Working as a Northern Audiologist in Iqaluit
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An Evolving Understanding of Cochlear Synaptopathy
Cochlear synaptopathy persists as a hot topic in hearing research and auditory neuroscience, and there is intense debate on developing a clinical test for it.
CAA News
CAA News: November 2022
1. Canadian Academy of Audiology Conference 2022
Industry News
Industry News: November 2022
1. Linda Berg Announcement
2. Over the Counter (OTC) Hearing Aids
3. Canadian Tinnitus Study – Looking for participants
4. Obituary: Dr. Bob Oliveira
5. M. Charles Liberman, PhD, Awarded La Fondation Pour l’Audition Scientific Prize
6. Obituary: Angela Eljetha Buchanan (Jean)
Quick Answers
Q: Is someone with a hearing loss more (or less) susceptible to future hearing deterioration from loud than those with normal hearing? A: One’s initial gut feeling is that if there is already cochlear damage, then this would increase the chances of further hearing difficulty when compared with someone with normal cochlear function, given the…
A Client’s Rant
A client sits down in the chair opposite you. You ask them how they’ve been. You don’t want a long recitation of what they’ve been up to, but you do want honest answers in the area of hearing and communication. If you had asked me how I wasin, say, early October, and I answered you…
We are Not Progressing in Diagnosis of Progressive Hearing Loss
The most prevalent type of hearing loss is a progressive hearing loss. I can make that statement confidently because presbyacusis is progressive, and everybody will have age-related hearing loss, unless they pass away before age 30. However, it is difficult to find good evidence or reliable statistics if you ask the question about the prevalence…
Reflections on the return to in-school learning for deaf and hard of hearing students
Now that schools are back to in-person learning, I encounter many statements, both from individuals and in the media, expressing the general sentiment “kids are resilient, they’ll bounce back”. Research is emerging on how students have weathered the pandemic academically, while those of us who work in schools have our own observations of how students…
Book Review
Basic Concepts of CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY in Audiology Reviewed by Robert V. Harrison This is a very comprehensive compendium, multi-authored (N=36) by the best in the field. The work has been compiled under the direction of IERSAG – the International Evoked Response Audiometric Study Group which has a longstanding reputation for promoting the field of auditory…
CAA News
Canadian Academy of Audiology Conference 2022 Editor’s Note: The CAA Conference 2022 was held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, from Wednesday October 12 – Saturday October 15. It was very well attended with over 500 registrations, industry sponsors and industry exhibitors. I have been to hundreds of audiology conferences over the years both in Canada and…