Exam Preview for 27889: Successes, Gaps and Challenges in CI Rehabi

Successes, Gaps and Challenges in CI Rehabilitation: The CI Journey for Children and Their Families

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1. What do we mean by "making the normal happen" in pediatric hearing healthcare? That the aim of hearing healthcare providers should always be to help the hearing impaired child have the same opportunities and choices in life as all other children. That hearing healthcare providers should tell the child to be normal. That parents are responsible for defining what "normal" means to them and their child. That the child's peers should be asked if they think the child is acting in an age-appropriate way.
2. What would Kate's parents have liked more of as their daughter was diagnosed as deaf? More information about how cochlear implants are working. More references to useful websites. More empathy and hope from professionals. More appointments to measure Kate's hearing.
3. What might professionals do to meet the needs of parents such as Kate's? Make sure to provide the information they deem necessary for the parents to feel well taken care of. Follow clinical protocols for when and how to provide information. Tell them to consult the Internet for more information. Make time to listen to and address parents' needs in every appointment.
4. What parental needs did the Ida Institute seminar uncover? A need for a more human, flexible approach to care and more friendly clinical environments A need for shorter appointments. A need for fewer appointments. A need for more technical information.
5. What professional challenges did the Ida Institute seminar uncover? Too much time spent with parents. Working with different backgrounds and cultures and managing parental guilt. Parents are not interested in their child's journey. Insufficient knowledge about child psychology.
6. What did parents list as helpful factors? Commitment and empathy from professionals and getting tailored guidance. Hearing care professionals who talk a lot about technical aspects. Short waiting times before appointments. Getting coffee while their child was being examined.
7. What did Christine Yoshinaga-Itano recommend looking at to assess the emotional well-being of families with hearing impaired children? How the parents talk to their child. How much time family members spend with the child. How the family makes decisions and reacts to stress and grief. How well the parents communicate with each other.
8. What is the purpose of the My Turn to Talk tool? Help parents to solve problems themselves. Save time in appointments. Enable parents to make the right choices. Help parents prepare for appointments to ensure that they needs and concerns can be addressed.
9. What are the two steps parents undertake in My Turn to Talk? They create a selfie video about their needs and send it to the hearing care professional. They create an overview of their child's most important communication partners and write down needs and concerns they would like help to address. They draft a letter about their needs and send it to the clinic. They join a group of other parents to talk about needs and challenges.
10. How might a tool like My Turn to Talk have helped Kate's parents? It would have helped them think out of the box. It would have helped them explain Kate's situation to relatives. It would have helped them voice their insecurity and uncertainty and ask for help. It would have helped them to schedule appointments more easily.