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Volume 9
Mysteries of the Hearing Brain: Aging and Cochlear Implants
Although never directly involved in cochlear implant fittings, Samira Anderson’s practice changed dramatically when cochlear implantation became a viable solution for many patients.
Volume 7
Cochlear Implant Decision-Making for Children with Residual Hearing
The proportion of children with residual hearing who receive cochlear implants is increasing across Canada and worldwide. Na et al’s research is a useful first step in providing evidence to assist the CI decision-making process for this specific population.
Music Learning for Hearing Impaired and Deaf Children: Capabilities and Effects
The uOttawa Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from uOttawa Audiology and the ENT and Otolaryngology clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), has been running a research program to investigate the abilities of cochlear implant (CI) recipients in learning and performing music, and the effects of music learning on their hearing system and well-being.
Testing for Cochlear Dead Regions: Audiometer Implementation of the TEN(HL) Test
High thresholds in the TEN are likely in all cases to be associated with a poor ability to understand speech when background sounds are present.
Mysteries of the Hearing Brain — What Can Rate Code Tell Us About Cochlear-Implant and Older Listeners?
Samira Anderson looks at how impaired rate discrimination may affect an older person’s ability to understand speech in a cocktail party scenario.
Volume 6
Importance of Vestibular Testing in Cochlear Implant Assessments
In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Audiologist Myron Huen from the Cochlear Implant team at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, shares her experience performing vestibular assessments in Cochlear Implant candidates.
Volume 5
Introducing Mysteries of the Hearing Brain!
Our newest contributor, Samira Anderson, provides a bit of personal and professional background, and the basis for her new column.
Cochlear Implantation: A Great Boost to Hearing Health Care
Bob was recently invited to write the foreword to a new textbook on cochlear implants and implantable hearing devices, and in particular asked to give some historical perspectives. He shares it with us in this issue as “Cochlear Implantation: A Great Boost to Hearing Health Care.”
Miss Sherlock Figures Out the Sounds
Gael Hannan give us some insight on the bimodal life where one sound has two different profiles when delivered through different technologies.
Volume 4
The CAA Annual Conference Was Great Except for One Thing…
After a very successful and interesting CAA Conference, Bob Harrison wonders why there was not one single session related to cochlear implantation.