Diary of a Mad Hearing Aid User
The always thoughtful Gael Hannan gives us an outline of her first days with a hearing aid in her “Diary of a Mad Hearing Aid User.”
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A Student’s Perspective on Vestibular Practice in Audiology
Vestibular practices are growing and expanding and students are now applying to audiology in the hopes of specializing in vestibular testing and Curtis Wetmore gives us some insight on this trend from the student’s perspective.
Other People’s Ideas
Calvin Staples combs the blogs at HearingHealthMatters.org and finds some gems related to pediatric audiology.
The Value of Speech in Noise Assessments
In this installment of The Wired Audiologist, Peter Stelmacovich outlines why he believes that performing speech in noise assessments have a huge number of benefits for both the audiologist and the client.
Message from the President
I was reading the abstract “Avoiding Commoditization of Audiology in the Hearing Aid Distribution Process” of our key note speaker, David Fabry, for this year’s conference in Whistler, and thinking about the issues Dr. Lin presented last year in St. John’s. The issues they raise gave me pause to reflect on my several years as…
The Fine Art of Demonstrating the Efficacy of a Noise-Reduction Program
In my two previous blog posts, I discussed various ways of clearly showing patients the benefits of hearing aids. I explained how to conduct demonstrations using test words and pulsed warbled test tones. Today I want to talk about demonstrating a hearing aid’s ability to handle “background noise.” But be warned, this topic is fraught…
A Mild Hearing Loss is Not a Mild Problem
Mild hearing loss is a misnomer. I do not know what word to substitute but mild hearing losses are not a mild problem. The data is clear. Children with mild hearing loss are at risk for academic, speech-language, and social-emotional difficulties. Newborn hearing screening does not always pick up mild hearing loss so babies with…
A Case for Mid-frequency Amplification?
Most individuals with hearing loss are affected mostly in the high frequencies. And, because consonants–those phonemes (distinctive speech sounds) that are believed to enable humans to differentiate one word from another–are high-frequency sounds, hearing aid fitting formulas universally call for high-frequency amplification. This continues to be a take-off of the old “audiogram fitting” approach (although with…
The Hearing Foundation of Canada – Sound Sense
The Hearing Foundation of Canada tell us about their incredibly successful Sound Sense program.
Tackling Tinnitus – The Time Is Now
The authors discuss the progress made in tinnitus treatment and management research – including work done in Canada – and tell us how the time is right to offer tinnitus sufferers effective options and the support they need.