Counselling During Probe Microphone Measures: The Clients’ Perspective

Probe microphone measurement (PMM), which uses a small tube inside the ear canal to measure sound from hearing aids, is the most reliable way to ensure hearing aids are fitted to a client’s hearing loss (Katz et al., 2015). Providing counselling within PMMs procedures would allow clients to increase their knowledge about amplification and increase their participation within the relationship between the client and clinician. This project will present a demonstration of counselling during PMMs to experienced hearing aid users and then gather their perspectives through a group discussion. Through the discussion, thoughts on how to optimize counselling will be discovered. The thoughts and perspectives of the participants will be grouped into categories and presented to the audiology field. These findings will be used to develop client-centred guidelines for teaching clients about this important process.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lorienne Jenstad

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Partner:

Audioscan

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

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