Counseling in Audiology: Au.D. Students' Perspectives and Experiences
This article seeks to explore the perspectives related to the importance of counseling and counseling training experiences received through clinical instruction of Au.D. students beginning their final year of study, to identify where counseling training might be limited, and to examine how counseling skills might be better supported. Findings revealed that students generally appreciate the importance of counseling in audiology. Data suggest that how students are supported in developing counseling skills appears to be variable and unstructured. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Arti...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Whicker, John Mu ñoz, Karen Schultz, Jared C. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Teaching Patient-Centered Counseling Skills for Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Semin Hear 2018; 39: 052-066 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613705Audiologists are an integral part of the management of those with dizziness and vestibular disorders. However, little research has been performed on counseling approaches for patients who present with dizziness as a primary concern. Accordingly, it is important that audiology students are provided with didactic and experiential learning opportunities for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of this population. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is the most common vestibular disorder among adults. Doctor of Audiology students, at a minimum, should be provided wi...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Jilla, Anna Marie Roberts, Richard A. Johnson, Carole E. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Performance Feedback to Increase Use of Counseling Skills
In this study, participants (n = 5) were recorded during clinical session encounters, and recordings were coded for time spent counseling. A licensed clinical psychologist reviewed the recordings and provided individual performance feedback to participants over the course of the study. Time spent counseling increased by the end of the study, although improvement varied across participants. Results suggest that performance feedback can be used as a method to increase counseling skills in audiology students. However, factors, such as participant motivation, feedback timing, and prerequisite counseling skills, may influen...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Finai, Jalin K. Mu ñoz, Karen Ong, Clarissa W. Butcher, Grayson M. Nelson, Lauri Twohig, Michael P. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Opportunities for Audiologists to Use Patient-Centered Communication during Hearing Device Monitoring Encounters
Semin Hear 2018; 39: 032-043 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613703Patient-centered care incorporates patient's priorities, values, and goals. Audiologists can increase patient engagement when they use patient-centered principles during communication. Recent research, however, has revealed counseling gaps in audiology that could be detrimental to the intervention process. The present study sought to understand the extent patient-centered communication strategies were used during hearing device monitoring visits by analyzing audio recordings. Counseling portions of the appointments were transcribed using conversation analysis. Missed ...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Coleman, Corinne K. Mu ñoz, Karen Ong, Clarissa W. Butcher, Grayson M. Nelson, Lauri Twohig, Michael Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Developing Foundational Counseling Skills for Addressing Adherence Issues in Auditory Rehabilitation
Semin Hear 2018; 39: 013-031 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613702Successfully getting patients with confirmed hearing loss to use hearing aids is a major challenge for hearing health care professionals. Treatment adherence has been defined as the active involvement of patients in collaborating with health care providers to plan and manage treatment regimens. Counseling patients with hearing loss on adherence to recommendations of hearing aid uptake and utilization is dependent upon building a patient-centered therapeutic relationship during the initial diagnostic evaluation. The purpose of this article is to provide resources, tool...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Johnson, Carole E. Jilla, Anna Marie Danhauer, Jeffrey L. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Counseling Skill Development in Audiology: Clinical Instruction Considerations
This article addresses the impact patients can experience when counseling gaps exist, shares clinical instruction strategies that can support students' acquisition of counseling skills, and discusses considerations for integration of counseling education into graduate training programs. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Mu ñoz, Karen Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
I Have to/Get to Teach Counseling: Now What? A Personal Essay
Semin Hear 2018; 39: 005-008 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613700Faculty receiving the assignment to teach a course in counseling to Au.D. students often have limited background in teaching the requisite skills and knowledge associated with counseling. A period of self-reflection regarding transferable skills for counseling as well as guidance from colleagues may assist in developing core concepts for the content of the class. Theoretical underpinnings, understanding and respecting patient values, and listening and valuing are significant perspectives for students to develop as they approach the broad content of a counseling course...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Hale, Sue T. Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Why and How Should Graduate Students in Audiology Be Taught and Trained in Counseling
Semin Hear 2018; 39: 003-004 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613699 Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Sweetow, Robert W. Tags: Preface Source Type: research
Teaching and Improving Clinical Counseling Skills
Semin Hear 2018; 39: 001-002 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613698 Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Authors: Scott, Lisa A. Tags: Introduction Source Type: research
Self-Assessment Questions
Semin Hear 2018; 39: C1-C12 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613697 Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Full text (Source: Seminars in Hearing)
Source: Seminars in Hearing - February 7, 2018 Category: Audiology Tags: Continuing Education Self-Study Program Source Type: research
Understanding Why People Enjoy Loud Sound
Semin Hear 2017; 38: 348-358 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1606328Sounds at levels that can injure the ear are regarded as enjoyable by many people. In many societies, a common form of this behavior is listening to loud music, either via personal audio systems or at music venues. Drawing on theory from the literature around loud sound and emotional responses to music, and combining it with concepts of physiological sound adaptation and classical conditioning, we developed a model of the process that may underlie people's enjoyment of loud sound, particularly loud music in nightclubs. The Conditioning, Adaptation, and Acculturation t...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - October 10, 2017 Category: Audiology Authors: Welch, David Fremaux, Guy Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Attitudes, Risk Behavior, and Noise Exposure among Young Adults with Hearing Problems: Identifying a Typology
This study explored attitudes toward leisure noise, use of hearing protection, and perceived susceptibility to leisure-noise damage in young adults with hearing problems. Twelve participants aged between 18 and 35 years took part in a semistructured interview. Data were analyzed using framework analysis. The results showed that a positive attitude to noise, a passion for loud music, a lack of knowledge of the consequences of noise damage, and perceived low risk of hearing problems were associated with people not using earplugs. The aesthetics, comfort, perceived effects on music quality and attitude of others were all barr...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - October 10, 2017 Category: Audiology Authors: Hunter, Abby Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
More to Lose? Noise-Risk Perceptions of Young Adults with Hearing Impairment
This study investigated the attitudes and behaviors of young adults with hearing impairment (HI), in relation to leisure noise. It was hypothesized that young people with HI would have more negative perceptions of noise exposure than their peers with nonimpaired (normal) hearing (NH) and would engage more frequently in self-protective behaviors. Questionnaires were administered as part of a larger study of young Australians with: (1) preadult onset HI and (2) NH. Data from adults (age range 18 to 24 years; n = 79 with HI, n = 131 with NH) were selected for the current analysis. Attitudes data for HI and NH groups w...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - October 10, 2017 Category: Audiology Authors: Carter, Lyndal Black, Deborah Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Effects of Recreational Noise on Threshold and Suprathreshold Measures of Auditory Function
This study assessed whether recreational noise exposure history was associated with smaller ABR wave I amplitude and poorer performance on suprathreshold auditory test measures. Noise exposure histories were collected from 26 men and 34 women with hearing thresholds ≤ 25 dB hearing loss (HL; 250 Hz to 8 kHz), and a variety of functional suprathreshold hearing tests were performed. Wave I amplitudes of click-evoked ABR were obtained at 70, 80, 90, and 99 dB (nHL) and tone-burst evoked ABR were obtained at 90 dB nHL. Speech recognition performance was measured in quiet and in competing noise, using the Words in Noise...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - October 10, 2017 Category: Audiology Authors: Fulbright, Angela N.C. Le Prell, Colleen G. Griffiths, Scott K. Lobarinas, Edward Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
Personal Listening Devices in Australia: Patterns of Use and Levels of Risk
Semin Hear 2017; 38: 282-297 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1606324Personal listening devices (PLDs) have the potential to increase the risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) for users. The present study aimed to investigate the nature and extent of the risk posed, by describing the user profile of a PLD population, identifying listening habits of that population, and examining whether PLD risk status is associated with hearing damage. A sample of 4,185 Australian PLD users completed an online survey about listening behaviors and hearing health. Listeners were characterized as low, high, or very high-risk based on daily noise dose...
Source: Seminars in Hearing - October 10, 2017 Category: Audiology Authors: Gilliver, Megan Nguyen, Jenny Beach, Elizabeth F. Barr, Caitlin Tags: Review Article Source Type: research
