Abstract
The purpose of this work is to present a portfolio of creative pedagogical approaches used in
audiology education which: -
• Brings to life the lived experience of hearing loss, through portraiture and storytelling.
Students and service users work together co design curricula content which raises the
importance of attending to the human experience of hearing loss. By focusing on
learning with rather than about service users, moves service user engagement in
audiology education from being tokenistic, to one of truly inclusive, meaningful
involvement.
• Takes students on a learning journey allowing them to come out of the classroom and
enter community locations to uncover and explore first-hand, the hearing health needs
of the local population, raising their awareness of the importance of cultural competence
in audiology practice
• Enables students to explore their sense of self via participatory photography. This
approach moves away from the traditional didactic teaching of self -awareness. Allowing
audiology students the opportunity to explore their sense of self via visual imagery,
opens their minds, hones their skills of observation and enables them to practise the art
of communicating what they see.
• Uses curricula content developed by both service users and students to raise awareness
of acquired hearing loss via public exhibitions, thus challenging society’s perceptions of
hearing loss being related to aging and cognitive decline.