Didactic Content and Experiential Aging Simulation for Developing Patient-Centered Strategies and Empathy for Older Adults

Abstract The number of people over 65 years of age is increasing, and many of those individuals will have sensorineural hearing loss in addition to other chronic health conditions. Future hearing health care providers need to be sensitive to the needs of elderly patients. The purpose of this article...

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Published inSeminars in hearing Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 074 - 082
Main Authors Johnson, Carole E., Jilla, Anna Marie, Danhauer, Jeffrey L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA Thieme Medical Publishers 01.02.2018
Thieme Medical Publishers Inc
SeriesTeaching and Improving Clinical Counseling Skills
Subjects
Aging
Audiology
Curricula
Empathy
Hearing disorders
Hearing loss
Older people
Patients
Practitioner patient relationship
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Review Article
Sensorineural hearing loss
Simulation
experiential learning
aging simulation
Counseling
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Summary:Abstract The number of people over 65 years of age is increasing, and many of those individuals will have sensorineural hearing loss in addition to other chronic health conditions. Future hearing health care providers need to be sensitive to the needs of elderly patients. The purpose of this article is to describe an experiential learning curriculum used in the Doctor of Audiology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The curriculum uses simulations of sensory disorders common in the elderly to transform knowledge and active experience into patient-centered, empathetic counseling skills and strategies to use with older adults with hearing loss.
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ISSN:0734-0451
1098-8955
DOI:10.1055/s-0037-1613707