A New Partnership
Sarah Mason and Dave Gordey share the news of CAA’s new partnership with the Ida Institute, an independent non-profit organization, whose mission is to advance person-centred care for hearing health care.
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Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
In sum, hearing loss is not just expressed as a failure to comprehend speech—it is also expressed as the increased effort required to comprehend speech. In the future, this cognitive side of hearing loss will need to be measured and considered to optimize hearing assessment and rehabilitation.
Consumer Headphones Improve Music Appreciation in Patients with Hearing Loss
Tanya Wolfram and Jiong Hu share the results from their study showing evidence that consumer grade headphones could help improve the appreciation of music in patients with hearing impairment.
How Accurate Are These Smartphone Sound Measurement Apps?
This paper reports on the accuracy of smartphone sound measurement apps on measuring and monitoring noise in different daily environments.
Mysteries of the Hearing Brain – Our Amazing Auditory Brains
Given that older listeners rely on cognitive functions, such as working memory or attention, to improve speech understanding in difficult listening situations, it may be useful to develop auditory-cognitive training programs that target the older CI listener’s needs.
Striking the Right Balance – Looking to the Future of Vestibular Practice in Canada
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Carolyn Falls, MClSc writes an opinion piece about the future of vestibular audiology practice in Canada. This is part one of a two-part series; stay tuned for a future article by Emma Leblanc who will look at education and practice differences between the United States and Canada.
Tinnitus with a Normal Audiogram
We must establish conventions for physiological testing (devices and signal processing) and adopt them internationally; conduct additional thoughtful experiments; implement tighter controls (age, biological sex, occupation); and because the effects of hearing damage on physiological function are likely small, drastically increase the sample sizes of studies. No matter the outcome, at a minimum, patients with tinnitus will likely require assessment beyond the conventional audiogram for clinicians to better understand the status of the ear.
An innovative RIE with microphone in the ear lets users “hear with their own ears”
The Receiver-In-Ear style of hearing aids has overtaken the hearing aid market. But the Resound ONETM RIE hearing aid has both the microphone and the receiver in the ear.
M&RIE Receiver Preferred for Sound Quality and Localisaton
ABSTRACT Each of us has been listening to sound shaped by our unique pinnae, head and torso throughout life. This personal filtering of sound is a large determinant of what creates a sensation of naturalness, transparency, and immersion in the acoustic environment. Along with interaural level and time differences, the spectral cues provided by our…
Striking the Right Balance – Attention all Vestibular and Pediatric Audiologists: This is Your Next Must Read!
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Janine Verge, AuD reviews a new edition of a clinical textbook that focuses on pediatric vestibular and balance disorders.