Ida Institute Awards 2018 Research Grants

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The Ida Institute Research Grants for 2018 were recently awarded to three projects that aim to advance hearing care. Each year, the institute provides up to 10,000 USD to three projects that develop evidence related to Ida Institute methods and tools and aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of person-centered care in hearing rehabilitation. 

This year's awardees were projects submitted by Dr. Caitlin Barr from the University of Melbourne, Dr. Deborah Viviane Ferrari from the University of São Paulo, and Karina Swanepoel from the University of Pretoria, to further research and build evidence for person-centered care.

• Learning to "Walk the Walk" with "Time and Talk": Evaluation of Changes in Person-Centered Communication Skills of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Students
  This project will look at the effectiveness of the Ida Institute's Time and Talk tool in changing the communication styles of audiology and speech-pathology students in an effort to make them more person-centered. Findings will inform a larger study on person-centered communication education.
  Principal researcher: Dr. Caitlin Barr
  Co-investigators: Dr. Nerina Scarinci, Dr. Monique Waite, Dr. Jessica Vitkovic, and Samantha Tai
   
• Adaptation and Assessment of the Online Course "Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools" for Brazilian Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Undergraduate Students
  This project will translate the Ida Learning Hall course, "Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools," into Portuguese in order to train students enrolled in the Brazilian university system. The project will also assess the efficacy of the course as a way of teaching students about motivational interviewing.
  Principal researcher: Deborah Viviane Ferrari
  Co-investigator: Rodolpho Camargo
   
• Decision-Support and Help-Seeking on a Smartphone Screening App
  This project will use the hearing test app, hearZA, and the Ida Institute's Why Improve My Hearing tool to detect hearing loss in individuals in South Africa. Individuals who fail the hearing test will be linked to their nearest hearing care professional; the project will look at uptake of the recommendation.
  Principal researcher: Karina Swanepoel
  Co-investigator: De Wet Swanepoel, Ph.D., David Moore, Ph.D.

This year's winning projects will be completed by September 2019.​

Published: 6/13/2018 11:44:00 AM

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Ida Institute Awards 2018 Research Grants

​

The Ida Institute Research Grants for 2018 were recently awarded to three projects that aim to advance hearing care. Each year, the institute provides up to 10,000 USD to three projects that develop evidence related to Ida Institute methods and tools and aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of person-centered care in hearing rehabilitation. 

This year's awardees were projects submitted by Dr. Caitlin Barr from the University of Melbourne, Dr. Deborah Viviane Ferrari from the University of São Paulo, and Karina Swanepoel from the University of Pretoria, to further research and build evidence for person-centered care.

• Learning to "Walk the Walk" with "Time and Talk": Evaluation of Changes in Person-Centered Communication Skills of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Students
  This project will look at the effectiveness of the Ida Institute's Time and Talk tool in changing the communication styles of audiology and speech-pathology students in an effort to make them more person-centered. Findings will inform a larger study on person-centered communication education.
  Principal researcher: Dr. Caitlin Barr
  Co-investigators: Dr. Nerina Scarinci, Dr. Monique Waite, Dr. Jessica Vitkovic, and Samantha Tai
   
• Adaptation and Assessment of the Online Course "Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools" for Brazilian Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Undergraduate Students
  This project will translate the Ida Learning Hall course, "Client Engagement and Ida Motivation Tools," into Portuguese in order to train students enrolled in the Brazilian university system. The project will also assess the efficacy of the course as a way of teaching students about motivational interviewing.
  Principal researcher: Deborah Viviane Ferrari
  Co-investigator: Rodolpho Camargo
   
• Decision-Support and Help-Seeking on a Smartphone Screening App
  This project will use the hearing test app, hearZA, and the Ida Institute's Why Improve My Hearing tool to detect hearing loss in individuals in South Africa. Individuals who fail the hearing test will be linked to their nearest hearing care professional; the project will look at uptake of the recommendation.
  Principal researcher: Karina Swanepoel
  Co-investigator: De Wet Swanepoel, Ph.D., David Moore, Ph.D.

This year's winning projects will be completed by September 2019.​

Published: 6/13/2018 11:44:00 AM

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Impact of vocal techniques on vocal improvement

Publication date: Available online 12 June 2018
Source:Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología
Author(s): Heitor Lincoln Canuto de Almeida, Lourdes Bernadete Rocha de Souza
IntroductionVocal techniques have shown to be important strategies to improve, promote and rehabilitate vocal health.PurposeVerify the immediate impact of vocal techniques on the improvement of acoustic and aerodynamic parameters, vocal deviation and self-assessment.MethodsDescriptive, observational, comparative study including 40 women without vocal complaints, age range 18–45 years, equally divided into four groups according to the technique applied. The participants underwent voice assessment before and after performing the vocal technique. Each technique was performed for 1min and participants were re-evaluated in order to measure the immediate effects of the techniques on the parameters evaluated. For the analysis of the variables, the non-parametric Wilcoxon test was used.ResultsAmong the techniques studied, the high-pitched sound proved more effective in improving the acoustic and perceptual parameters, although in the other techniques was noticed a tendency to improvement in the result, but without statistical significance. In the self-assessment, the techniques to increase the maximum phonation time by softening the emission were more accepted by participants than those related to phonation resistance, which require more effort to be performed.ConclusionThe high-pitched sound technique favored an improved performance of participants in all parameters evaluated, although the other techniques studied showed a tendency to improvement in the evaluation measures.



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Impact of vocal techniques on vocal improvement

Publication date: Available online 12 June 2018
Source:Revista de Logopedia, Foniatría y Audiología
Author(s): Heitor Lincoln Canuto de Almeida, Lourdes Bernadete Rocha de Souza
IntroductionVocal techniques have shown to be important strategies to improve, promote and rehabilitate vocal health.PurposeVerify the immediate impact of vocal techniques on the improvement of acoustic and aerodynamic parameters, vocal deviation and self-assessment.MethodsDescriptive, observational, comparative study including 40 women without vocal complaints, age range 18–45 years, equally divided into four groups according to the technique applied. The participants underwent voice assessment before and after performing the vocal technique. Each technique was performed for 1min and participants were re-evaluated in order to measure the immediate effects of the techniques on the parameters evaluated. For the analysis of the variables, the non-parametric Wilcoxon test was used.ResultsAmong the techniques studied, the high-pitched sound proved more effective in improving the acoustic and perceptual parameters, although in the other techniques was noticed a tendency to improvement in the result, but without statistical significance. In the self-assessment, the techniques to increase the maximum phonation time by softening the emission were more accepted by participants than those related to phonation resistance, which require more effort to be performed.ConclusionThe high-pitched sound technique favored an improved performance of participants in all parameters evaluated, although the other techniques studied showed a tendency to improvement in the evaluation measures.



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