Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss

Remote microphone systems should be offered to all clients with severe to profound hearing loss. Professor Linda Thibodeau and has shown through her research key benefits of remote microphones in challenging communication situations. Listen to Professor Thibodeau, from the University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, sharing her expertise with Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager at Phonak HQ in Switzerland.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss

People with severe and profound hearing loss have different needs in terms of their application than those with mild to moderate loss. In this episode of our podcast series, Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ, talks to Pamela Souza, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Knowles Hearing Center at the Northwestern University in Illinois, US, about the benefits of wide dynamic range compression, the importance of the noise reduction algorithm, and the contribution of adaptive digital microphones to speech understanding in noise for this group.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss

People with severe to profound hearing loss face different challenges and issues. How can hearing aids help to balance these out? Pamela Souza, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Knowles Hearing Center at the Northwestern University in Illinois, US, provides answers to this and many further questions in this episode of our podcast series. As Pamela not just conducts research and lectures on severe and profound hearing loss, but is also a contributing author to the recently published guidelines for best practice in audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss, she has in-depth knowledge on the possibilities and limits of hearing aids and what these mean for fitting and counselling of her clients.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss

What is the role of audiological assessment in the management of clients with severe and profound hearing loss? For Laura Turton, a clinical audiologist and editor of the recently published guidelines for best practice in audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss, the audiological assessment is a key element of the first appointment and beyond. In this episode of our podcast series hosted by Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ in Switzerland, Laura underlines the importance of treatment plans, elaborates on what such a plan could look like and talks about a patient who could impressively improve her outcome based on a revised treatment plan.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss

In this episode of our podcast series based on the new guidelines for best practice in the audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss, we are looking into the nature of severe to profound hearing loss with guest speaker Laura Turton, a clinical audiologist and editor of the guidelines. She talks about the causes of this degree of hearing loss as well as what severe and profound hearing loss means for those affected. Laura also discusses the importance of a person-centered approach of audiological management for this target group and elaborates on her definition of a deaf identity in her conversation with Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ in Switzerland.

Guidelines for severe and profound hearing loss

In the first episode of our podcast series on severe to profound hearing loss, Bernadette Fulton, audiology manager for severe to profound hearing loss at Phonak HQ in Switzerland, talks to Laura Turton, a clinical audiologist from the UK, who was the editor of the recently published guidelines for best practice in the audiological management of severe and profound hearing loss. In discussion with Bernadette, Laura emphasizes the importance of the new guidelines, how they can be implemented in clinical practice and how they could contribute to better audiological care of people affected by severe and profound hearing loss.

An expert talk with Kris English and Christine Jones

In this episode of our podcast series on Family-Centered Care (FCC), Kris English, Professor Emeritus at the University of Akron, Ohio, USA, tackles difficult conversations and the emotional aspects of Family-Centered Care in audiological practice. How can difficult conversations be turned into therapeutic conversations? In discussion with Dr. Christine Jones, VP Audiology at Phonak US, Kris shares her personal FCC experience with her own family and gives practical tips on how to start involving family members and dealing with challenging communication situations.

An expert talk with Joe Montano and Christine Jones

What’s the key benefit of Family-Centered Care (FCC) in audiological practice? For Joe Montano, Professor of Audiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA, it is clearly the ability to really understand communication issues within a family. He emphasizes that hearing loss not only affects the person with hearing loss but also every significant others. Listen to Joe share his clinical insights and views on FCC with Dr. Christine Jones, VP Audiology at Phonak US.

An expert talk with Louise Hickson and Christine Jones

In the first episode of our podcast on audiology, Dr. Christine Jones, VP Audiology at Phonak US, talks to Louise Hickson, Professor of Audiology at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and chair of the Phonak Family-Centered Care expert circle. Having researched the role of the family in hearing healthcare for many years, Louise knows: the involvement and support of families is critical for the successful management of hearing loss.