Exam Preview for 26699: Living Well with Hearing Loss September 30,

Living Well with Hearing Loss

Please note: exam questions are subject to change.

1. Why is it important to know what living well means to the patient? Because the patient is the expert on their own hearing loss and goals, only they know what quality of life means to them and how to achieve it. So that the clinician can get new ideas for how to improve their own quality of life. So that the clinician can tell the patient's relatives how they are doing. So that the clinician can share their own story about what it means to them to live well.
2. Why is it important to have the patient identify life situations where they experience communication challenges? You can refer them to a good psychiatrist. You can help the patient develop a plan to address each situation, and thereby help improve their quality of life. You can share a few tips and tricks with them. You can comfort them and tell them that everything is going to be alright.
3. Why is it important to let the patient tell their story in their own words? Because that allows you to finish your coffee while listening to the patient. Because it's important for you to understand the patient's mental state of mind before treating their hearing loss. So that you can become good friends. Because all patients are individuals and will define "living well" differently.
4. What may be significant consequences of daily communication difficulties? Adverse effects on an individual's self-image, psychological health, and social participation. Hesitation to pick up the phone when it rings. Person declines invitations to dine out at restaurants. Increased use of on-line shopping.
5. The WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health looks at chronic disease from which point of view?: Personal success Income level Holistic Social status
6. What are the implications of the WHO Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for audiology? Clinicians should concentrate on the outcomes of the hearing test and focus on the audiogram. Clinicians should focus on participation and activities rather than the impairment. Clinicians should make decisions about what is best for the patient. Patients should focus more on their ability to hear than their ability to participate.
7. What does the Living Well Tool enable patients to do? Hear about what living well means to the clinician. Think about new spare time activities. Share their favorite restaurants with the clinician. Identify and share the everyday communication situations which are relevant and important to them.
8. The Living Well Tool helps the clinician: Have an interesting conversation with the patient and form a close relationship with them. Structure the conversation with the patient to uncover important information about their lifestyle, priorities and needs and to include the patient in decisions about their rehabilitation and treatment. Show the patient that they are interested in their life. Share what they consider to be quality of life.
9. In the ethnographic video, Joe, John and Dana, how did getting a cochlear implant affect Johns ability to live well with hearing loss? He withdrew from his family and colleagues and focused on achieving his own goals and ambitions. He focused on getting to know new people and forming new personal and professional relationships . He found it difficult to absorb and deal with all the new information he was now able to hear. His ability to communicate with his wife and children improved and he feels more confident and like the person he used to be before the hearing loss.
10. In the ethnographic video, Joe, John and Dana, how did Joes (the audiologist) perspective on what it means to live well with hearing loss change after meeting with John and Dana in their home? He realized that there is a lot of information about the patient's life that he as an audiologist really does not need to know about. He understood that living well is about how successful you are professionally. He realized that what really matters to the patient is not hearing well, it's living well. He realized that he needs to become friends with the patient's family.