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Volume 12
Clinical Audiologists May Find It Confusing When Engineers Talk About Inductors, Resistors, And Capacitors As Simulators Such As “The Earmold Vent Functions As A Capacitor”. Audiologists Really Only Talk About Why A Certain Structure Such As An Earmold Vent Allows For The Reduction Of Low Frequency Sound Energy.
In the real world, motion of molecules is governed by the laws of physics. It just happens that many of those laws are expressed by equations involving complex numbers, which are real and imaginary numbers such as magnitude and phase representations.
Why Can Normal Hearing People Hear Better In Very Noisy Places With Earplugs?
Many of us have experienced going to a concert and listening to the music from the tenth row back. Even if you know the words to the songs, it can be difficult to hear them. However, if we were to use hearing protection (such as Musicians’ earplugs), the words are much more intelligible.
Volume 10
What is Bluetooth and Is It Secure?
CanadianAudiologist.ca sat down with Steve Armstrong of SoundGoodLabs to talk about Bluetooth.
Volume 7
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids—The Canadian Perspective
Over-the-Counter hearing aids have come up in talks and discussions at the annual CAA conference. This has led to the formation of an OTC working group and articles here in past issues of Canadian Audiologist. With this special issue, we are hoping to further the discussion.
Volume 3
SNR-Mate© A Useful, Effective, and Simple Test Lost to Time and Sound Card Changes
Wayne and Steve tell us the tale of the “SNR-Mate© A Useful, Effective, and Simple Test Lost to Time and Sound Card Changes.”
Volume 1
A Geek and His Hearing Aids
In this issue, Wayne Staab and Steve Armstrong tell us about how some hearing aid users have exceptional technical skills that can often challenge those who fit hearing aids.
Message from the Guest Editors
A vestibular tsunami is heading our way. The baby boom, the silver wave, the senior vortex. Statistics Canada estimates that the proportion of Canadians aged 65 and over will grow from one in seven Canadians in 2011, to almost one in four by 2036. This means the number of seniors is expected to double from…
The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex
Maxine Armstrong fills us in on the vestibulo-ocular reflex.
Bluetooth Technology – Part I
Wayne Staab and Steve Armstrong answer the questions “What is So Great About Bluetooth?”