Person- and Family-Centered Care in Audiology

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Incorporating Counseling and Psychosocial Support in Hearing Care

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvKaren Muñoz,Karen Muñoz,Michael P. Twohig

1 809 kr

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Person- and Family-Centered Care in Audiology provides practicing professionals and future hearing care professionals with essential information on how to optimize outcomes by being responsive to individual client experiences and needs. Holistic care considers unique client and family factors that influence their behaviors for help seeking and engaging in the treatment process. This book will teach providers how they can leverage the benefits of evidence-based psychological strategies to understand and address the challenges their clients experience and support behavior change. The first section of the book provides foundational knowledge on person- and family-centered care, challenges experienced by clients and clinicians, as well as ethical and professional responsibilities of hearing care professionals. The second section explores how to apply counselling skills intentionally in practice and provides case examples and practical tips. The final section includes chapters on specific populations and remote service delivery.Treating the whole person, including their psychosocial experiences, leads to better outcomes, more satisfied clients, and a more highly valued professional service.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-04-30
Mått171 x 246 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198935223

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Karen Muñoz, Ed.D. is a Professor of Audiology at Utah State University, where she is the Department Head of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. She studied at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. She worked as a clinical audiologist for 20 years, and her research focuses on counselling in audiology and parent support for paediatric hearing aid management. She has published 80 peer-reviewed papers and chapters. Her research has been funded through multiple sources. She has served nationally and internationally to promote person-centered care in audiology.Michael P. Twohig, Ph.D. is a psychologist and a Professor of Psychology at Utah State University, where he co-runs the ACT Research Group. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Nevada, Reno, and the University of British Columbia Hospital. He is a past-President of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science. He focuses on ACT for obsessive compulsive and related disorders. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, chapters, and 9 books. His research has been funded through multiple sources including the NIMH and the IOCDF. In 2022, he and USU were rated as the leading ACT researchers.