Moving Patients Forward: Motivational Engagement

John Greer Clark; Carissa Maatman; Lorraine Gailey

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1304726

Seminars in Hearing, Table of Contents

Semin Hear 2012; 33(01): 035-045
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1304726

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Moving Patients Forward: Motivational Engagement

Authors

John Greer Clark

¹Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

²Clark Audiology, LLC, Middletown, Ohio.
Carissa Maatman

¹Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lorraine Gailey

³Hearing Link, Eastbourne, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Health care providers recognize that behavioral change does not occur without motivation for change. In hearing health, practitioners often employ external motivators as a means to engage patients within the treatment process. The strongest motivations for change, however, arise from within one's self. This article reviews motivational tools introduced to audiology through the Ida Institute as a means to help patients tap into their own internal motivation to more readily accept and act upon treatment recommendations.

Keywords

Motivation - behavioral change - engagement - self-assessment - counseling

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