Title: Discussion Board 7.1 Counseling Strategies and Case Study Assignment
Course: 14SU-HIS-240-GH101-COMP & DIGITAL FEATURES OF HI

As most all of you have had the opportunity to see patients, I am hopeful that you have been able to counsel a patient in some form or fashion.  Whether you have counseled a patient after performing a full or partial test, have been involved in making a recommendation for amplification, or even if you have assisted a patient with a clean and check of their hearing instrument, I and the class would LOVE to hear about it. If you are not familure with voice authorization there is a tutorial in the resources tab.

Part 1 is the case study, that is a short paragraph about your patient's case.  I would like you to type in the Discussion Board the case history of the patient.  The case history needs to include what type of loss(Sensorineural Loss, Mixed Loss, Conductive Loss), slope and severity of the loss, as well as any background information you feel is pertinent (age, lifestyle, health).  If you do not have a patient to talk about, then you need to email me, and I will send you via email one of my case histories.  You also need to provide us with what type of service capacity you provided this patient (a test, hearing instrument recommendation, medical referral, and/or a hearing instrument cleaning)?

Part 2 is to record how you counseled this patient and what was the outcome?  I understand there may not be an outcome yet, if not what do you anticipate for this patient?  Your submission can be as simple as "I counseled this patient how to keep his hearing aid cleaner, but showing him/her how to change their wax guards and counseled the patient to change them once a month", or something of that nature.

Understand that this assignment is an opportunity for each of us to share some clinical counseling experiences with each other.  I hope you enjoy this Discussion Board.

Your first entry is due no later than Thursday 07/17 at 11:59 PM. Your final entry is due no later than Sunday 07/20 at 11:59 PM