communication [...] be central to amplification. Other metrics investigated through different means included hearing history, technology use, and health literacy. Feedback for the project was overwhelmingly positive, with 93% of participants saying they benefited from the program and 87% said that the program was the reason they were able to use their hearables well. All

How do patients with hearing loss prepare for their hearing appointments and how might this help? by Helen Henshaw at the University of Nottingham. The project will be a feasibility study of how Ida Telecare tools can be used with NHS audiology patients. Co-investigators: Melanie A. Ferguson, Melanie Gregory, and William Brassington Getting ready for cochlear [...] about managing their hearing loss that are right for them, by David Maidment at the University of Nottingham. The project will look at whether patients who use Why Improve My Hearing? before coming to an NHS clinic have better outcomes than those who do not use the tool. Co-investigators: Melanie A. Ferguson, Eithne Heffernan, and Melanie Gregory How

range of experience and perspectives from within hearing healthcare with her to Ida. She began her career as a speech-language pathologist and audiologist, practicing in both public and private clinical environments. She received her Master’s and AuD from Nova Southeastern University in Florida, and is certified in learning and teaching as well as online [...] director and lecturer at University College London and the University of Cape Town, where her course topics included a focus on aural rehabilitation. Prior to that, she worked as a product manager and trainer for GN ReSound. Cherilee has been active in the Ida community for years and previously participated in our seminars on Change Management and Living [...] Living Well with Hearing Loss. She has also been a member of our Academic Panel and a research collaborator. We look forward to having her expertise in-house, as she will offer insight to Ida’s various projects, tool development, and educational materials. Welcome to the team, Cherilee!