Tools

Open a dialogue to better understand your clients’ needs and increase their motivation to improve their hearing

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointments, In the Appointment

Explain hearing test results in a practical way and make it easy for clients to explain their hearing loss to others

Suitable for:

First appointment, In the appointment, Follow-up appointment

Help your clients improve their quality of life by identifying strategies that address their communication challenges

Suitable for:

Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Help clients improve their communication in daily life by establishing common goals with family and friends

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Help clients prepare for appointments by extending your care through online support and counseling

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment, Everyday Life

Get started with remote appointments. This resource shows you how through a mix of checklists, articles, and videos.

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Help clients make the best use of their hearing devices, reduce return rates and increase client satisfaction

Suitable for:

Everyday Life

Understand how tinnitus affects your clients’ lives in order to help them manage its impact and move towards habituation

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment, Everyday Life

Support cochlear implant patients after switch-on with tools that allow them to articulate their priorities

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointments, In the Appointment

Learn how to build a successful partnership with your client or audiologist that can lead to the best outcomes

Suitable for:

First appointment, Follow-up appointment, Self-reflection, Teaching, Clinical Role Play

Explain hearing test results in a practical way that makes it easy for children and their families to explain their hearing loss to others

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Help children self-manage their hearing loss by learning about their personal experience in their own words

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Videos, quizzes, and recommendations to help families navigate different transitions from infancy to high school and beyond

Suitable for:

Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment, Everyday Life

Help your young clients improve their quality of life by identifying strategies that meet their communication needs

Suitable for:

Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Enable young people to express their needs and formulate communication strategies to self-manage their hearing loss

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment, Everyday Life

Enable parents of children with hearing loss to identify and address issues and concerns that are important to them

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Prepare for your first appointment with a hearing care professional by organizing your thoughts, feelings, and priorities

Think about what questions you would like to ask and who else you would like to involve in your treatment

Explore these tips and tricks to make hearing and communication easier in different real world situations

Use these resources to make your workplace more hearing loss-friendly

Use our tinnitus resources to learn the basics about tinnitus and to describe exactly how it affects you

Learn how to build a successful partnership with your client or audiologist that can lead to the best outcomes

Suitable for:

First appointment, Follow-up appointment, Self-reflection, Teaching, Clinical Role Play

Videos, quizzes, and recommendations to help families navigate different transitions from infancy to high school and beyond

Suitable for:

Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment, Everyday Life

Enable young people to express their needs and formulate communication strategies to self-manage their hearing loss

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment, Everyday Life

Enable parents of children with hearing loss to identify and address issues and concerns that are important to them

Suitable for:

First Appointment, Follow-up Appointment, In the Appointment

Use this tool to identify where your client is on their journey and tailor your care

Suitable for:

Teaching, Client Assessment, Treatment Planning

Improve your communication skills and how you conduct appointment interviews by role-playing different scenarios

Suitable for:

Teaching, In-class Workshops, Clinical Role Play

Take a few minutes between clients to write down your thoughts and examine your successes and challenges

Suitable for:

Teaching, Client Assessment, Self-reflection

Use these dilemmas, provided by hearing care professionals, to open discussions with your colleagues about different approaches to care

Suitable for:

Teaching, Clinical Scenarios, Group Discussion

Find inspiration on how you can change practice and integrate the Ida tools into your clinic

Suitable for:

Group Discussions, Change Management

Use these tools to prepare your organization for the future

Suitable for:

Group Discussions, Future Planning

Learn how to build a successful partnership with your client or audiologist that can lead to the best outcomes

Suitable for:

First appointment, Follow-up appointment, Self-reflection, Teaching, Clinical Role Play

A searchable database of studies about person-centered care in hearing care and healthcare.

Suitable for

Educators, students, researchers

Add Ida tools and person-centered principles into your course with lesson plans, materials, and videos

Suitable for:

Teaching, Curriculum Development

Use learning objectives and observable behaviors to teach PCC and evaluate your students

Suitable for:

Teaching, Curriculum Development

Improve your communication skills and how you conduct appointment interviews by role-playing different scenarios

Suitable for:

Teaching, In-class Workshops, Clinical Role Play