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Volume 13
How Chronic Illnesses Impact Hearing, Balance, and Cognition: A Guide for Hearing Care Professionals
In 2024, the CDC listed each of the following 10 medical conditions as chronic illnesses: asthma, cancer (excluding skin cancer), chronic kidney disease (CKD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), coronary heart disease, depression, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and obesity/fall risk. Hearing loss, tinnitus, and fall risk can be associated with each of these illnesses likely due to ototoxicity, microangiopathy, genetics, and other etiologies. This article examines the risk, type, and degree of auditory-vestibular and cognitive symptoms which may occur in parallel with these chronic illnesses.
Volume 12
Striking the Right Balance
Are you interested in expanding your clinic’s services to include vestibular and balance testing but unsure where to begin or what tools are essential? Do you want to provide comprehensive audiological care and establish your clinic as a leader in audiology services? By identifying vestibular dysfunction early and connecting patients with the appropriate specialists or rehabilitation options, you position your clinic as a cornerstone in a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare. In this guide, we’ll explore practical, cost-effective ways to start incorporating vestibular and balance screenings into your hearing clinic with minimal initial investment.
Volume 11
Striking the Right Balance
Living with balance and dizziness issues can include living with fear and anxiety of what the next day or even the next moment might bring. For some the symptoms come and go, while for others the symptoms may be chronic and present at all times. The usually invisible nature of these illnesses brings on its own challenges. Are you faking it? Is this something you can just “get over” or make it go away?
Striking the Right Balance: An Update from the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA) Vestibular Committee
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Michael Vekasi, AuD, R.Aud, Aud(C), FAAA provides an update on the work that the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA) vestibular committee is doing.
Volume 8
Striking the Right Balance
Striking the Right Balance, Janine Verge, AuD, Michael Vekasi, AuD, Sue Ehler, Shannon Phillips, Ben Kuai, and Josh Creppin, MSc, write about the use of fall risk screening tools in an Audiology practice, paying tribute to November being Fall Prevention month!
Creative Audiology Problem Solving
In the early days of hearing science, audiologists and hearing scientists would develop solutions to problems by applying scientific knowledge and using a trial-and-error approach. Today, we focus on evidence-based practice, however, there are situations that may require creative thinking and problem-solving. Cory Portnuff shares three stories illustrating the benefits of thinking “outside of the box” for our patients.
Volume 6
Striking the Right Balance – Hearing and Balance: What is the Evidence?
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Maxime Maheu and his colleagues at the University of Montreal and the Montreal Geriatric University Institute summarize the current knowledge and offer important insight on the role of hearing in postural control.
Volume 4
Striking the Right Balance
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Andrea Kuntz and Kegan Stephan, Audiology students at the School of Human Communication Disorders at Dalhousie University interview both Ruth Duggan, an occupational therapist and an occupational therapy student at Dalhousie University, Nisha Sandu, about exploring an inter-professional approach to fall prevention between occupational therapists and audiologists.
Volume 3
Striking the Right Balance
Lisa Koch, AuD, discusses what she feels is the general scope of practice audiologists should consider when including vestibular rehabilitation in their practice.
Vestibular Assessment and Rehabilitation for Symptoms Following Concussion
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Patrick Thompson, physiotherapist
with LifeMark Health at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, discusses his clinical
experience with vestibular assessment and rehabilitation for symptoms following a concussion.