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Medical Home Portal Project
Medical Home Portal
Hearing aids
Nancy Hohler, Au.D./CCC-A
Natalie Allen, RN, BSN
Jeanne Raney, M.A./CCC-SLP
Choosing a Topic
•Within scope of web portal/need
•Expertise/Interest within group
•Who could be lead
•Input from web owner on content
Hearing Aids
•Hearing loss
•Who can assess children?
•Types and Styles of hearing aids (pictures)
•Components and circuitry
•Cost and life span of hearing aids
Funding Resources
•Hearing Aid Recycling Program (HARP)
•HIKE Fund Inc.
•AUDIENT Alliance for Accessible Hearing Care
•The Hear Now Program
•Miracle Ear Children’s Foundation
•Oticon Pediatrics
Other Resources
•Sound Beginnings at Utah State University
•American Society for Deaf Children
•Parent Infant Program (PIP)
•Utah’s Baby Watch Early Intervention Program
Parent Information
At first this was to be a separate page with the
following topics:
•Moisture
•Battery toxicity
•Cleaning
•Wax
•Hearing Aid checks
•Assistive Technology
Parent Page con’t
It was condensed to:
 Cleaning your hearing aid
 Moisture
 Hearing Aid Checks
 Information on battery toxicity inserted in
technology section.
 Assistive Technology was eliminated all together.
Challenges
•Management of time
•Knowing where to begin and how to condense.
•Technology (at times)-being more “distant” than
others
•Location
•Assuming and Managing responsibilities
Skill set
•Reaching out beyond my own scope
•Widened perspective
•Data based decision making
•Limitations
•Patience
•Where from here?