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private hearing aid dispensers in Germany and currently owns and manages a hearing aid clinic in Weiden, Germany. Anita has come to realize that using the Ida tools and methods can help contribute to improved customer service and positive patient outcomes. After attending an Ida seminar on communication partners, she returned to Germany and implemented [...] understand their perspective. They just say ‘wear your hearing aids for three months and everything will be ok’. Adopting patient centered care strategies has helped me provide better customer service and attract more patients to my clinic.” Using the Ida tools and methods has helped Anita better understand and address patient needs. The Motivation Tools have [...] patients to consider the barriers to taking concrete steps to improve their hearing, such as purchasing hearing aids. By openly discussing the barriers to change, Anita has found that it is easier to address patient concerns and motivate patients to take action and use hearing aids. By using the Ida tools to open constructive discussions with her patients

Union of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) has invited the Ida Institute to present the Motivation Tools at four upcoming EUHA technical seminars this March. These seminars will help introduce hearing care professionals across Germany to Ida’s easy-to-implement tools and methods. Ena Nielsen, Ida Learning Specialist, and Anita Erras, Audiologist and Ida Fellow [...] Dresden (16 March), and Köln (23 March). Anita Erras owns and operates a private hearing clinic in Weiden, Germany. “This marks an excellent opportunity for the Ida Institute to expand our community of hearing care professionals. These four interactive workshops will give us the chance to introduce EUHA’s community to Ida’s tools and methods, starting [...] readiness for change. EUHA is the oldest and largest professional association of hearing aid acousticians in Europe. Founded in 1960 in Würzburg, Germany, EUHA aims to bring together hearing aid acousticians, researchers, and practitioners who have an interest in trade specific issues, further education, and vocational training. In addition to its annual

Published: 17-01-2012 12:37

way to bring together multiple clients and communication partners to discuss their experiences with hearing loss and hearing technology. Our guide will help you organize your group and provides inspiration for your sessions. What are the benefits? Provide clients with peer support and improved self-sufficiency and emotional well-being Counsel multiple [...] clients get better at using their technology and reduce return rates Perspectives and insights Group AR: A win-win for you and your clients Read more about the benefits for you and your clients in conducting Group AR sessions Please accept marketing cookies to view this content. What do the experts say? Hearing care professionals discuss how Group AR has [...] including ground rules, managing participant emotions, and evaluation forms Facilitating sessions for parents of children with hearing loss Provide a space of support and information for parents with children with hearing loss Recommended reading Browse articles on group aural rehabilitation in audiology and the Ida tool Active Communication Education (ACE)

training program to expand the global reach and impact of Ida’s tools and methods. The Train the Trainer will prepare trainers to create and deliver their own training programs on the Ida Motivation tools: the Line, the Box, and the Circle. “It represents a new and exciting way to provide actionable knowledge to hearing care professionals around the world,” [...] respective communities and teach other hearing care professionals on how to use the Ida Motivation tools. Similar to most Ida activities, the workshops will emphasize interaction, collaboration, reflection and discussion. Instead of instructing participants on how to train others, the workshops will serve as incubators for collaboration and innovation. Drawing [...] prepare and motivate other hearing care professionals to use the tools. On the second day, participants will transition from reflection to creation. They will pair off in groups to develop individual learning programs. At the end of the day, each individual will present their training program to the group. This will allow everyone to improve and modify

Published: 11-01-2012 12:24

client’s preferences and values, involves family and friends, reinforces shared decision-making and goal setting, and prioritizes the free-flow of information. Definition Together with our global partners in the Person-Centered Hearing Network, we developed this definition: "Person-centered care (PCC) ensures that people are equal and active partners in [...] in the management of their hearing difficulties. Designed around the individual, PCC focuses on and is respectful of people’s needs and preferences, involves family and other communication partners, and includes shared decision-making and goal-setting." The six elements The six elements we consider essential to delivering person-centered care in an [...] clinicians, and business. Cultural competence Why is cultural competence crucial in today's hearing care and what steps can you take to improve yours? Online learning Take our free courses on the six elements of person-centered care in the Ida Learning Hall. PCC Knowledge Bank Browse this database of studies about person-centered care in hearing care and healthcare

very familiar with Ida and the tools, yet I was once again inspired,” stated another participant. ASHA is the professional, scientific and credentialing association for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally. ASHA’s mission is to empower and support their community [...] Ida Anthropologist Kirsten Lauritsen and Ida Fellow Dr. Joseph Montano (Chief of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical Center) conducted a session on Motivational Engagement at the 2011 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in San Diego, California. This marks the first time that the Ida Institute has [...] has presented at the ASHA Convention. During the Ida interactive workshop, Kirsten Lauritsen and Joseph Montano introduced the Ida Motivation Tools as a framework and guide for uncovering patient motivation during the rehabilitation process. Workshop participants left the session prepared to use the Ida Motivation Tools in their clinical practice. “I

reinforce positive patterns, and formulate a strategy for coping with challenges. The tool consists of three different environments: a classroom, a home and an outdoor area. The child can place movable figures and everyday objects in the various environments. This activity helps them describe their communication challenges and successes in every-day life [...] the child a voice and ensure that they are an active participant in the rehabilitation process. On 5 December, we launched the My World tool at a workshop in Manchester, UK. Over 40 hearing care professionals (HCPs) attended the interactive, collaborative workshop. The My World tool can help facilitate an understanding of hearing loss from the child’s [...] England NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, addressed the potential of the tool to support effective communication with young children in clinical settings. During the day, participants discussed the challenges related to managing a child’s hearing loss. They explored these challenges from the perspective of the HCP, the child, and the parent. Through

Published: 30-11-2011 16:03

with Hearing Loss Living Well is a counseling tool that uses photos of common situations to help your clients identify when and where it’s most important for them to communicate well. Understanding these priorities can help you recommend the best hearing technologies and communication strategies for each client. What are the benefits? Identify and understand [...] understand your clients’ priorities Personalize and focus treatment plans to improve outcomes Easily recommend appropriate hearing technologies and communication strategies Involve family members to support communication needs Perspectives and insights Ethnographic videos Watch videos with people with hearing loss explaining what strategies they use to [...] beforehand. Living Well with Hearing Loss Seminar The Living Well tool is a product of our seminar series. Read more about the seminar and watch lectures that informed the tool’s development. Recommended reading Browse articles on visual methods and the Living Well tool You might also like... Living Well for Teens and Tweens My Hearing Explained Motivation

Living Well with Hearing Loss counseling tool at this year’s British Academy of Audiology (BAA) Conference in Wales. The Living Well tool is designed to encourage qualitative dialogue about a patient’s subjective experience. The tool enables hearing care professionals to explore the person behind the hearing loss and to discover and address otherwise [...] on strategies can be applied in each case going forward. At the BAA conference, Melanie Gregory, Karen Parfitt and Kirsten Lauritsen from the Ida Institute led an interactive workshop on the new tool. Over 50 hearing care professionals and researchers participated in the workshop. One participant was Deb Hall from the Biomedical Research Unit in Nottingham [...] can pick different aspects of the tool based on the individual patient and the particular time constraints.” Natalie Ruis, who heads the Southampton Audiology Department and specializes in adult rehabilitation, also attended the workshop. She came away impressed with the tool and excited about the opportunity to use it with her patients. “We can easily

Published: 03-11-2011 10:22

children talk about their hearing loss. It allows children to show you how they go through their day, and where they have their greatest successes and difficulties. With this information, it is easy to recommend communication strategies, set goals for children to cope with their hearing loss, and recommend appropriate hearing equipment. Talking to a stranger [...] children and improve their sense of self, adaptive functioning, and family functioning. The need and uses of My World specifically was the subject of a Masters thesis by Jessica Round at the University of Western Australia. She found that "there is a need for the ‘My World’ tool from both professional and hearing-impaired perspectives and that defined [...] their hearing loss can make some children nervous. Using My World helps children to openly express their feelings and try out new strategies in a safe environment. Easing their anxiety leads to a more efficient and pleasant appointment. My World is easy to use and to introduce. It is rooted in the evidence-based methodologies of play therapy and narrative