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Ida Institute Launches Course on ‘Child-centered Care’
The free four-part course explains the key cognitive skills developed as children age, techniques for communicating with pediatric clients, and which Ida tools will make the communication more fun and effective. The material supports hearing care professionals in enabling children to contribute in ways that make them a meaningful part of their care.
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Plural Publishing Releases Speech-Language Textbook
Plural Publishing announced the release of “Counseling in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: Reconstructing Personal Narratives, Second Edition,” a book that “addresses this common concern of students and practitioners by illustrating how to integrate the concept of counseling into clinical practice.”
NAL Webinar on Hearing Aid Post-fitting to Take Place August 4
The aim of this project was to investigate the barriers and facilitators between hearing aid users and face-to-face audiological services, in the period after hearing aid fitting, and to attempt to bridge that gap using new technology.
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ASHA Supports New CDC Revised Recommendations on Mask Considerations for Those with Hearing Loss
Solid face masks and coverings reduce the effectiveness of spoken communication in numerous ways, including dampening and filtering sound, degrading speech intelligibility, and removing visual cues.
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USF Audiologists Use Face View Mask to Better Communicate with Patients
The Face View Masks have been generously made by the audiologists and their family members, audiology students, and the community organization, Tampa Gems Sertoma Club.
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Hearing Rehabilitation Foundation Awarded Cummings Grant
HRF President Geoff Plant announced that the organization is one of 130 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 to $500,000 each through the Cummings Foundation’s $20 Million Grant Program. The Woburn-based organization was chosen from a total of 738 applicants during a competitive review process.
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Hearing Loss and Cognition Findings Distilled for Clinicians in ‘JOENTR’ Paper
A new paper in the ‘Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research’ summarizes key findings related to hearing loss and cognition for use by audiologists, ENTs, and other hearing care professionals.
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Tribute: Mary Beth Jennings, PhD, Educator and Researcher
For the past 20 years, Dr Jennings was an Associate Professor and faculty member in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University and an Associate in the National Centre for Audiology, where her research made a large and lasting impact in adult aural rehabilitation, family-centered care and counseling, and many other areas of audiology.
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Communicating with Hard-of-Hearing Patients During COVID-19
COVID-19 can present additional obstacles to patients who are deaf or have a hearing loss.
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HHTM Releases Audiologist Hearing Aid Maintenance & Repair Survey
Hearing Health & Technology Matters (HHTM) announced the release of results of a survey of audiologists regarding their experience with hearing aid maintenance and repair over the past year (2019), prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Phonak Partners with VA to Expand Telehealth Access
With Phonak Remote Support, VA audiologists can now extend care beyond the walls of their clinics to patients who are social distancing, have mobility challenges, or to those who prefer virtual follow-up sessions.
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AAA Article Discusses Considerations for Treatment of COVID-19 with Quinine Derivatives
AAA recommends that patients treated with these drugs limit their exposure to loud noise and/or use hearing protection to guard against further hearing damage.
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Ida Institute Launches Online Course on Person-centered Care for Support Staff
The course provides an overall introduction to PCC, looks at the different elements and key benefits, and dives into the aspects that are particularly relevant to support staff.
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Results of the Covid-19 Impact Survey #2 (April 9-17) for Hearing Healthcare Practices
A survey on how audiologists and hearing aid specialists are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic in their practices during April-May 2020.
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Signia Launches Online Resource Center for Hearing Care Professionals
Visitors can access Signia’s series of webinars, instructing them on how to set up TeleCare and get the most out of this free solution, available for all hearing aids on the Signia Xperience, Nx, Primax, and Binax platforms.
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ADA Provides Guidelines for Telehealth Procedures
The Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) has published guidelines for telehealth procedures that can be provided with existing technologies—such as hearing aid checks and examinations—as well as those that will require special equipment or technology, like pure-tone audiometry and diagnostic analysis of cochlear implants.
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‘LA Times’ Article Details Challenges for Deaf Patients Hospitalized During COVID-19 Pandemic
Another challenge during the pandemic, is finding personal protective equipment for interpreters, such as masks with transparent windows that will allow their lips to be seen by patients.
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