Whicker John, Muñoz Karen, Schultz Jared C
Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Semin Hear. 2018 Feb;39(1):67-73. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1613706. Epub 2018 Feb 7.
Counseling in audiology is an important aspect of service delivery. How audiologists interact with patients and foster counseling relationships to help patients and families understand and live with hearing loss can impact outcomes of audiological interventions. Currently, variability exists in how graduate training programs are teaching counseling skills, and the extent to which counseling skills development is supported in clinical experiences is unclear. This article seeks to explore the perspectives related to the importance of counseling and counseling training experiences received through clinical instruction of Au.D. students beginning their final year of study, to identify where counseling training might be limited, and to examine how counseling skills might be better supported. Findings revealed that students generally appreciate the importance of counseling in audiology. Data suggest that how students are supported in developing counseling skills appears to be variable and unstructured.
听力学咨询是服务提供的一个重要方面。听力学家与患者互动以及建立咨询关系以帮助患者和家庭理解听力损失并与之共处的方式，会影响听力学干预的效果。目前，研究生培训项目在教授咨询技能的方式上存在差异，而且临床实践中对咨询技能发展的支持程度尚不清楚。本文旨在探讨与咨询的重要性以及即将进入最后一年学习的听力学博士（Au.D.）学生通过临床指导获得的咨询培训经历相关的观点，以确定咨询培训可能存在的局限性，并研究如何能更好地支持咨询技能。研究结果显示，学生普遍认识到咨询在听力学中的重要性。数据表明，学生在发展咨询技能时所获得的支持似乎是多样且无章可循的。
