Volume 5
Heading Back to the Grindstone
Audiology is a relatively new profession, seeing its growth after WWII. And like any new profession there are both downsides and upsides- the limits of what we do, and can do are not written in stone, but alas, recognition and statutory recognition and protection of our roles and responsibilities are underdeveloped. I recall when I…
Volume 4
Hidden Hearing Loss and Other Neat Stuff
I think that one of the most frustrating things that can happen in the clinic is to have a client with complaints of not being able to hear well in noise as their friends, only to find a normal audiogram. In the 1980s and 1990s, I would just look at them at tell them that…
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
We are a field of people and not just technologies. I have been in this field for well over 35 years now and the most important things that I fondly remember are the people and the relationships that were built. Yes, I remember the technological advances even though the 1980s only saw the development of…
Maybe Bluetooth Should be Called Blacktooth?
The Cover Feature of this issue of Canadian Audiologist is about smartphone control of hearing aids. Of course, this has been made possible by the invention of the 1930s actress Hedy Lamar who held the first patent for wireless transmission; which was later to be named Bluetooth, after an 10th century king of Denmark and…
OTC and Observations on the Humes et al Study
Reprinted from HEARINGREVIEW.COM 1 FEBRUARY 2016 Part 1: Commentary by Marshall Chasin: Perhaps the most well-read article of 2017 is “The effects of service-delivery model and purchase price on hearing-aid outcomes in older adults: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial” by Larry Humes and his colleagues at Indiana State University, published in the March 2017…
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to issue 2 of 2017. There are a few changes in this issue of Canadian Audiologist. Two of our regular columns have received such wide readership that we have decided to run them as regular feature articles from now on. “Science Matters” and “Striking the Right Balance” will now be feature articles, while still…
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
Version française disponible ci-dessous By now, it is no secret that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States has made several announcements that may significantly alter the provision of hearing aids in that country. These decisions were made without input from audiologists and other hearing health care professionals. One of them is…
Volume 3
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
Version française disponible ci-dessous This issue of Canadian Audiologist is packed full of interesting articles, columns, and information from our field. This is not, in itself, unusual. What is unusual is the breadth and depth of these articles. Without sounding like a “table of contents,” in addition to our excellent regular columns, we have some…
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
Version française disponible ci-dessous CanadianAudiologist.ca is now passing the 200,000 unique views mark… and that’s just the beginning…. If I remember my advanced math classes, in a while we will be passing 250,000 or even 300,000 unique page views as well! In this issue of Canadian Audiologist we have 9 original feature articles ranging from a…
PCAST and Everything Else
Version française disponible ci-dessous Last fall the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) provided several recommendations about how hearing aids should be delivered to the hard of hearing public. It should be noted that there were no audiologists or hearing aid manufacturers on the committee and their input was not solicited. In…