Summary:
The newly released Counseling-Infused Audiologic Care (4th edition) by John Greer Clark and Kristina M. English offers a practical, person-centered guide to audiologic counseling rooted in evidence-based practice.

Key Takeaways:

  1. Person-Centered Focus: The book emphasizes the humanistic and emotional aspects of audiologic care through a personal adjustment counseling approach.
  2. Practical Guidance: Using real-life vignettes and clear explanations, it provides audiologists with actionable strategies for counseling patients and families.
  3. Empowerment Through Understanding: It helps audiologists guide patients toward self-motivation, understanding, and empowerment in managing hearing loss.

The book Counseling-Infused Audiologic Care, 4th edition, by John Greer Clark and Kristina M. English is now available for sale. 

Counseling-Infused Audiologic Care is a straightforward, practical guide to audiologic counseling and rehabilitation, founded on evidence-based practice. Drs. Clark and English have written the text to be directly applicable to audiologists, addressing the unique challenges presented when counseling persons living with hearing loss. 

With a clear and empathic writing style, the authors identify key principles that lead to an enhanced application for, and understanding of, the audiologist’s fundamental role in helping parents of children with hearing loss, the children themselves, and adult patients to 1) fully understand the impact of hearing loss, 2) form an internal motivation to move forward with recommendations, and 3) ultimately attain the personal empowerment requisite to meet hearing challenges head on. 

By emphasizing the humanistic side of audiology and a personal adjustment counseling approach, with clear description and frequent demonstrations through vignettes of day-to-day application, this is a balanced guide to a person-centered approach to audiologic treatment. 

You can purchase the book on Amazon.com.