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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