Published: 12-03-2018 12:51
people with hearing loss and problem-solving activities will train your brain to think of different solutions to common hearing challenges. The tool Dilemma Game Review common communication difficulties, suggestions for dealing with them, and come up with your own solutions Top Tips for Managing Conversations Hear from other people with hearing loss about [...] about how they manage daily communication Tell people you have a hearing loss Keep up with conversation Plan your day Include your partner Join a group Perspectives and insights Life with hearing loss Watch videos of people with hearing loss talking about their daily life [...] Everyday Life with Hearing Loss There are things you can do yourself to make it easier to communicate in daily life. Planning your day and asking others to help you can make it a lot easier to deal with different communication situations. The Dilemma Game and Top Tips for Managing Conversations can help you prepare for these situations. Tips from other
Published: 15-03-2018 16:11 by Ellen Pucke
Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Cape Town offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs in speech-language pathology and in audiology. Upon graduation, alumni work in a variety of public and private settings, and with people of all ages. About SHHH SHHH (Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People) is an Australian self-help [...] those with hearing loss who communicate orally to make informed decisions about their own best alternatives for hearing management. About the Ear Foundation The Ear Foundation provides independent information, education, and support for deaf children, young people, and adults with cochlear implants and other technologies, their families, and their supporting [...] about our collaborative partnership with the Ida institute that will help us facilitate and strengthen our focus on person-centered care. We hope to reform our classroom, and clinical and research training, to in turn influence the future of hearing healthcare and rehabilitation professionals in order to provide holistic evidence based person-centered
Published: 21-03-2018 11:58
the Inspired by Ida certificate and badge. Use them to show your committment to person-centered hearing care and help people with hearing loss to identify clinics offering quality hearing care focused on their individual needs. What are the benefits? Hearing care professionals can: learn practical PCC skills quickly and easily earn CEUs/CPDs share the [...] is a program that helps hearing care professionals enhance their person-centered skills and apply them in daily practice. But it's so much more than that. It's also a global community of like-minded people dedicated to best practice in hearing care, actively working to improve appointments and outcomes for people with hearing loss. Inspired by Ida is [...] Ida badge on social media, resumés, and in email signatures to demonstrate a dedication to PCC become part of a global community improving hearing care People with hearing loss can find clinics: whose staff have taken courses in person-centered methods where best practice is valued and implemented Perspectives and insights Please accept marketing cookies
Published: 23-03-2018 02:00 by Jeanette Blom
Ida’s tools and methods. “This endorsement is a very important step forward for hearing healthcare in Brazil,” she says. “Person-centered care is associated with a higher rate of patient satisfaction, adherence to suggested lifestyle changes and treatment, better outcomes and more cost-effective care. Thus, strategies for promoting and strengthening [...] the area of hearing healthcare.” Deborah, who is Associate Professor at the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the Bauru School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil (FOB/USP) is a fervent advocate for person-centered care. As one of the driving forces behind the recent partnership between the Ida Institute and the University [...] presented the Ida Institute’s methods and tools at the General Assembly of the Brazilian Academy of Audiology, which was held in São Paulo from 14-17 March, 2018. In her presentation, she stressed the need for a more person-centered approach to hearing rehabilitation in Brazil. “Particularly after health and education bills which were passed in the
Published: 30-03-2018 15:54 by Ellen Pucke
methods in hearing care,” says Lise Lotte Bundesen, Managing Director of the Ida Institute. The Ida Institute Research Committee welcomes incoming committee member Dr. Kris English, professor at the University of Akron School of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Dr. English is an esteemed researcher and specializes in person-centered care and trus [...] Melanie Ferguson and Dr. Sophia Kramer for their distinguished service to the committee since its establishment in 2015. “Over the past three years Melanie and Sophia have played an important role in establishing the Ida research grant, selecting the most promising proposals, and ultimately broadening the evidence base for Ida tools and person-centered [...] trust-building in audiology; quantitative and qualitative techniques to measure the efficacy of counseling strategies in audiology; teaching materials and strategies to enhance graduate training in audiology; and is the creator of AdvancingAudCounseling.com , a forum for exploring how the profession of audiology can advance in counseling. The Ida Research
Published: 06-04-2018 15:34 by Amanda Farah Cox
the goal of developing and conceptualizing ideas for educational materials to support people with hearing loss. The workshop is organized in collaboration with Action on Hearing Loss , Hearing Loss Association of America , and the Ear Foundation and will include participation from hearing care professionals and people with hearing loss. “Our last seminar [...] abundance of insights and concrete ideas,” says Lise Lotte Bundesen, Managing Director of the Ida Institute. “Patient education was an overriding theme in that seminar, and we’re really looking forward to working with the participants of this workshop and our partners to create materials that will help people on their hearing journey.” Preliminary confirmed
Published: 20-04-2018 04:00 by Ellen Pucke
Care” and “Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools.” Once you have completed the courses, you can claim your Inspired by Ida label – a benchmark of quality that can be easily displayed in your email signature, electronic copies of a resume, and on social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Clinics can also become members and receive [...] allows people to better articulate their needs and enables them to play a more active role in their own care. This leads to better outcomes and helps people manage their hearing loss more effectively – which ultimately entails a higher degree of patient satisfaction. Inspired by Ida also offers hearing care professionals an opportunity to demonstrate [...] by Ida , a new program that allows hearing care professionals to enhance their counseling skills and differentiate their practice through person-centered care. The program was revealed this week at the 2018 American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. By joining the program, hearing care professionals can learn how to
Published: 27-04-2018 22:29 by Ellen Pucke
Professor Louise Hickson is the inaugural and current chair of the Ida Advisory Board; Dr Nerina Scarinci, Head of Speech Pathology at the University of Queensland, was a visiting scholar at the Ida Institute in 2015; Ida tools are included in Queensland Audiology and Speech Pathology courses; and Queensland academic and clinical staff have participated in [...] Audiology and Speech Pathology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and the Ida Institute formalized their long-standing collaboration last week at the 2018 American Academy of Audiology conference. Professor Louise Hickson, Head of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Co-Director of the Communication Disability Centre [...] Director of the Ida Institute. The agreement outlines the University of Queensland and the Ida Institute’s mutual commitment to a person-centered approach to hearing care, and states their intention to collaborate for the enhancement of audiological rehabilitation education and research. The Ida Institute has been allied with the University of Queensland
Published: 04-05-2018 16:45 by Amanda Farah Cox
clinical encounters between hearing care professionals and their clients. Our ethnographic videos also include interviews with people with hearing loss in their homes, which helps hearing care professionals get an in depth understanding their experiences. “Our main goal in producing the ethnographic documentaries is to inspire hearing care professionals worldwide [...] than fill in the blank and answer a test question,” she continues. “It really makes [the students] pool what they’ve learned in their graduate course work and in their clinical work by viewing these videos and dissecting what they’ve seen. They’re getting invested in the process and really understanding how much more in depth and how much more important [...] practice and promote a more person-centered approach,” says Ida Senior Anthropologist Hans Henrik Philipsen. “It is my experience that these ethnographic documentaries work as excellent mirrors, reflecting common challenges for all hearing care professionals.” The films have also become a popular tool in educational settings. Professors and instructors
Published: 11-05-2018 15:26 by Ellen Pucke
ask questions and listens to their preferences and needs in order to recommend the best possible treatment for them. Inspired by Ida is a way for hearing care professionals to meet this demand. Why should hearing care professionals join the program? As technology advances and routes to accessing medical and assistive devices change, hearing care professionals [...] avoid such negative and unhelpful experiences and instead identify practitioners and clinics who are committed to delivering high-quality care. A person-centered approach encourages people to articulate their needs and make shared decisions alongside their hearing care professional. This empowers them to self-manage their care and obtain better results [...] an opportunity for hearing care professionals to sharpen their counseling skills and distinguish their practice by earning the Inspired by Ida label of quality. The program was launched at the 2018 American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Conference in Nashville, USA, and has been very positively received. Hearing care professionals and clinics from Australia