Resources
Advocacy and Implementation Guides
HLAA Guides for Effective Communication
Disability Equity Collaborative (DEC)
Overview: Center for Hearing Access Healthcare for People with Hearing Loss
Readings
Awareness
I Am Not The Doctor For You’: Physicians’ Attitudes About Caring For People With Disabilities
T Lagu, C Haywood, K Reimold, C DeJong, R Walker Sterling, LI Iezzoni,
The Forgotten Minority: Perpetuation of Ableism in Medical Education
Carol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L
Provider/Staff Medical Education
Aspiring to Disability Consciousness in Health Professions Training,
Lydia Smeltz, Susan M. Havercamp, PhD, and Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA
Ensuring Communication Access in Health Care for Patients with Hearing Loss
Shawn Norris
Helping Physicians Help Us
Carol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L
The Forgotten Minority: Perpetuation of Ableism in Medical Education
Carol Haywood, PhD, OTR/L
Research
Hearing Loss in Healthcare Outcomes and Experiences: State of the Science
Nicholas Reed, Au.D.
Hospital care does not meet the communication needs of patients with hearing loss: A qualitative study of patient experiences
Alex DeBusschere, et al.
Implementation Science: Moving Evidence-based Practices into Real-world Settings
Margaret Wallhagen, Ph.D., GNP-BC
Reframing Our Health Care System for Patients with Hearing Loss
Michael McKee, MD, MPH, et al.
Research May Be the Key to Change
Nicholas S. Reed, AuD
Why is it So Hard to Get the Health Care Accommodations that I Need?
Megan Morris, Ph.D., MPH, CCC-SLP, Stephen Lockhart, Kori Eberle
Systemic Change
An Interventional Audiology Program: Improving Access, Raising Awareness
Catherine Palmer, Ph.D.
A Gateway to Preemptive Communication Access in Health Care
Michael M. McKee, MD, MPH
Disability Equity Collaborative (DEC) Tools
Ensuring Communication Access in Health Care for Patients with Hearing Loss
Shawn Norris
Equitable Health Care: Setting the Record Straight
Megan Morris, Ph.D., MPH, CCC-SLP
Have a Hearing Loss, in the Hospital?
Kathi Mestayer
Interprofessional Help for Hearing: Updates and Initiatives
Kelly Tremblay, Ph.D. and Margaret Wallhagen, Ph.D., GNP-BC
Reframing Our Health Care System for Patients with Hearing Loss
Michael McKee, MD, MPH, et al.
Legal Mandates
ADA Requirements: Effective Communication
Effective Communication in Medical Settings: Your Rights Under the Law
Andrew Webb, J.D.