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With the recent centenary of the death of Adam Politzer (1835-1920). Mudry and Riddington Young take a look back at the man who has been as the Father of Otology and was certainly the most influential person in otology in the latter half of the 19th century.
Despite limited published research, there is some emerging evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus or COVID-19 can be found in the cerumen in about a third of newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients. Whether traces of the virus will be present in ‘long-haulers’ is still unknown and open for additional research.
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance”, Emma LeBlanc, AuD writes a follow-up opinion piece to the article “Looking to the Future of Vestibular Practice in Canada” written by Carolyn Falls, MCISc, that was published in Canadian Audiologist (Volume 7, Issue 6, 2020).
The “Make Listening Safe workgroup,” an initiative of The World Health Organization, shares their article on standards for safe listening in the industry, for personal music players and for personal amplifiers.
This article takes readers on an extraordinary journey of the auditory system and looks at some of the interesting implications of right-ear advantage in terms of binaural processing, speech understanding, and amplification.
Hearing-aid verification provides an essential tool for improving audibility while maintaining safe amplification levels, but previous research raises questions about whether these practices are sufficient to prevent further hearing loss.
CAA News March 2021:
1. New CAA Service: Equipment Sales Board
2. IDA Institute: Growing up with Hearing Loss
Industry News March 2021:
1. Obituary: Brad Allard
2. Obituary: Pat Stelmachowicz
3. National Online Hearing Loss Peer Mentoring Program
4. Oticon University Program Launches Online Lecture Series for Audiology Graduate Students
5. Together, we will provide vitally needed hearing aids to those impacted by the challenges of 2020.
John Franks shares a story from the 1970s where an unfortunate oversight led to an unconventional treatment discovery.
There’s a special kind of deaf felt by people who use hearing aids all the time, every minute of their waking day. This special deaf is what you become when your devices are removed—to be examined by the technical gods because Something. Is. Wrong.