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Everyday speech communication typically involves a combination of auditory and visual modalities. Visual cues are especially beneficial for speech understanding in older adults with hearing loss, which may help them compensate for age-related decline.
A new year can be both an exciting time, as well as a scary and daunting time. It’s a time for new resolutions and goals and for a business owner to reflect on our personal and professional lives.
Q: “When you do REM on a CROS or BiCROS do you measure both ears, or just the better ear?
I invite Canadian audiologists to join me in resolving to make 2024 the year to move hearing care into a new era of integrated person-centered, inter-professional primary care. Together we can help older adults to function better by working towards communication accessibility.
About six years ago, in my column in Canadian Audiologist, I celebrated the 40th anniversary of the discovery of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) by David Kemp. wrote about how sound coming out of the ears was initially regarded as paradoxical, and with some scepticism in the scientific and audiology community!
The most hurtful words a person with hearing loss (PWHL) can be told when asking for something to be repeated:
“Never mind.” “Don’t worry about it.” “Oh, nothing.” “It wasn’t important.”
Dr. Connie Mayer from York University, and Dr. Sue Archbold and Brian Lamb from the Cochlear Implant International Community of Action (CIICA) share the research and advocacy work of CIICA to understand the needs of adults with cochlear implants, services that are (or more frequently, are not) available to them, their experiences and recommendations for creating an international network of cochlear implant user groups, families, and professionals.
The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry) By Duncan Floyd Reviewed by Joshua Creppin, M.Sc., Audiologist, Reg. CASLPO This is the book I wish I had as an audiology student. Masking is perhaps a more intimidating and challenging concept to learn when beginning audiometry. As the author notes, masking is a topic with significant variability in theory…
January 10, 2024, Toronto – CHS Global Partnerships for Research & Innovation, a non-profit organization and strategic global leader in the advancement of research and innovation that improves the quality of life for Deaf and hard of hearing individuals, is excited to announce that it has awarded four additional research grants to institutions leading research that will…
Federal Government Position on OTC Devices Editor’s Note: Since the early studies of Professor Larry Humes, the idea of mild gain hearing aids that can be used by those adults with only a mild or moderate sensori-neural hearing loss, with no audiological input or verification, has been floated with the introduction of OTC hearing aids. …