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Volume 9
A Client’s Rant
A client sits down in the chair opposite you. You ask them how they’ve been. You don’t want a long recitation of what they’ve been up to, but you do want honest answers in the area of hearing and communication. If you had asked me how I wasin, say, early October, and I answered you…
When the Auditory Well of Vitality Runs Dry!
Gael can’t hear you, she’s too tired! When the auditory well of vitality runs dry…
Why Your Clients Need To Be More Strategic
A hearing aid is not the complete, standalone resource for every communication situation. Instead, the device is a component of your client’s personal hearing loss strategy for better communication.
Tinnitus Does Not Rule Me!
Gale Hannan gives us some insight into how she deals with tinnitus.
Book Review
HEAR & BEYOND: Live Skillfully with Hearing Loss Eberts, S, Hannan, G (2022). Page Two. ISBN 978-1-77458-160-5 (paperback)ISBN 978-1-77458-161-2 (eBook) Reviewed by Rex Banks, AuD, Reg. CASLPO Shari Eberts and Gael Hannan are arguably two of the most familiar faces in hearing health consumer advocacy on the planet. For years, I have been following both,…
Volume 8
Do You Talk to Your Clients About Self-Care?
Gael Hannan reminds practitioners that understanding the importance of self-care to the quality of life for people with hearing loss should be a critical component of your practice.
Why Asking Someone to Repeat Themselves is OK
It’s OK to ask for repeats – without apology and without shame. It’s part of our hearing loss toolkit. People in our lives want to communicate with us, and communication is a two-way street.
Does Your Client Need Someone Else Besides You?
You are a wonderful audiologist. I can say this because, even if I don’t know you, you are an audiology school graduate who cares about what you do – or you wouldn’t be reading Canadian Audiologist. And if you’re anything like 99% of the audiologists I have known and loved, then you’re not only good…
When They Take Away Your Hearing Aids
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.
Do You Tell Your Clients About Captioning?
Audiologists, do you accept that some (or many) of your clients need to use captioning? If so, are you helping them access it?