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In the last Sound Business Sense, the discussion centered on the business cycles that are part of any “free market” system. Businesses thrive on the reliable prediction of revenues and earnings for continued success, possible expansion, and startup ventures; however, the onset of the COVID crisis disrupted all free-market economies, so there were no longer stable prediction capabilities. These major economic fluctuations have not been seen in over a hundred years.
Bone-conduction hearing devices connected to skin-penetrating abutments (e.g., Oticon Medical Ponto, Cochlear BAHA) can certainly generate feedback. As expected, feedback becomes increasingly concerning with worsening degrees of cochlear hearing loss. However, the mechanisms contributing to feedback in bone-conduction hearing devices differ slightly from those in air-conduction hearing aids.
Canada is expected to become a “super-aged” society within the next five years. In 2025, are audiologists poised to become “super-hearing” care experts? 2025 is a super time to transform the old negative view of hearing loss as an age-related decline that leads to more age-related declines into a new positive view of hearing health as a key to healthy aging and even “super aging.”
Editor’s Note: From our cousins south of the border about advocacy and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) We find that patients are frustrated when they learn their hearing aids do not have telecoils, and therefore they are unable to access hearing loops and other assistive listening systems, to which they are entitled through the…
Welcome to the first issue of our twelfth year of CanadianAudiologist. I hope you had a relaxing and restful holiday season break with family gatherings, playing catch-up, and parties. Family gatherings and parties can be great, but also can be difficult, especially if they take place in a noisy location. And most places that are large enough…
Check out the highlights of the 2024 CAA Conference.
This regular column by Dr Pam Millett has also been included as an article because of its importance providing the reader with a valuable insight into some issues regarding educational audiology.”
Stu Nunnery is a late deafened musician who had to leave music, and now, after much hard work, is back.
Living with balance and dizziness issues can include living with fear and anxiety of what the next day or even the next moment might bring. For some the symptoms come and go, while for others the symptoms may be chronic and present at all times. The usually invisible nature of these illnesses brings on its own challenges. Are you faking it? Is this something you can just “get over” or make it go away?