Common Transient Sounds: The Kitchen is a Very Noisy Place

Harry Teder weighs in on the noise associated with common transient sounds: specifically from the kitchen.

Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence

Manohar Bance explores the fascinating disorder of superior canal dehiscence.

The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex

Maxine Armstrong fills us in on the vestibulo-ocular reflex.

Vestibular Schwannomas or Acoustic Neuromas by Another Name

John Rutka tell us about vestibular schwannomas.

Update on cVEMP and oVEMP Testing in Superior Canal Dehiscence

Erin Piker updates us on cVEMP and oVEMP testing in superior canal dehiscence.

Sitting Here, Deaf

While waiting to have her hearing aids serviced, Gael Hannan shares her thoughts in the form of a poem called Sitting Here Deaf.

Message from the President

The CAA Clinical Research Grant is an opportunity for clinicians to partake in clinical research with professional and financial support. CAA Science and Education Committee (SaEC) will help coordinate access to the proper resources (e.g., equipment, people, processes) and grant awards are up to $5000. We have awarded two previous research grants. The first grant…

Letters to the Editor

More on Audiometric Technician Training

Last issue, Alberto Behar shed some light on Ontario’s scarcity of training courses for those wishing to be audiometric technicians. He provided some explanation as to why this void exists and connecting the dots is fairly straightforward: The Ministry of Labour (MOL) does not require that hearing tests be part of a workplace hearing conservation…

Letter from Alberto Behar On Behalf of the CSA Z94.2 Committee

CSA (the Canadian Standard Association) will soon be releasing a new edition of the Z94.2 Hearing Protective Devices Standard. The draft document is now available for public review. If you wish to take a look at it and perhaps submit a comment or two, go to CSA’s on-line standards review site: http://publicreview.csa.ca/ (enter “Z94.2” or “hearing” in…