Otometry: Hearing Aid Fitting History
Wayne Staab give us a history lesson on the origins of otometry.
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Defensive Audiology: Balancing On Your Back Leg
In this issue’s Back to Basics, our resident audiology (and karate) black belt, Marshall Chasin, gives us a lesson in how to practice “Defensive Audiology.”
Three Aspects of Speech-in-Noise Training
In this issue’s From the Centre Out, the legendary Jack Katz tells us about “Three Aspects of Speech-in-Noise Training.”
American Academy of Otolaryngology Encourages Audiological Evaluation and Management of Tinnitus Patients
In this issue’s Science Matters, Richard Tyler and Aniruddha Deshpande from The University of Iowa give us the lowdown on the recently published Clinical Practice Guideline: Tinnitus put out by the American Academy of Otolaryngology.
A HoH’s Credo
Gael Hannan lays some wisdom on us with A HoH’s Credo.
From Good to Great and the Right to Hear Everything
Peter writes that his fellow audiologist the skills and the technology to achieve great results but need to become less complacent to achieve great things.
The Negative Health Impact of Noise from Industrial Wind Turbines: The Evidence
Evidence that industrial wind turbines (IWTs) negatively impact human health is vast and growing. Although that evidence acknowledges that the exact exposures needed to impact health and the percentage of the affected population are still unknown, there is indisputable evidence that adverse health effects (AHEs) occur for a non-trivial percentage of exposed populations. Here, we…
Adverse Health Effects from Industrial Wind Turbines
This post, the first of a three-part series, provides a broad overview of the topic. The second installment will review the major research findings linking low-frequency noise and infrasound from industrial wind turbines with effects on health and quality of life. Part three will discuss the relationship between various health effects and the processing of infrasound…
As Use of Wind Power Grows, So Do Fears that Turbines May Be Hazardous to Your Ears
There is no more fiercely disputed topic these days than what source of energy we should draw on to power our ever-more power-consuming world. Words and phrases like greenhouse gases, war on coal, Solyndra, Keystone pipeline, fracking, Fukushima Daiichi and Chernobyl, energy independence, rising sea level, global warming and scientific conspiracy are invoked to defend…
Don’t Buy the Hype: Wind Turbines Do Not Impact Human Health
Editor’s Note: Today’s post, by Gabe Elsner, is in response to the 3-part series on the Adverse Health Effects of Wind Turbines, by Jerry Punch, Ph.D. & Richard James, INCE, BME. Mr. Elsner was invited to share his opposing views on the controversial subject of the health impact from industrial wind turbines.[1] Opponents of wind farms have worked to…