- Get practical tips on how you can work with your clinician or client to build a great partnership
- Watch real hearing care partnerships in action
- Find information about other resources that can help
Partnering for Great Hearing Care: A guide for people with hearing loss and professionals
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Great hearing care is only possible when the person with hearing loss and their hearing care professional trust each other and work together. When this happens, they can build a strong partnership that leads to better outcomes for them both.
But building this partnership is not always easy. Through animated conversations, videos of real-life appointments, and downloadable tips, this interactive tool takes you through the four building blocks of a successful hearing care partnership and offers practical advice for both people with hearing loss and professionals for how to get started.
What are the benefits?
Perspectives and insights
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Why partner with your client or audiologist?
Read about why a client-clinician relationship built on trust, connecting as people, being active partners, and involving family and friends leads to the best outcomes
Gael Hannan is a hearing health advocate with hearing loss. She spoke to us about the importance of partnering with her hearing care professional.
The tool
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Partnership guide
Download this practical guide to help you build a great partnership with your client or clinician. The guide includes hands-on tips for building trust, connecting as people, being active partners, and involving family and friends in the hearing journey
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Interactive animation
Learn more about some of the benefits of a successful hearing care partnership – and find inspiration through animated clinic conversations, videos of real appointments, and practical downloadable tips
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How to use the guide
Get tips on using the animation and PDF if you have hearing loss, if you're a hearing care professional, or if you work in academia
Additional resources
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Resources for people with hearing loss
Use these resources for inspiration on how to live well with hearing loss. If you’re a clinician, consider sharing some of the resources with your clients
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Resources for young people with hearing loss
These resources can help children, teens, and tweens prepare for appointments, organize and express their thoughts and concerns, and manage key transitions
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Resources for hearing care professionals
If you’re a clinician, these resources can help you make your clients feel welcome and motivated
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Online tools for people with hearing loss
Use these tools to prepare for your first hearing care appointment - at the end, you'll be ready to talk about why you are getting your hearing checked and what communication situations you would like to improve
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Online courses for hearing care professionals
Learn about person-centered care and how to put it into practice with our free online courses in the Ida Learning Hall
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Meet our collaborators
A brief introduction to the people who helped us develop this tool