The Communication Rings allow people to think about the individuals that make up their social network and how their hearing loss might affect their relationships.
Hearing care professionals can use the tool with clients to identify people and communication situations that are particularly important to them and discuss individual rehabilitation goals and strategies.
Goal Sharing for Partners is a step-by-step guide that includes strategic questions to facilitate discussions between your client and their key communication partner. Their answers help them to establish communication goals and how to achieve them. It can be used in face-to-face appointments or online by using the editable PDFs and screen-sharing.
You can use Goal Sharing for Partners at any time in the appointment. You can also revisit the tool in follow-up appointments to discuss if your client and their partner have reached their goals and are ready to tackle other difficult communication situations.
Goal Sharing for Partners is based on the Client-Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI) and the Goal Attainment Scaling method.
Download detailed instructions about how to use Goal Sharing for Partners from before the appointment through follow-up appointments
Send your clients this form to complete at home with their communication partner to help them prepare for their next appointment
Use this diagram in the appointment to review your clients’ challenges and priorities and set goals together
Use this form in follow-up appointments to review your clients’ progress and revise targets according to their needs
