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In the first part of this unique feature, Marshall Chasin pens an obituary regarding the recent “death” of the CROS Hearing Aid. In the second part of this feature, Dr. Neil Bauman explains, that while Harry Teder patented this concept back in 1964, in actuality, CROS hearing aids had already been in use for 10 years by this time without anyone even realizing it!
Arpana Rao writes about how audiologists have the unique opportunity to help the growing numbers of aging individuals with hearing loss maintain their quality of life through appropriate rehabilitation strategies.
Jennifer Gans tell us about the Mindfulness Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction (MBTSR) program and how it focuses on helping people uncover their own internal resources toward a reinterpretation of tinnitus.
Originally posted at HHTM On August 25, 2015. Reprinted with permission. What Would be a Preferred Hearing Aid Performance? Would a consumer select the same hearing aid performance as was recommended by an audiologist if given a choice among different signal processing schemes? The topic of a preferred hearing aid has been the topic of this series of…
Originally posted at HHTM On August 25, 2015. Reprinted with permission. The typical school classroom can be a very difficult listening situation for a child with a hearing loss. Children with hearing differences must overcome three primary challenges when listening in a classroom, including: background noise, distance from the teacher and other communication/instruction sources, and reverberation. As…
Originally posted at HHTM On November 17, 2015. Reprinted with permission. LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY — Following their annual meeting in Washington DC, the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA) issued a position statement on the recent PCAST report.[1] In a press release, authored by recently elected ADA president Rita Chaiken, ADA supports the PCAST report because the recommendations “present significant opportunities for…
Originally posted at HHTM On August 25, 2015. Reprinted with permission. My informal estimate is that about ten percent of all patients referred to me over the years for “dizziness” are, in fact, complaining of postural lightheadedness. They have no symptoms while sitting or lying down, no symptoms while rolling over in bed, but when they get…
Originally posted at HHTM On January 13, 2015. Reprinted with permission. I read the 4-week Perfect Storm Series, by Jerry Northern, that ran this past fall at Hearing Views, with great interest. Ultimately, Dr. Northern’s analysis into many of the ills that plague our profession today should resonate with most audiologists–especially those in private practice. Apathy, without a doubt, has…
In this issue, we are proud to present two more Student Poster Presentation from the 2014 CAA Conference. In this issue we give you, “The Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Adult Refsum’s Disease,” by Elizabeth Conrod, MClSc and “The Use of Auditory Training to Improve Auditory Processing in Individuals with Schizophrenia,” by Khalil Surahyo, MClSc.
Podium and Poster Presentation abstracts for the 18th Annual CAA Conference in Niagara Falls, ON.