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Industry News

July 2024

1. International Consensus Statements on Intraoperative Testing for Cochlear Implantation Surgery
2. WS Audiology Press Release
3. Amplifon Listed Among The Global 2024 ‘Leading Employers’
4. GN’s “New Norm” Free Photo Bank
5. Kate Dekok AUD, MBA Promoted to Vice President of Sales for Bernafon and Philips Canada
6. Adele Mansour Has Joined WSA Audiology Canada As The Regional Sales Manager And Field Trainer for Atlantic Canada
7. Marshall Chasin Interview
8. Ida Joins the Demant Group
9. AAO-HNS Publishes New ‘Clinical Practice Guideline on Age‐Related Hearing Loss’ for Clinicians in All Care Settings

CAA News

July 2024

1. Call for Contributed Podium and Poster Abstracts
2. Call for Clinical Research Grant Applications
3. Canadian Infant Hearing Task Force Releases 2024 EHDI Report Card
4. Call Clinical-Research Grant Applications
5. Call for Contributed Poster and Podium Abstracts
6. Call for CAA Award Nominations
7. Webinar

Industry News

International Consensus Statements on Intraoperative Testing for Cochlear Implantation Surgery A final core set of 24 consensus statements was generated, covering wide areas of intraoperative testing during CI surgery. These statements may provide utility as evidence-based guidelines to improve quality and achieve uniformity of surgical practice. The global hearing aid company WS Audiology posted at…

CAA News

Call for Contributed Podium and Poster Abstracts – Deadline is July 15th, 2024, at 5PM ET Link: https://canadianaudiology.ca/what-we-do/conference/call-for-abstracts/ Call for Clinical Research Grant Applications – Deadline August 7, 2024 Link: https://canadianaudiology.ca/what-we-do/conference/clinical-research-grant/ Canadian Infant Hearing Task Force Releases 2024 EHDI Report Card On May 28, 2024, the Canadian Infant Hearing Task Force (CIHTF) including the Canadian Academy of Audiology and Speech-Language…

Todd the Translational Researcher

From time to time, CanadianAudiologist.ca dedicates a special issue to someone in our field who has devoted their life to research that betters the lives of hard-of-hearing people. But for this, we thought we would take a page out of Frank Capra’s 1942 movie with Jimmy Stewart called It’s a Wonderful Life.  In this movie,…

The Psychological Dimensions of Hearing Healthcare: Audiology is More Than Just Diagnoses and Devices

Overcoming resistance to wearing hearing aids represents a significant challenge in audiology, stemming from practical concerns about device cost, handling, and aesthetics and deeply rooted in psychological factors.

A Case for Motivational Interviewing in Hearing Care

Self-determination theory (SDT) is a theory of motivation built on a set of assumptions about the nature of people and about the factors that give rise to action. Subsequent research continues to support the value of using the SDT framework to understand hearing rehabilitation behaviours involving hearing aids.

Striking the Right Balance: Chronic Dizziness in the Vestibular Audiology Practice

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Erica Zaia, MSc, RAUD, provides an overview of Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD), hoping to help clinicians identify and treat this disabling vestibular disorder.

Q and A with Dr. Stéphane Maison re: Vasilkov et al., Scientific Reports, 2023

Our Associate Editor, Dr. Steve Aiken, recently sat down with Dr. Stephane Maison about a recent study showing evidence for cochlear nerve degeneration in people with tinnitus, but normal hearing thresholds.

To the Brain and Back: A Potential Role for GABA in Speech-In-Noise Perception and Aging

Audiologists frequently receive complaints from older adults with hearing loss about their difficulty understanding speech in noise (SIN). As the brain ages, there are changes to its structure and function that could impede a listener’s ability to separate speech features from background noise. What are these changes, and how does this knowledge inform audiological practice?