We all deserve high quality hearing care. But how do we know if we are receiving it? Person-centered care (PCC) is a growing trend in healthcare that applies equally to the field of hearing care. PCC empowers people to take a role in their own health rather than passively receiving services. It ensures that people’s Continue reading
Person-centered Care
Audiologists Can Inspire Self-Advocacy in Hearing Loss Patients
Hearing loss can be hard to accept at first, especially when it involves alerting others to your condition and advocating for your communication needs. You may not even know what assistance to request at first. Audiologists are critical partners in helping people with hearing loss develop the self-advocacy skills they need to make communication easier. Continue reading
What Is Your Role in Person-Centered Hearing Care?
I recently presented at the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH) 2022 World Congress in Budapest, Hungary. It was an incredible opportunity to meet outstanding advocates from around the world including Shelly Chadha, the technical lead for ear and hearing care at World Health Organization (WHO) and the driver of WHO’s World Report Continue reading
Empathy Is the Secret Ingredient in Person-Centered Care
“What is the one thing you want my students to take away from this presentation?” the teacher asked the panel over Zoom. The three of us, all people with hearing loss, were addressing a graduate school class on aural rehabilitation. To me, the answer was clear: empathy. In this post for Ida Institute, I discuss what Continue reading
Person-centered Care Requires a Link to the Hearing Loss Community
“Nothing about us without us,” is an important rallying cry in the disability community. It means that no policy, product or service should be developed without the full and direct participation of members of the group that will be impacted. My latest article for Ida Institute discusses why audiologists should become more involved in the Continue reading
