LM207 - Hearing Accessibility Solutions: Achieving Successful Communication for All

Thursday, April 20, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

Location: Rooms 611-612 ** 705 Pike

Earn 0.1 CEUs

Moderator(s)

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Melissa A. Ferrello, AuD (she/her/hers)

Audiologist
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Abington, Pennsylvania

Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.

Lead Presenter(s)

Samuel R. Atcherson, PhD (he/him/his)

Professor, Audiology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas

Financial Disclosures: National Institutes of Health and Small Business Technology Transfer: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Plural Publishing, Inc: Royalties (Ongoing); Thieme Medical Publishers: Royalties (Ongoing); University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: Employment (Ongoing)
Non-Financial Disclosures: FaceView Mask (FaceViewmask.com); Board Member for the Accreditation Commission on Audiology Education (ACAE)

Presenter(s)

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Sarah A. Sparks, AuD

Graduate Student
Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.
Elaine Mormer, PhD

Vice Chair for Clinical Education, Audiology Clinical Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display

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Abstract:
This session will highlight hearing accessibility as a critical part of the patient experience in clinical settings that audiologists have a unique perspective and responsibility to uphold. The meaning behind and clinical applications of hearing accessibility will be discussed, along with debunking misperceptions in practice. In addition to providing education and tools to improve communication access for patients, this session will evaluate the important role audiologists have to model hearing accessibility in all situations, not just with patients. Through open-ended panel discussion, this session will provide information and practice on accessible communication with colleagues, students, and the general public. Discussion and audience participation will include how to use one’s audiology education to proactively put hearing accessibility into practice in all areas of communication, how to know one’s own limitations, and providing resources to seek out when further help is needed. This session will share information on how to be an expert in this area for your patients, evaluating your level of accessibility and how to make your own practice/work setting hearing accessible for patients from the front desk to your assistant to other colleagues, how to implement tools and best practices, and ways to model forms of hearing accessibility to demo in your office with patients.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to evaluate the effects of and solutions to common misperceptions about hearing accessibility.
Learners will be able to describe 2-3 changes hearing health professionals can implement in their clinic right away to improve hearing accessibility.
Learners will be able to integrate 2-3 communication strategies in all environments to ensure interactions with patients, colleagues, graduate students and office staff are accessible.