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you see Ida in the next 10 years? Predicting the future is always difficult and today more than ever. While we are mostly used to incremental changes, I think that the changes in coming years will be exponential . What we are seeing now with deregulation in the US and over-the-counter sales to the emergence of telehealth is only be the beginning. Maybe [...] purposes. The role of artificial intelligence and deep machine learning will be interesting to follow. Just looking at our main area of work, I’m hoping this could be the decade of person-centered care. Last year the reports from the National Academies of Science and the NHS Action Plan on Hearing Loss put a strong focus on putting the patient in the center [...] needs and achieving insights that can inform the development of new resources and help put people at the center of their own care. So there are many interesting avenues for Ida in the coming years. I’m very grateful to the Oticon Foundation for continuing to fund the Ida Institute for the benefit of the greater good, and I feel a great responsibility

Journey: What Matters to You’ seminar.” The Voice of the Patient The collaboration with HLAA is also in line with the Ida Institute’s objective to strengthen the focus on the patient’s perspective in the development of new resources and tools. The recent seminar “The Hearing Journey: What Matters to You?” was the first time people with hearing loss and [...] Kelley says, “The Ida Institute is renowned for excellence and HLAA is pleased to partner with them. We appreciate that they value the consumer perspective and we look forward to bringing concerns of people with hearing loss into the conversation with the Ida professional community. I saw the benefit of this first-hand during the recent ‘The Hearing Journey: [...] side with audiologists and opinion leaders within the field of hearing care. “The seminar was a fruitful innovation process that underscored the importance of sustained collaboration with patient advocacy groups. Working collaboratively, we can strengthen the voice of people with hearing loss in the design of hearing care resources and tools, and increase

Week is February 5-11, and organizations from around the world are working to raise awareness of the condition. To help spread the word and tackle some of the misconceptions about tinnitus, the Ida Institute spoke with Sharon Sandridge, Ph.D. Sharon is the Director of Audiology Clinical Services at the Cleveland Clinic, and was a part of Ida’s Tinnitus [...] going through. We need to allow the patient to talk without interjecting our preconceived ideas. Read between the lines of what the patient is saying to understand that maybe the tinnitus is a symptom of something else. When the patient has finished talking – then we can do reflecting listening and restate what we heard the patient say. This helps in several [...] role in developing our Tinnitus Thermometer. What are the most immediate challenges of treating a patient with tinnitus? Initially, it is important to provide the patient with a sense of hope that he or she will gain relief from the tinnitus. The patient needs to feel hope that the impact of the tinnitus will lessen, that quality of life will improve

to receive the scholarship and to begin a three year course of study the following year. Towards the end the first year of studies, my hearing loss was picked up on by a lecturer and, after a series of hearing tests and interviews, my scholarship was withdrawn. I was considered to be unfit for teaching and in the words of the Dean of the College, I [...] always held in large open-plan spaces where I couldn’t always see who or where the speaker was. I never wanted to make an issue of the difficulty that I had, so didn’t pursue it. I know that I sometimes gave the wrong answer to the wrong questions and usually missed the punch line of jokes, and a few staff members probably thought I was a bit slow picking [...] before such as the birds tweeting in the trees around our home, leaves rustling and my children’s breathing. I felt I was able to be more part of group conversations, and for the first time I realized what I had been missing. That one hearing aid also provided me with the confidence to undertake a casual night course of study over the next couple of

each time, the emotion in that message changes. The message that is received is one of irritation, not the heartfelt sentiment that was originally intended.” “Humor and being able to laugh together is another important part of relationships. If you have hearing loss, you may miss out on your partner’s funny remarks altogether, or the punch line of a joke [...] other social gathering can also be difficult, both for the person with hearing loss and the hearing partner, as roles tend to change. A partner with normal hearing may assume the role of interpreter for their partner with hearing loss. This can be a very positive thing, but it can also affect the nature of their relationship and lead to frustrations [...] both parts.” “Simple conversation is based on social conventions which require that the person on the listening end will continuously make subtle sounds, such as ‘uh huh,’ ‘okay,’ ‘mhmm’ and gestures, like head nodding, to show that he or she has heard and understood the conversation. When someone has hearing loss, these reactions can be delayed, which

Published: 25-05-2018 11:42

samtal med dina klienter om motivation för att öka din förståelse för deras behov och för att öka deras motivation till att förbättra sin hörselsituation. Motivation Tools The Line The Box Översättning av Sarah Granberg, Örebro universitet, Örebro, Sverige.

Published: 11-07-2018 18:07

support in the form of a tutorial or a family member to sit in on the appointment. The Box The Box is useful for resolving ambivalence. It is built around two sets of questions: What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking action? What are the advantages and disadvantages of staying as you are today? The questions help narrow down the source of [...] allowing the professional to offer tailored advice, information and support. The Box can be used in an initial appointment if the person with hearing loss seems ambivalent, or if their score on the Line falls somewhere in the middle. The Box can also be helpful when talking to people who are dissatisfied with using hearing technology. Weighing the advantages [...] using hearing technology. The Circle can be used by hearing care professionals as a personal reflection tool to assess where their clients are on their hearing journey and what interventions make the most sense at the time of the appointment. The Circle can also be used in the appointment to explain the different phases of the hearing journey and to

for her research and then used the Motivation Tools with them. “First they had to rate the two questions in the Line tool. Then I interviewed the patients to learn their specific communication and emotional needs. Eventually I was able to determine where in the process of behavior change the patient stood.” Many of the challenges that Buddhinie faces [...] hearing loss as well as the hearing aids. So making them aware of, and able to understand, their own need to use hearing aids was the key challenge that Ida tools help to address.” Buddhinie used the Line and the Circle with patients who were making their first visit to a hearing care professional and had no middle ear pathology. She used two tests, Pure-Tone [...] hearing health care, but it does not outweigh the need for a continuous effort to publicize it.” In details she has shared on the Learning Hall, Buddhinie found a significant relationship was established between the perceived importance of improving hearing and the decision to use amplification devices on the first visit itself. Family influence was another

recognized that the audiogram isn’t sufficient to address the issue—at least not on its own. In a survey we conducted, 59 audiologists out of 71 always—or almost always—show the patient their audiogram. Despite its prevalence, on average, the 67 people with hearing loss who participated in our study rated their understanding of the audiogram only a [...] “I remember the first graph they showed me at the audiologist,” Mary Frey shares in one of our ethnographic videos, recalling the first time she took her daughter with hearing loss to an audiologist. “I didn’t understand what they were saying. She’d say, ‘Here’s the megahertz.’ I didn’t know what that meant, and I felt rather silly. I was like, ‘What [...] months spent researching the problem through focus groups, surveys, in-depth interviews and clinical observations, we invited an international group of hearing care professionals, academics, and people with hearing loss to Denmark for the Understanding My Hearing workshop which took place in December 2018. The purpose of the workshop was to collaborate

half of the patients passing through Shahrzad’s clinic have tinnitus. She believes her person-centered approach is part of the reason for her success. “My clinic is a piece of the world, the way I wish it was,” Shahrzad says between patients. “The staff are a close-knit group who help people because that’s what they believe people should do.” The goal [...] worked in the Hollywood film industry, came into the office. She was desperate. Her tinnitus felt like it would make her head explode. Shahrzad and Raechelle decided to track Raechelle’s reactions to the tinnitus every day with the Tinnitus Thermometer. Raechelle realized that it wasn’t bad all the time or even every day. Through journaling and the use of [...] patients. “This simple guide,” Shahrzad says, “makes them think about the wants and needs of patients and how tinnitus could affect the lives of not only the patient, but also their family and co-workers.” Shahrzad often uses the Tinnitus Thermometer with her patients as well. The thermometer helps clinicians assess how patients are experiencing and