The past week has been very positive for us here at OSP. Gareth Wyn-Jones and myself have been working with the Audiology Department at Aston University to help their 1st and 2nd year students develop their patient skills. This is a collaboration which started last year and  is proving very successful.  We work with the students initially in pairs, using typical examples of types of patients they might come across; followed by constructive feedback.

We have been looking at the initial consultation, the follow up appointment and explaining the fitting of a hearing aid to a new patient.  A couple of students also actually tested our ears; I am pleased to say that we both have good hearing (despite Gareth’s many visits to rock concerts over the years and my constant chatting on my mobile phone!! Actually both of these were picked up in the results but neither brought our levels below the threshold of normal hearing.)  At the beginning of the Year 1 sessions we  saw  for the first time the training video we filmed for the department last year including how it was incorporated within class based teaching by Sarah and Emma. We are filming some more scenarios later in the month.  More of that later.