Editor’s Note: Quick Answers

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

After more than 40 years of being a clinical audiologist, I think that I can answer almost all questions about audiology. Well,… not all questions. Occasionally, I second guess myself or just realize that I don’t know everything after all! This issue of CanadianAudiologist.ca is totally dedicated to over 20 Quick Answers that help to…

Experimental Medicines for Hearing Loss: Are Prevention or Restoration Feasible?

Advances in understanding cell death in the inner ear have opened the door for identifying investigational medicines that may prevent hearing loss. There is reason to be hopeful that additional medicines will successfully navigate the regulatory process and one day be available for patient populations.

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

The ACHIEVE Study Results Do NOT Provide Evidence that “Hearing Aids Prevent Dementia” Over this past summer, the ACHIEVE study was presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Amsterdam and published in the Lancet by Dr. Frank Lin and his colleagues. ACHIEVE stands for Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (and I have…

Message from the Editor in Chief

Bluetooth (which turns 25 years old in May 2023) is not only a ghost’s favourite form of wireless transmission… actually, that’s Boootooth… but it may be coming to theatres soon. One of the most common telephone calls I receive clinically is about a Bluetooth-related problem. It could be an intermittency issue, an unpairing problem, or…

Non-Auditory Effects of Environmental Noise

The study of non-auditory effects of everyday environmental noise such as sleep disruptions and annoyance are not traditionally part of audiology. Most of the researchers are not audiologists, and the journals, while well-respected and peer-reviewed, are not mainstream audiology publications. This white paper is a primer for this important area of study and will also appear on the Canadian Academy of Audiology website at www.CanadianAudiology.ca.

Happenings

Horst Arndt, PhD 1940-2017 By Marshall Chasin I first met Horst when I was a graduate student in linguistics at the University of Toronto. As my time there was drawing to a close I started to look for a job – I had yet to discover the field of audiology. As it turns out, there…

Message from the President

This year we are having our 17th annual CAA national conference in Whistler, British Columbia Our first conference was held in 1998 in Mississauga, Ontario Soon after the idea came about that a national association with a national conference should afford equal opportunity for attendance across our great nation and the concept of moving venues…

Message from the President

The CAA Clinical Research Grant is an opportunity for clinicians to partake in clinical research with professional and financial support. CAA Science and Education Committee (SaEC) will help coordinate access to the proper resources (e.g., equipment, people, processes) and grant awards are up to $5000. We have awarded two previous research grants. The first grant…