Eleven Misconceptions Teachers Should Know About Children With Hearing Loss
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Explain the effects of hearing loss to teachers and other school staff Most people think that once you fit a child with hearing aids the hearing loss should be cured. Hearing aids are not like eyeglasses. They help a lot but they do not solve all listening problems. Teachers need to understand that, even with…
Hearing Aids and Developing Spoken Language for Children with Hearing Loss
As we keep saying, things keep changing (for the better) for children with hearing loss. As we keep saying, “It’s not the same old deafness.” Prior to the initiation of newborn hearing screening the age of identification of hearing loss in children was around two years of age. As a result, babies were not fit with…
The World’s Shortest Audiology Course (Delivered by a Client)
Does the audiology training process need to be better connected to the people being served? As a lifelong consumer of hearing health services, Gael Hannan’s got a pretty good idea of what she needs.
A New Wireless CROS and BiCROS Solution
The folks at Siemens and Signia tell us about a new wireless CROS and BiCROS solution for those with unilateral hearing loss.
Who Needs a Wireless Microphone?
A colleague recently expressed the opinion that very few of her clients are candidates for additional wireless microphone systems and the number of candidates in her opinion was likely less than 1%. Peter Stelmacovich argues that the reality is the number of potential candidates for adaptive wireless microphones could be as high as 40% and explains why.
Treating Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPDs) among Children and Adults
In this issue, guest writer Jeanane M. Ferre, takes a look at “Treating Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPDs) among Children and Adults”
PCAST and the Confusion Over the Word “Basic”
In this issue’s Back to Basics column, Marshall Chasin looks at “PCAST and the Confusion Over the Word ‘Basic’”
Beware of Labels in Audiology
We live in a world of diagnostic categories and labels. Everyone likes to label and health care professionals are no exception. We have become obsessed with categorization, and once a label has been applied it often takes on a life of its own. Perhaps the most (over)enthusiastic are the psychology/psychiatry professionals who have to label…
Innovative Sound Therapy Strategies for Tinnitus
Michael Piskosz writes that wireless streaming of sounds has revolutionized sound therapy for tinnitus patients by enabling them to select the sounds they prefer based on any number of factors at the press of a button. This article discusses innovative ways of using sound therapy with modern technologies.