Search

Published: 28-08-2020 14:34

for inspiration and to stimulate discussion within and between academic programs. Rubrics from the University of Pretoria At the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Pretoria, the students are evaluated according to the five stages of the Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes taxonomy ( Biggs and Collins, 1982; [...] gap between theory and clinical practice, showing that PCC is rarely adopted during hearing care consultations ( Grenness et al., 2015 ). The discipline of audiology originally developed from a biomedical model of care with a lot of emphasis on pathology, site of lesion tests, and diagnostics. Therefore, the focus of the profession and the associated training [...] assumed, but interactional skills are valued. To ensure that students understand the essence and value of PCC and master its fundamental principles as they graduate, the approach needs to be taught and measured as a required competence. But how do you measure and grade a student on person-centeredness? As with any other skillset, PCC can actually be measured

to judge the mood and the seriousness and intent of the speaker is a problem,” explains Russell Misheloff, a member of the Hearing Loss Association of America , who has had a moderate to severe hearing loss for the past 25 years. Dr. Roger Wicks, Director of Policy and Campaigns at Action on Hearing Loss , UK, confirms. “We're hearing a huge number of [...] communication exceedingly difficult for people with hearing loss. Many rely on lipreading and facial expressions to help pick up words and phrases they may otherwise miss in a conversation. Masks take away these visual clues that people with hearing loss use to communicate. “Masks have complicated hearing. Even though I don’t lip read well at all, the inability [...] of reports of anxiety and stress for many people. It's the prospect of a world that's even harder to hear and interpret,” he says. Face masks and hospitals: the dual challenge One of the spaces where masks are both of vital importance and pose a particular challenge for people with hearing loss is in hospitals – a challenge Misheloff has experienced

checked in with our university and professional and patient organization partners to find out how they have been affected by the situation and what actions they are taking to cope. Our university partners have been affected by the sudden and total shift to online learning, the social and technological divide this has created, and the loss of clinical placements [...] gathered the members of the Person-Centered Hearing Network (PCHN) on August 31 for a virtual update of the network’s activities. The PCHN brings together Ida’s university and professional and patient organization partners in a collaborative effort to make person-centered care (PCC) a standard in hearing healthcare. The Inaugural meeting of the PCHN [...] barriers and unanticipated costs. The organizations are trying to support their members as they branch out into telehealth and try to reopen their clinics safely. Meanwhile, their members’ new needs come at a time when the organizations themselves are missing out on the training and conference opportunities they rely on for both community and financial

contact and no contact audiology appointments, many hearing care professionals are looking for practical ways to add or increase telehealth services . Embedding Ida Telecare tools on their websites is one easy way to do this. The person-centered tools help improve communication between hearing care professionals and their clients. They’re free and the process [...] both the audiologist and their client tend to be more prepared for the meeting, which means it can be more focused and provide patients with insight into what we're going to be doing, why we are doing it, and how it ties back to their questions or concerns.” We asked Marais why he decided to embed the tools and what benefits he and his clients have seen [...] better preparation by the client and the clinician prior to the first meeting. They allow clients to reflect on their hearing health needs and provide them with the opportunity to consider how to put their thoughts and feelings into words. The tools ensure we can start talking about what is important to the patient and/or their significant others from

at a societal level and then examine how those affect healthcare and audiology specifically. Through a combination of surveys, interviews, and focus groups, the Future Hearing Journeys project will gather insights and evidence from key actors across hearing healthcare, including hearing care professionals, people with hearing loss, advocacy groups [...] landscape. And that is what we hope to provide through Future Hearing Journeys. We are thrilled to see the interest that the project is gaining already – and hope that as many people as possible will get involved and tell us what they think.” We invite everyone in hearing healthcare to join the journey and share their insights. If you are a hearing care [...] assessments. A world where AI and over-the-counter delivery models have taken over and hearing care professionals are doing online counseling only. What are the implications for people with hearing loss? Will they have access to the care they need? To examine such questions and explore the trends that will affect hearing care in the coming years, the

rubrics and spark conversations about effective and supportive feedback that will encourage students on their PCC journey. Talita le Roux, Senior Lecturer in Audiology at the University of Pretoria, says: “For students to fully understand the essence and value of PCC, the principles should be embedded in some structured way in each theoretical and practical [...] organizations, including American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, British Society of Audiology, Audiology Australia, and the International Standards Organization (ISO), have started to include PCC in their standards for professionals – a recognition that puts pressure on academic programs to rethink their curricula and underscores the relevance of the [...] Curriculum Guidelines are intended as an evolving resource that we can build on continually – and we encourage feedback and suggestions. We would like to acknowledge the contributions from our academic partner universities and warmly thank them for their vision and leadership on this front.

Published: 24-09-2020 15:29

with severe and sometimes incurable conditions, feelings of helplessness and inadequacy are not uncommon. An effective measure against these trends is taking time to reflect. By prioritizing reflection on a regular basis, professionals can achieve tremendous changes , both in their outlook on themselves and their clients. The Reflective Journal provides [...] provides an intuitive method for quick and structured reflection. By raising a few essential questions, the journal helps practitioners to gain deeper insight into their own behavior, to recognize and celebrate their own strengths, and identify areas where there might be room for development. What is reflective practice Reflective practice is a recognized [...] acted?” prompt the practitioner to analyze their own behavior and consider what they might do differently next time. The journal also encourages practitioners to highlight their own strengths and urges them to collect any positive feedback, as this will help them to grow and thrive as professionals. The journal can be used after a particularly positive

develops standards to ensure the quality, safety, and efficiency of products, services, and systems. Across the globe, regulators and governments count on standards issued by ISO to develop better regulations on everything from electric bike safety and sustainable farming practices to healthcare and medical devices. Thanks to the involvement of globally [...] that safeguard consumers and all users of products and services. ISO recently issued ISO 21388, the first international standard for hearing aid fitting management (HAFM) . ISO 21388 provides a general framework for HAFM including the pre- and post-fitting stages, designed to make the fitting management more explicit and transparent. The aim is to [...] of explicit and detailed person-centered principles in the first international standard for hearing aid fitting management is a major achievement for all those working to advance person-centered care in hearing health,” says Ida Managing Director Lise Lotte Bundesen. “Putting the person with hearing loss at the center of their own care and involving them

out there — and not just individuals with hearing loss but also the people who care for individuals with hearing loss. It’s important for them to understand that there is a better way of providing hearing care. If you really, truly just sit down and listen to what your patient wants, it's going to lead to better treatment outcomes and higher treatment [...] patients to understand what's actually happening and not go into hearing treatment blind. They need a foundational understanding of what their hearing loss is and what their options are to treat it. They have to take a certain amount of responsibility for which treatment is going to be best for them and what that's going to look like. If I can simplify [...] is a straight-talking audiologist and advocate for people with hearing loss with an enormous YouTube following . Known for lively presentations that sometimes court controversy, Dr. Cliff advises his viewers on all things hearing health related. In a recent video, he extolled the benefits of person-centered care and highlighted the Inspired by Ida program

understand his audiogram and provided me with a copy from another facility. We repeated the test and I used Ida’s My Hearing Explained tool to help him understand his hearing. After fitting him with new hearing aids and communication strategies, he said his life had completely changed. On our website he reviewed the California Hearing Center as ‘the most [...] Empathy, hope, and a lot of listening Another specific example of how PCC has helped to increase client satisfaction was when Dr. Benson saw a gentleman in his 70s who appeared nervous and distressed. As a university professor, he was concerned that his poor hearing and tinnitus were making it increasingly difficult to hear in the lecture hall and he feared [...] Inspired by Ida is a program that helps hearing care professionals develop their skills in person-centered care (PCC) and gives clinics a unique opportunity to brand and differentiate their business. But what does it mean to be Inspired in an everyday audiology practice? We checked in with the California Hearing Center – the first clinic to join Inspired