Mamo Sara K, Henckel Tomma
Department of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Semin Hear. 2022 Jul 26;43(2):121-134. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1748836. eCollection 2022 May.
Helping your client adjust to being a hearing aid (HA) user and learn to manage their hearing challenges requires a combination of technical skill and psychosocial counseling in the short- and long-term periods. A key aspect of providing support in this time period is to keep the door open for psycho-social-emotional counseling that is often necessary even when the HA user was motivated to make this change, and even when, objectively, they seem to be fit successfully. Another key aspect is not to assume that once they have checked off all the HA fitting boxes, you are done. Over the long term, the user will experience changes in their own hearing abilities and in their life circumstances that will require on-going support to adapt to new communication needs. Approaching the post-fitting period from a person-/family-centered perspective and using a holistic approach to consider how this treatment fits into the HA user's broader life will result in the most success for that person.
帮助你的客户适应成为助听器使用者，并学会应对他们的听力挑战，这在短期和长期都需要技术技能和心理社会咨询相结合。在这段时间提供支持的一个关键方面是，即使助听器使用者有动力做出这种改变，甚至在客观上他们似乎成功适配的情况下，也要为心理-社会-情感咨询敞开大门，而这种咨询往往是必要的。另一个关键方面是不要认为一旦他们完成了所有助听器适配步骤，你就大功告成了。从长远来看，使用者自身的听力能力和生活环境会发生变化，这就需要持续的支持来适应新的沟通需求。从以个人/家庭为中心的角度看待验配后期，并采用整体方法来考虑这种治疗如何融入助听器使用者更广阔的生活，将使这个人获得最大的成功。
