Do We Really Need an Audiometric Booth?
The “golden rule” for performing an audiometric test requires the use of a booth; however, there are circumstances where booths are absent.
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Why Don’t Our Doctors Ask About Our Hearing?
Gael tells us about a recent experience with her father and how some seniors won’t bring up the subject of hearing loss – so the ball needs to go into the physician’s court.
“June Tired”: Back to School During A Pandemic
In the spring, in the article Online Learning Success for Students with Hearing Loss, Pam talked about what online learning should look like for our students; In this issue she’s going to share what in-class and online learning is looking like this year.
The Importance of Telecommunication Accessibility for People Living with Hearing Loss
This article is the first of a two-part series discussing how the field of audiology can modernize its approach to enhance telecommunication usability for people living with hearing loss. The current article will discuss issues related to the new telecommunication needs of our audiology patients and part two will include a brochure designed to help navigate the various technological options available to improve telecommunication usage.
Book Review
Reviewed by Robert V. Harrison Professor, Department of OtolaryngologyHead & Neck SurgeryUniversity of Toronto.Senior Scientist,Program in Neuroscience and Mental HealthThe Hospital for Sick Children,Toronto CANADA This is truly an excellent, and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of hearing healthcare with respect to subjects with cochlear implants (CI). The book (as its full title indicates) covers…
Industry News
Tribute Marjorie D. Skafte, Hearing Healthcare Editor and Publisher From: https://www.hearingreview.com Nov 2, 2020. Used with Permission Marjorie D. Skafte, the longtime editor and publisher of Hearing Instruments magazine and publisher emeritus and a founding editor of The Hearing Review, died on October 25 at age 99.Skafte was born in the small farming town of Osseo, Wis, graduated…
Clinical Trade-Offs
Audiology is a field of clinical trade-offs. While it is true that some of our forms of assessment are both a “gold standard” and are clinically efficient, most of what is accomplished clinically is only about half-way there. Pure tone audiometry immediately comes to mind. This test is easy to do, is quick, and is ubiquitous…
Message from the President
As I typed my first “President’s Message,” never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that the scene would look like this; me sitting at my computer wearing a surgical mask, trying not to fiddle with the nose piece as my glasses fog up, a monstrous bottle of hand sanitizer next to my keyboard,…
NAL Mask Adjustments To Overcome the Effect of Face Masks for Hearing Aid Users
Wearing masks degrade the intelligibility of speech, specifically by decreasing the audibility of the higher frequency consonants. Several manufacturers (Signia and Starkey) have already included software programming that will compensate for this, but the NAL has come out with “corrections” that can be added as a “wearing a mask” program.
Disinfecting Hearing Aids with UV Light: Yes or No?
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions about the general efficacy of ultraviolet (UV) light for disinfecting hearing aid surfaces. Is it effective? The short answer: it depends.