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Leaflet – ‘Getting used to your digital hearing aid’ -from Milton Keynes Hospital Audiology Department. This is an Easy Read version of a leaflet we give to all new hearing aid wearers.
Getting used to your digital hearing aid easy read pages 1&2
Getting used to your digital hearing aid easy read page 3
From
Rachel Robinson,
Specialist Audiologist
Audiology Department, Milton Keynes Hospital
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In Glasgow we send out a photo appointment letter. This letter gives details of the department and photographs of the professionals who will be involved in the assessment. To download our leaflet click on the link below.
anon Appointment letter SGH
Andrea Jones – Speech and Language Therapist – Glasgow
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Below are some useful links
Please let us know of any others we should add to this site
http://www.lookupinfo.org/
http://www.seeability.org/
http://www.library.nhs.uk/learningdisabilities/
Complex needs care pathway from the Do Once and Share pathway is http://www.mrchear.info/cms/Resources.aspx?Action=Folder&ResourceID=181
http://www.thebsa.org.uk/ (British Society of Audiology)
http://theloop.netplan.co.uk/~admin9/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 (British Acadamy of Audiology)
http://www.rcslt.org/ (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists)
“We are a supporter of The Learning Disability Coalition – where organisations work together to ensure that there is enough public funding for people with a learning disability to have the same chancesand choices as everyone else. Please click here to find out more.” http://www.learningdisabilitycoalition.org.uk/
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Commissioning – share your experience please!!
We are all feeling our way with the new emphasis on “Informed commissioning”. If you have any experiences of dealing with commissioners or setting up commissioning contracts PLEASE share them with us so that we can improve services for PwLD in ALL areas.
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What advice do you give to clients and carers on how to improve communication with a person with a hearing loss?
In Glasgow we give carers some written guidelines on how to improve communication with a person with a hearing loss. This can be downloaded from the following link; communication advice sheet
Andrea Jones – Speech and Language Therapist Glasgow
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We have developed a leaflet, EAR INFECTIONS (click to download leaflet). This leaflet provides information on the symptoms, what to look for, and when to call a doctor. We give it out to carers and have found it useful to help them detect and respond appropriately to infections.
Julie Simms
Hearing Therapist
Southwark and Lewisham Specialist Audiology Community Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities
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In Glasgow we provide 2 types of easy read reports:
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Easy read report Glasgow- my hearing
To report on the results of the hearing assessment. Using this format we shade shade in the area that the person will find difficult to hear (from an audiogram). This provides information about hearing to both client and carers.
- Easy read report Glasgow – what happenedThis report format is for follow up appointments. I use a pre-formatted report sheet onto which I put the relevant category of labels for clinic visit such as ” I had a hearing test”, “come back to fit hearing aid” etc.
This method of using sticky labels has the following advantages:
- You can provide the person with an instant report. This also provides the opportunity to discuss what happened at the appointment and to answer any questions.
- It is immediate so that the client can take it home with them to show to carers etc.
- It does not take up any report writing time.
- It avoids delay and costs of using a postal system after an appointment.
Andrea Jones – Speech and Language Therapist Glasgow.
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We find that the use of olive oil use leaflet Glasgow helps to ensure that the drops are used effectively.
Andrea Jones – Speech and Language Therapist Glasgow
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We have developed a Photo-leaflet for cleaning the Corda ear tip.
Zest with Corda cleaning
Please share any of your developments by uploading them on to this site.
Denny Fransman and Carl Davies – Derby (Special Hearing Clinic)
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Leaflet to help clients and carers understand what to expect from a new hearing aid. Used by Special Hearing Clinic, Derby.
Guidance for new hearing aid users
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Leaflet to help clients and carers check that the hearing aid is working. Used by the Special Hearing Clinic, Derby.
Is the hearing aid working
Zest is aid working
Denny Fransman
Carl Davies
Special Hearing clinic – Derby
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One of a series of photo guidelines given to new hearing aid users and their carers.
HA Spirit3 changing battery
Zest changing battery
Denny Fransman
Carl Davies
Special Hearing clinic – Derby
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One of a series of photo guidelines given to new hearing aid users and their carers.
Spirit 3 Cleaning your ear mould
Denny Fransman
Carl Davies
Special Hearing clinic – Derby
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One of a series of photo guidelines given to new hearing aid users and their carers.
Spirit3 putting the aid in your ear
Denny Fransman
Carl Davies
Special Hearing clinic – Derby
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Record sheets to monitor progress with hearing aid use.
Submitted by Julie Simms – Hearing Therapist
Lewisham and Southwark
Music Listening Diary Form.1
HA Client Listening Diary Form.2
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This excellent booklet was submitted to the site by the Speech and Language Therapy Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities from East Dorset – Audiology Service for adults with Learning Disabilities .
The booklet “Your hearing aid” is simply written and supported by both symbols and photographs. It includes sections on:
- Your hearing aid
- Things your hearing aid will help you to hear
- How people can help
- Parts of your hearing aid
- Looking after your hearing aid
- How to put it in
- Cleaning it
- Repairs
- Changing batteries
- How the aid works
Your hearing aid EAST Augu…pdf
Emma Derbal-Jones
Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
KingsPark Hospital
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We use and easy read appointment letter and find the combination of symbols and written words makes the information accessible to a wider range of people (we have had comments about its accessibility from carers with poor vision).
SHC appointment using symbols
Denny Fransman and Carl Davies
Special Hearing Clinic, Derby
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