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Published: 26-05-2015 11:55

Tele-health focus group meeting for the projects IMP3D, Audiocation, and the Innovation Implementation Process. The Tele-Health Project Ida Institute first began exploring the role of tele-health in the future of hearing healthcare more than a year and a half ago as part of our Vision 2020 process. “The goal of the Tele-health work stream is to help [...] products. The Innovation Implementation Process is a way of guiding audiologists through a change process, allowing them to explore the experience and journey of the end user, hypothesize about which step to take first, and complete a risk/impact analysis for each new tool or technology. Taking Tele-health Into the Future Ida is taking the input from [...] session, Heidi showed Marilyn how to put on her hearing aids, change the batteries, and clean them. In the second session, shown here, Heidi asks Marilyn follow-up questions about her hearing aid use and experience, and talks her through cleaning a tube. The sessions show some of the real-time challenges of tele-audiology -- unclear web cams, environmental

departure, David and Wayne, along with Holly Hosford-Dunne, answered a few questions for us via email about how their site has grown in the last four years. Best of luck to David and the HHTM team! How did HHTM begin? The vision that inspired us to start Hearing Health & Technology Matters has remained essentially unchanged. We wanted to provide readers [...] editor, but we will be looking to recruit one. Have you noticed any changes in usage on the site? One change we’ve observed is that, while most of our readers are hearing professionals, a growing percentage of our site visitors are consumers. We are glad to see the shift because we always envisioned HHTM as a forum connecting consumers and practitioners [...] launching in April 2011, Hearing Health & Technology Matters has provided practical information on hearing loss for audiologists and consumers alike. The broad range of topics they cover has earned the site more than a million unique hits, and sees them expanding into different areas of hearing loss. Editor-in-chief David Kirkwood, who has been covering

Published: 22-06-2015 12:45

benefit: the online tool places emphasis on completing the session with a communication partner, who in turn can be a valuable ally in helping the patient implement the strategies devised during the appointment. By addressing difficulties with a partner, Living Well brings an ally into the patient’s treatment from the very beginning. Engaging the communication [...] format. The online format serves two purposes. First, it allows people with hearing loss to use the tool at home and complete the questions before their appointment. This easy online access frees up time in the appointment so that there is more time to discuss the chosen scenarios. Part of living well with hearing loss is the ability of the patient [...] Production Let others step into the shoes of a hearing impaired person through the power of theater! Fitness Centers Working Out? No Need to Shout! Run a competition at your local fitness center to motivate people to turn down the volume! From the editor Simple Tool Helps to Answer a Complex Question "Continuing to function in the hearing world — seeing friends

Published: 28-07-2015 11:13

Ida Institute. To create the newest edition of the University Course, Deborah, together with the Ida Institute, called upon the experience and expertise of 18 university professors and graduate students in audiology from around the world. That collaborative spirit is central to the design of the course, just as it is to the lessons presented. Deborah [...] this month's feature: Tools for the University Course Ideas Worth Hearing From the editor The New Ida University Course It's five years since the Ida Institute first launched our University Course. And what a five years it's been! So much has changed in that time, and we're so proud of how far Ida has come. To reflect the new tools we've developed, et [...] we've made, and the growth of our community, we're thrilled to announce the launch of our newly expanded University Course. We hope the course will help professors introduce Ida tools and patient centered care to students of all levels, and prepare the audiologists of the future to focus on the human dynamics of hearing loss. Tools for the University Course

Published: 30-07-2015 13:44

stage Provide the option of returning for support It is very important to remember that people with hearing loss frequently move back and forth in the Circle more than once before new behavior is well established. The Circle draws upon the Patient Journey and the Stages of Change model . The tool The Circle clinic handout Click to download The Circle clinician [...] journey, you can provide them with the most relevant information and support at the most appropriate time. Assess which one of the stages below best describes your client’s feelings about getting hearing devices and read the suggestions on how to best support them. Pre-contemplation: “I don’t have a problem” In this stage, the client doesn’t realize they have [...] client at this stage Use the Line to explore your client’s experiences with hearing and communication. Listen to the client Give brief advice regarding possible options for improving their hearing and communication Acknowledge and support their growing awareness of the situation Preparation: “I think I need help with my hearing” The client continues to express

started writing about hearing loss in 2010, after leaving The New York Times , where I had been an editor and sometime writer for 22 years. I left the Times because my hearing had deteriorated to the point where I couldn't do the work I wanted to, even with accommodations. I loved my job and liked the work routine and missed them terribly. Within a few months [...] Hearing Aids is, in her words, a one-stop point of information about everything related to hearing loss that she’s gathered over the years. “I have learned a tremendous amount about hearing loss in the past few years and through my writing I have an opportunity to share it,” she says. “I also get quite a bit of feedback from readers.” She answered a few [...] implant in the bad ear in 2009. I have just started to do auditory rehab with Geoff Plant at the Hearing Rehabilitation Foundation in the hope of bettering my speech comprehension. What are you hoping readers will gain from your new book? I wrote the new book because I realized I had a tremendous amount of practical advice that it had taken me years to accumulate

Dr. Amy Szarkowski is a psychologist in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is also on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Amy has a strong interest in the socio-emotional development of Deaf and hard of hearing children and the Quality of Life outcomes of children with cochlear [...] professionals working with the child to have a stronger sense of the child’s strengths and areas of need. What sorts of patients do you see? About 5% of the children I see are hearing, but have Deaf families (in which case, ASL is often their first language), or children who communicate via non-verbal means. The vast majority of the patients I see, approximately [...] having professionals who understand the specific challenges faced by Deaf and hard of hearing individuals in a hearing society can make it easier to engage in a therapeutic relationship and focus on core issues, rather than having the onus on the patient to explain to a clinician about their experiences. Sometimes the counseling is related to hearing status

loss’s journey. They have knowledge about their partner’s successes and difficulties, and are the support system the patient needs to follow through with rehabilitation. An article in the current issue of ENT & Audiology News supports that very idea. The article, “The Role of Significant others in Hearing Aid Adoption,” identifies communication partners as [...] aged 65 years and older, whose communication partners, according to the article, are more likely to see the benefit of treatment. The article also recognizes that communication partners are likely to feel isolated or lonely as a result of the patient’s hearing loss. Article author Janet Ho-yee Ng, who works at Widex and currently studies at the Hong Kong [...] cites her own systematic review from earlier this year in which she used the Transtheoretical Model to look at both audiological and non-audiological motivations behind hearing aid adoption. Her review found significant others to be a major influence in the Preparation Stage. This is a belief long held by the Ida Institute. We have designed our Communication

Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, where she spent nearly 15 years. She also previously worked with the UN through UNICEF. She brings with her a strong background in the promotion of human rights of vulnerable groups. Bente also worked as program manager at the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin. There she organized training [...] The Ida Institute is pleased to announce the arrival of our new colleague, Bente Sørensen. Bente is taking over as a project manager, developer, and trainer who will help share our ideas and facilitate new ones. Bente has most recently worked as an international consultant. Prior to that, she was a project manager at the International Labour Organization [...] training courses and knowledge sharing seminars. The participatory training techniques she honed during this time will be of great use to Ida during our own workshops, seminars, and training days. Her experience in coordinating studies, pilot projects, and communications campaigns will be very useful as she helps to develop and present Ida tools. Bente

Published: 21-09-2015 14:59

Change Guide as the framework in our training. We’re going to be talking about all the different Ida tools that audiologists can use in a family-centered care hearing healthcare program, such as the GPS, the Line and the Communication Rings. So many of the Ida Tools can be applied for use with both the person with hearing loss and the communication partner [...] between the person with hearing loss and their partner with this step-by-step guide. Partner Journey The Partner Journey Understand the communication partner's feeling and unlock their potential to positively influence the patient's journey. Communication Rings Communication Rings Help the patient identify the people in their network and the frequency [...] family members who are as affected as the family members of hearing impaired children? What if we treat the family members of adults with hearing loss the same way? This month, we're looking at the benefits of family centered care beyond pediatric patients, because hearing loss is a family affair no matter the age of the patient. Tools for family centered