An Interview: Insights from James F. Jerger, PhD
Tabitha Parent-Buck interviews James Jerger and explores his remarkable career and life-long passion for research in diagnostic audiology.
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A Brief History of the Cochlear Implant
David Clinkard and Jason Leblanc give us a brief history of the cochlear implant and how severe hearing impairment that is not adequately treated with properly fitted hearing aids can now be addressed surgically.
Wireless Technology is Constantly Changing. ARE YOU KEEPING UP?
Jason Galster explores the rapidly changing pace of technology development in modern hearing aids and the challenge of maintaining deep knowledge of various technological implementations.
Predicting Speech Perception from the Audiogram and Vice Versa
The goal of this research was to investigate a new method of converting between audiograms and speech perception measures to demonstrate their equivalence or otherwise with a goal of increasing the understanding of the connection between speech perception performance and hearing loss.
Childhood Hearing Loss Increasing in the U.S., Study In Pediatrics Finds
The incidence of hearing impairment among children rose by 15% between 2001 and 2011, according to a study published last week in Pediatrics, an online publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The article, “Changing Trends of Childhood Disability,” reported an overall increase of 15.6% in childhood disabilities of all types over that period of time. For…
Getting Ready for School
School is about to start for a lot of kids. Kids and parents are excited. New clothes, new books, new backpacks. What can we do to make this easier for children with hearing loss as the new year starts? Preparing the Children If possible, children with hearing loss should have the opportunity to go into…
Advocacy for Children with Hearing Loss
Parents and others who work with children with hearing loss feel the need to advocate for the children. However, the most important part of advocacy is learning to advocate for oneself. When children rely on others to advocate for them, they do not feel powerful. But when they are capable of advocating for themselves they…
Some Books for Children with Hearing Loss
There are a number of books available now for children with hearing loss. This is a good thing because it is important for children with hearing loss, or any other disability, not to feel that they are alone. The books are divided into two groups – one for and about children who use spoken language…
Introducing our Newest Tradition: Student Conference Summaries
Steve Aiken gives provides us with a great introduction to our newest yearly tradition from the recent CAA Conference: Student Conference Summaries.
2014 CAA Conference Student Summaries
Audiology students from across the country provide their reviews on some of the great presentations at the recent CAA Conference in Whistler, British Columbia.