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In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Andrea Kuntz and Kegan Stephan, Audiology students at the School of Human Communication Disorders at Dalhousie University interview both Ruth Duggan, an occupational therapist and an occupational therapy student at Dalhousie University, Nisha Sandu, about exploring an inter-professional approach to fall prevention between occupational therapists and audiologists.
Originally posted August 7, 2017. Reprinted with permission. The topic of Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aids is of intense personal and professional interest to me. However, I’m Canadian and our hearing loss advocacy on OTC is years behind that of our American colleagues. But I don’t feel qualified to write about the issue from the consumer…
Originally posted July 25, 2017. Reprinted with permission. “Peeling the Onion” is a monthly column by Harvey Abrams, PhD. It appears that the creation of an FDA-sanctioned category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids is a fait-accompli (which is a French-Audiology expression meaning “The End is Near”). For those of us who plan to survive this end-time, I…
Originally posted on August 1, 2017. Reprinted with Permission Legislation recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives1 and expected to be passed soon in the U.S. Senate2, requires the FDA to establish an OTC (over-the-counter) hearing aid category for adults with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing impairment, within three years. This category is estimated to overlap the hearing…
Originally posted July 25, 2017. Reprinted with permission. Both PCAST1 (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) and NAS2 (National Academies of Sciences) have recommended that OTC (over-the-counter) hearing aid sales be permitted for mild-to-moderate hearing losses. Additionally, the SB 9 Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2016 introduced by Senators Warren and Grassley calls for the same. These recommendations…
Originally posted August 8, 2017. Reprinted with permission. This post is a continuation of two previous posts relating to a proposed PSAP “Standard” (OTC Hearing Aid Standard, and PSAP Standard Review). This post relates to a section of the proposed “Standard” relating to the “categorization of PSAPs” (personal sound amplification products).1 Categorization – Criteria for Standardization…
By HHTM. Originally posted August 14, 2017. Reprinted with permission. William Demant Holdings, one of the world’s largest hearing aid manufacturers, said it could start producing less expensive Over-The-Counter (OTC) hearing aids for the U.S. market if demand increases after the OTC legislation goes into effect. North America represents the largest and most lucrative market for…
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…
Gael Hannan tells us why it’s time for Canada to implement a national standard of newborn hearing screening and how the high cost of not doing so is far greater.
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…