Melbourne audiometrist Daniel Pistritto in clinic with a patient. Image: Daniel Pistritto. DANIEL PISTRITTO is a Melbourne audiometrist who uses a cochlear implant for one ear and a hearing aid for the other. His lived experience provides wisdom for hearing care practitioners about what patients really want. A s hearing care professionals, we spend years developing our clinical knowledge....
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No actionable change — this is a reflective opinion piece on empathy in practice, not a clinical study or guideline update.
Clinician-as-patient perspectives highlight the potential value of lived experience in building patient trust and improving person-centred care in audiology.
- 01Daniel Pistritto is a Melbourne audiometrist who uses a cochlear implant and a hearing aid.
- 02His personal hearing loss experience directly shapes how he approaches patient consultations.
- 03The piece argues that empathy — informed by lived experience — is a meaningful clinical tool.
- 04Raises broader questions about representation of people with hearing loss within the audiology workforce.
- 05No data or research findings are presented; content is entirely opinion/narrative.
Lived experience with hearing loss makes audiologists more empathetic and effective with patients.
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