Teacher Questions: Do Cochlear Implants Work?
In these next few issues of Canadian Audiologist, Pam will address some of the common questions she hears from teachers. The first is, do cochlear implants work?
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Hearing Health is Associated to all Health
Evaluating a patient’s general health to offer more targeted support can help reduce and mitigate the burden of other diseases that come with hearing loss.
Industry News
Meet Aaron Lee, Director at Unitron Canada Perhaps you’ve met Aaron Lee—the Director at Unitron Canada—you’d surely remember him if you had. He’s effusive with his passion for what he does and he’s been living the “Love the Experience” tagline of Unitron for the past 14 months, though his story with Sonova begins several years…
CAA News
NEW 2023 CAA Award Winners Richard Seewald Career Award This award is presented to recognize a career in research, clinical practice, teaching, and/or mentoring young people. The candidate must have made significant contributions to the knowledge base, practice and/or teaching of audiology or a related field and have had a long term professional career. This year’s…
Message from the President
Hello, my name is Michael Vekasi, and I am honoured to be your incoming President of the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA). I look forward to serving you and our members in this role over the next year. I wanted to start my message off by saying a huge thank you to all members who…
Message from the Editor-in-Chief
Thank you to everyone who make the Canadian Academy of Audiology what it is Our e-publication, CanadianAudiologist.ca is now one decade old. With its previous incarnation, the Canadian Hearing Report, the Canadian Academy of Audiology has provided its members with cutting-edge articles and columns touching on all aspects of audiology. Given this special decade-anniversary, it…
A Narrative Review of Air-Conduction Re-routing Systems for Adults with Limited Useable Hearing Unilaterally
Clinical management of adults who have unilateral hearing loss can be difficult. The challenge might be even more significant for adults with limited useable hearing unilaterally.
Vestibular Dysfunction Related to Cochlear Implantation in Adults
Vestibular sedatives can be prescribed to reduce acute onset vertigo after cochlear implantation, e.g., prochlorperazine, diphenhydramine and meclizine. Appropriate repositioning maneuver if BPPV is found. Vestibular rehabilitation is an effective intervention to improve overall balance, especially in cases of vestibular hypofunction.
Striking the Right Balance – The Vestibular Patient Journey: An Interview with a Patient Diagnosed with Concussion
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Erica Zaia, MSc, RAUD and Michael Vekasi, AuD, R.Aud, Aud(C), FAAA interview a patient presenting with dizziness and imbalance to look at how vestibular impairments negatively impact our patients’ quality of life and how our interactions with them contribute to their patient journey. This is the third article in this patient-focused series, featuring a patient diagnosed with concussion.