Journal Reviews

The ‘My Hearing Explained’ tool: audiologist and client perceptions

4 September 2023 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Paediatric, ENTA-Auditory Implants | Audiogram, IDA tool, behavioural measures, hearing assessment feedback, my hearing explained, perceptions, person-centred care, psycho-social/emotional

The study notes that the pure tone audiogram has been the primary clinical and counselling tool used by clinicians to assess and describe hearing thresholds to individuals and families since 1922. The Ida Institutes, ‘My Hearing Explained’ tool has become...

More difficult than meets the eye: learning to use communication skills

1 March 2018 | | medical students, supportive communication strategies, person-centred care

People with communication difficulties are more at risk of accidents and mistreatments than others. Addressing the skills of the communication partners (the medical professionals) is one way of tackling this issue. This study describes innovations in training for fourth year...

Positive practical communication skills for medics

1 March 2017 | | communication disorder, medical students, person-centred care, speech-language pathology students, supported communication

Communication training for medical students generally focuses on communicating with unimpaired individuals. This article describes how a speech and language therapy department at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden trialled a new approach to teaching medical students. Fifty-nine undergraduate medical...