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Message from the Editor-in-Chief

The ear canal is an amazingly complex structure In virtually every audiology clinic in the world, we will probably find a large framed picture or poster of the human ear’s various parts.  And the outer ear will usually be shown as an almost straight cylinder, perhaps with a gradual S-shaped curve.   This is great for…

CAA News

CAA News January 2021:
1. Call for Proposals for 2021 Ida Institute Research Grants
2. Temporary Hearing Loss Test App – Now Free!
3. THHAC SURVEY
4. Call for Clinical Educators / Supervisors

CAA News

Call for Proposals for 2021 Ida Institute Research Grants The Ida Institute is now accepting proposals for the 2021 Ida Institute Research Grants. The grants award funding to projects that develop evidence related to Ida Institute initiatives and demonstrate the effects of person-centered care in hearing rehabilitation. The Ida Institute has allocated funding to the…

Industry News

WS Audiology appoints André Marcoux as VP Audiology and Product Management Jeff Malpass, President and CEO of WS Audiology Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. André Marcoux as VP of Audiology and Product Management. “André is a prominent and respected figure in the hearing healthcare industry, both in Canada and abroad, and…

Book Review

Auditory-Verbal Therapy: Science, Research, and Practice | Editors: Warren Estabrooks, Helen McCaffrey Morrison, and Karen MacIver-Lux | Published: 4/29/2020 | ISBN: 978-1-63550-174-2 | https://www.pluralpublishing.com/publications/auditory-verbal-therapy-science-research-and-practice Warren Estabrooks, Helen McCaffrey-Morrison, and Karen MacIver-Lux have brought us a new tome of auditory-verbal knowledge. The book is just under 1,000 pages and includes contributions from over 40 authors across…

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

I admit to being a voyeur … at least, I admit to being a historical voyeur!  My favourite fiction book is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.  This book was written over 100 years ago, about a time 100 years before that.  Although it is fiction, it does give some insight into how…

Striking the Right Balance

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Adam Goulson, AuD and Devin McCaslin, PhD write about how their clinic is using artificial intelligence to help triage and manage their chronic dizzy patients.

Mysteries of the Hearing Brain

Many of the tests used in the standard auditory processing battery require the ability to maintain attention or to retain a certain number of auditory items in memory. Alternatively, they may be affected by deficits in receptive or expressive language. Therefore, objective tests that do not require a behavioral response may be useful in diagnosing and managing children with auditory processing deficits.

Standards for “Safe Listening”: Past, Present, and Future

The “Make Listening Safe Workgroup” is an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the framework of the World Hearing Forum, and is committed to create a world where nobody’s hearing is put in danger due to unsafe listening. This article focuses on standards for safe listening in the industry for personal music players and for personal amplifiers.

Cochlear Excitotoxicity 101

This article is about cochlear excitotoxicity, a topic that has recently become of interest to us in audiology because of its involvement in inner hair-cell synaptic damage (synaptopathy) caused by acoustic overstimulation.