Evidence-based practice (EBP) is regarded as the best, most ethical way of delivering healthcare services. With a combination of clinical expertise, scientific evidence, and the perspective of the patient, healthcare professionals can provide their services to the gold standard of care in their specific industry.
By keeping the patient at front of mind while maintaining best practices, the highest quality of healthcare can be delivered while also personalizing the service to each unique patient. Every patient that we see is unique; your healthcare deserves to be just as individualized as you are.
Our team ensures to keep these three components in mind whenever we’re helping our community with hearing care services.
High-Quality Healthcare with the Patient as Priority
EBP is the integration of three components:
1. Clinical Expertise
Some things are best left to the professionals. Audiologists have years of expertise and education to back them up when assessing and treating hearing loss, so you can rest assured that your audiologist’s judgment is sound.
2. Evidence
We make sure to stay up to date on the latest and greatest in the audiology world! By reading up on the latest articles, research, and advancements in hearing care and hearing technology, you benefit from the most up-to-date information we have to offer, ensuring that your care is efficient and effective.
3. Patient Perspectives
We can’t help you without you helping us. To make sure that your care is what you need, your feedback is crucial: keeping your audiologist updated with your preferences, needs, and values allows us to keep you at the forefront of your unique treatment needs.
The combination of all three services allows for the highest quality of healthcare that is not only scientifically supported but also individualized for each patient that we see.
Examples of EBP
Knowing what EBP is helps you as the patient understand how we as the professionals maintain gold-standard care, but what does it look like in practice?
Let’s say that I’m seeing a patient with vision limitations or colorblindness. With their needs in mind, I would order two differently colored hearing aids to help them differentiate between the left hearing aid and the right.
For patients with dexterity issues or arthritis, we would recommend rechargeable hearing aids over ones with replaceable batteries to avoid frustration or small objects getting lost.
With the latest information we have, we can test a patient’s ability to hear speech in noise, allowing for proper, personalized recommendations for hearing aids, accessories, and programming.
Incorporating these practices into everyday clinical decisions ensures that we as audiologists provide not only scientifically backed care but also compassionate, individualized solutions that enhance the quality of life for each patient.
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