Happy 20th Birthday for a Landmark Audiology Milestone in Canada
Bob shares his thoughts on how far we have come in recent years in our diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss in children.
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January 2020
Upcoming FREE CAA Webinar: The Importance of Vestibular Assessment in Sport-Related Concussions Speaker: Jamie M. Bogle, AuD, PhD, Division Chair of Audiology, Assistant Professor of Audiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona Date: Tues, Feb 25, at 12 pm ET CAA Members Free / Non Members – $50.00 Learning Points To describe the importance of understanding concussion symptoms…
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Alan Moore Memorial Award This award has been established to honour the memory of Alan Moore for his years of dedication to the field of Hearing Assistance Technology and for his unselfish support and encouragement of his many friends and colleagues in the field. Alan spent more than 40 years in the field, starting as…
Message from the President
Dear Members of the Academy, Happy New Year! For my first message of the year, I’ve decided to interview some of our 2020 Canadian Academy of Audiology student representatives. The academy has student representation from five universities (University of British Columbia; Western University; University of Ottawa, University of Montreal and Dalhousie University). Today, I introduce…
Where Would We Be…?
Many years ago I wrote an editorial with Clarence Odbody, angel second class. For those few of you who have never seen this 1946 movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring Jimmy Stewart, Clarence Odbody is sent down to show the Jimmy Stewart character (George Bailey) what life would be like in Bedford Falls had he…
In Praise of Pitch Correction
Pitch correction software has gotten a bad rap from those who don’t understand how it works. Think of it like a hammer: you can use a hammer to smash things or to build a house. If you’re more into building than smashing, there’s a lot to like about pitch correction.
The Quest for Audiometric Zero
Here is a brief history of the evolution of audiometric zero, the conflicting studies and controversies surrounding it, and how “0 dB” on the audiometer was ultimately established and standardized.
Mysteries of the Hearing Brain – Is It ANSD or Cortical Deafness?
Samira Anderson relates the utility of using an array of evoked potentials to fully understand the nature of a patient’s complaints and remember that it is not possible to definitively conclude that a person has “normal hearing” based on an audiogram alone.
Living with Misophonia: Two Patients’ Experiences
Glynnis Tidball shares the stories of two of her clients dealing with misophonia.
Striking the Right Balance – Vestibular Audiology for All Audiologists: A Tiered Approach
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” one of our editors, Erica Zaia, MSc, RAUD, details ways in which all Audiologists can offer Vestibular Services, even the ones of us who were never very much into deciphering eye movements in Grad School.