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Volume 12
Educational Audiology
In my last column, I talked about kindergarten registration and considerations for ensuring that students have a successful transition into school. This column will focus on the students at the other end of their educational journey, students in high school.
What’s New about Getting Older
Beyond improving communication, it is imperative to position hearing healthcare in the broader context of healthy aging because there are important links between hearing health and many physical, mental, and social aspects.
The Way I Hear It
Welcome to What Do I Call Myself, not a particularly fun game but it keeps people hot under the collar, revived every time somebody on Facebook asks what they should call themselves.
The Artificial Eardrum: How an Eggshell Membrane Fed a German ENT Family
Author Wolf Lubbers shares his vivid personal boyhood memories of how perforated eardrums indirectly supplemented his weekly diet in post-war Germany.
The Effect of Shooting Glasses on Earmuff Attenuation Measured with Acoustic Test Fixtures and Firearm Impulses
Firearm users are faced with conflicting or inaccurate information when choosing personal protective equipment. While both ballistic safety glasses and hearing protection are recommended for use with firearms, product labeling does not reflect potential changes in performance when using both devices simultaneously.
Connecting Those with Hearing Loss to Surgical Centres When Hearing Aids Aren’t Enough
The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2050, nearly 2.5 billion people will have some degree of hearing loss with approximately 700 million requiring hearing healthcare services. What remains to be determined is the proportion of individuals with hearing loss who will require implantable hearing devices. This article outlines bone conduction and cochlear implant systems in general.
Audiology in the Classroom
February is the month when registration for kindergarten opens for families, so it’s not too early to start thinking about what our students need to navigate this important transition. The first day of kindergarten is a big step, usually consisting of equal parts excitement, uncertainty, nervousness, and anticipation.
The Way I Hear It
Recently, my consumer articles for HearingHealthMatters.org (HHTM) have centred on how we, as people with hearing loss, handle the small indignities of the hearing loss life – the incidents that, while common, still manage to spark an uncomfortable emotional response every time.
Hearing Health and Cognitive Health: Ten Things That People Who Are Hard of Hearing Should Know
Over the last four decades, research has shown that there are connections between hearing and cognition in older adults. Over the last few years, research has turned to some important questions. What reasons explain why hearing loss and cognitive decline or dementia seem to be connected? If they are connected by a known cause, then could treatments for hearing loss reduce cognitive decline or dementia? If another cause affects both hearing and cognition, then could treatments for their common cause protect both hearing health and cognitive health? Here are ten things that people who are hard of hearing should know about what we know so far about the answers to these questions. These points will be expanded in future articles.
Volume 11
A Life In and Out of Music
Stu Nunnery is a late deafened musician who had to leave music, and now, after much hard work, is back.