- Get a holistic understanding of the hearing loss experience
- Learn to counsel based on a client’s specific stage in their journey
- Use as a teaching aid or for assignments
A Patient Journey
A Patient Journey maps the typical stages a person goes through from before they recognize their hearing loss until they learn to manage it. It gives students and clinicians a better understanding of their clients’ experiences and their path to rehabilitation.
What are the benefits?
Perspectives and insights
Understanding A Patient Journey
Read about the models, methods, and philosophies that shaped the tool
Stages of the rehabilitation journey
Understand the stages people with hearing loss typically go through on the path to rehabilitation
Using A Patient Journey
Learn how educators, students, and clinicians can use the tool
The tool
A Patient Journey
Download a PDF of A Patient Journey
Additional resources
The Defining Hearing seminar
Watch lectures and access downloads from the seminar series, the Process of Defining Hearing, which A Patient Journey is an outcome of
Recommended reading
Browse articles on the Stages of Change model and the Patient Journey tool