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CAPD Current Resources

In this issue’s From the Centre Out, Kim Tillery fills us in on some of the excellent CAPD current resources available.

The Hearing Aids of Yesteryear

Dr. Neil Bauman breaks out the audiology time machine and takes us on a fascinating look at the “Hearing Aids of Yesteryear.”

Energy Harvesting and Hearing Aids

Wayne Staab explores the possibility to overcoming hearing aid power disadvantages by extracting (harvesting) energy from either the human or the environment involved.

Other People’s Ideas

Via the fine blogs at HearingHealthMatters.org, Calvin Staples discovers just how much larger and even more is fascinating audiology really is.

A Conversation with an Audiologist

Peter recently had the pleasure of chatting with an audiologist who has incorporated speech perception in noise testing as part of her regular clinical protocol.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Version française disponible ci-dessous Of the many hats I wear, I am a member of the Hearing Instrument Review Committee (HIRC) for the province of Ontario. Our role is to assess and recommend approval of every new hearing aid that has come on the market in order for them to receive funding through the Ontario…

Self-Disclosing Sexual Preference as a Health Care Professional

Janine Verge explains how, when it comes to personal disclosure, you will have to balance several values with every patient: what is best for the patient, being consistent/truthful with your own personal values, and your own professional and personal safety.

Acoustic Shock

For some people exposed to loud noises symptoms can develop including hypervigilance, anxiety, depression, insomnia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This symptom cluster following unexpected noise exposure through telecommunications equipment became known as acoustic shock injury, acoustic shock disorder, acoustic shock syndrome or simply acoustic shock.

Hearing Aids – From Here to Eternity and Beyond”: An Article Written for the Hard of Hearing Consumer and Their Families

In the past 5 years or so, digital hearing aid technology has caught up and in most cases, surpassed the old analog hearing aid technology. This article discribes some of the things that modern digital hearing aids can do that could not be done (easily) with hearing aids of the past.

Uncovering the Complexity of Micro-Electronic-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Microphones

Courtesy our friends at Starkey, Jason Galster and Daniel Warren give us the latest on “Uncovering the Complexity of Micro-Electronic-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Microphones.