Speech in Brain in Noise: Neural Plasticity in the Auditory Brainstem
Gabe Nespoli explains why he ABR is a valuable method for evaluating the ability to represent sound, and how it offers insight into the noisy world of the human brain.
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Perhaps the Reason We Haven’t Solved the Noise Induced Hearing Loss Problem is Because We’re Not Asking the Right Questions
People have known this about noise and its effects on hearing for decades and yet Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) remains epidemic in the workplaces of America. Jeffery Goldberg explains why.
Prevention of NIHL and Tinnitus is Possible: Dangerous Decibels® Update
Deborah O’Sullivan encourages all audiologists to make a positive and lasting difference in their communities by helping to prevent noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus.
Book Review
The Adult Audiology Casebook edited by Michael Valente and L. Maureen Valente (2015) is an exceptional text book. The editors gathered 68 experts from around the world to share case reports, resulting in 71 chapters. Each chapter provides consistent sections with well-written and detailed case information on a wide variety of clinical cases. The chapters…
Rock and Roll Needs to Be Loud; Rock and Roll Does Not Need to be Intense
Version française disponible ci-dessous Despite the ear’s amazing complexity, it cannot discern the difference between industrial noise and music. Prolonged exposure to 85 dBA to noise or music can result in a permanent sensory-neural hearing loss and this is true whether its factory noise, Beethoven, or the Tragically Hip. Actually, prolonged exposure to noise or…
Hearing Aids – Age and Type from MarkeTrak 9
Wayne Staab gives us an overview of the Marke Trake 9 survey which was designed to form a new baseline of data to provide a solid backdrop on the hearing aid market, and also to serve as a reference and starting point for future analyses and publications, as well as follow-up research.
Other People’s Ideas
Via the fine blogs at HearingHealthMatters.org, Calvin Staples explores the dispute over whether there are any health implications from wind turbines.
Let’s Talk Basics!
When measuring sound or noise we often get immersed in dBA, sound pressures, intensity, levels, etc. Do we need all of those? Most probably, no! It depends what you want to describe/measure, but still you have to know which term to use and when! Alberto Behar will sort it out for us.
A Day in the Life of a Vestibular Audiologist
Carolyn Falls explores A Day in the Life of a Vestibular Audiologist.