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18. JAhrestAgung „MultidisziplinArität in der Audiologie“

Beitrag wird präsentiert am 06.03.2015 um 10.40 Uhr im Rahmen der SS04

Tom Thumb in the world of health care giants

M. Strik

Dutch society of Speech and Hearing Centres Utrecht

The Dutch Healthcare has experienced major changes in both ﬁnancial and organisational

structures. Within 15 years health insurance companies were privatized and made responsible

for ‘buying’ and thus negotiating’ prices and ‘products’ from Health care organisations in cure

and care. This had a huge impact, not only on hospitals but also on smaller organisations like

the speech and hearing centres.

The Dutch society of Speech and Hearing Centres (FENAC) was established in 1974 and used

to be a content driven society of health care professionals working in Speech and Hearing

Centres. With all changes in healthcare, there was a need to change into a professional organ-

isation, focussing on the advocacy of Speech and Hearing centres as signiﬁcant structures in

healthcare.

This shift had positive results, both within the sector as a whole, as well as the way the sector of

speech and Hearing centres is perceived by other stakeholders, health insurances and govern-

ment. In the turbulence of health care change, the relatively small organisations survived and

even obtained a crucial position in the care for patients of all ages with Speech and Hearing

problems.

The shift however also asked for a new balance in “advocacy” and “content driven” interests

within the association. For this, the FENAC introduced content driven focus groups and strives

for better and more intense cooperation with content driven associations like for example the

Dutch Association for physicist-audiologists. The latter even now has a seat in the general

board of the FENAC.

Beitrag wird präsentiert am 06.03.2015 um 11.00 Uhr im Rahmen der SS04

Audiology in Switzerland

R. Probst

UniversitätsSpital Zürich Klinik für Ohren-, Nasen-, Hals- und Gesichtschirurgie

Similarly to Germany, audiological services in Switzerland are not provided by single desig-

nated units. They are mostly provided either in the context of medical otology or acoustician

ofﬁces. The system is traditionally based on a ﬁnancial independence of these two branches,

but also on a close professional cooperation with little or no legal regulations. Medical audiol-

ogy is covered by the mandatory health insurance, while the social security system makes a

basic ﬁnancial contribution to hearing aids. Quality of both medical and acoustician audiology

is controlled by speciﬁc regulations and demands on education, equipment, and continuous

professional educations. Selected special services are regulated on a federal level. They in-

clude pediatric services, secondary prophylaxis of noise-induced hearing loss, and provision

of cochlear implants (CI). Pediatric services are delivered by specialized units or networks

including medical, technical and educational expertise. The specialists and the units require

certiﬁcation. Secondary prophylaxis of noise-induced hearing loss is provided ambulatory by

the SUVA (Schweizerische Unfall-Versicherungs-Anstalt) since more than 35 years.CI provision

is regulated on a federal level with the designation of ﬁve CI-centers. Guidelines developed

by the ﬁve centers set the standards of clinical processes, equipment, and staff requirements.

Centers are obligated to register all CI into a central data base allowing comparisons between

the centers and overall quality assessments.

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