The Ida Institute Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

The Ida Institute (http://ift.tt/16PvbiE) celebrates 10 years of providing hearing health professionals with the resources they need to offer patient-centered care on Sept. 1. To date, the nonprofit based in Denmark has built a community of 12,000 members, and has developed a large portfolio of counseling tools that address various issues from client motivation and engagement as well as adult and pediatric rehabilitation to more specific issues like tinnitus and balance disorders. 

The Ida Institute also has a telehealth platform that allows audiologists to extend their services beyond the appointment and a new learning and discussion online space, the Ida Learning Hall, where hearing health professionals can hone their counseling skills and learn more about person-centered care.​

Founder and managing director of the Ida Institute Lise Lotte Bundesen said their work in promoting person-centered care is more relevant than ever. "Despite the sophisticated technology that is available today, the uptake and acceptance of hearing technology is still lacking," she said. "This is a problem both for individuals with hearing loss and for society as a whole. We believe the only way forward is to find ways to motivate and engage people in their own treatment, and this is essentially what the Ida Institute is about."

Published: 9/1/2017 9:29:00 AM

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