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Volume 11
Commentary: Hearing loss, dementia and the danger of professional rabbit holes- a comment on Livinston et al., 2024
Editor’s Note: ENT & Audiology News, a British publication, was gracious enough to allow CanadianAudiologist to reprint this article by Doctors Munro and Dawes. Like a cup of tea, this article cuts through a labrynth of terminology and misinterpretation in this important area. Phrases such as “relative risk” are discussed to remind us that the word “relative” is not just an adjective, but that the phrase has a well-defined, and often misleading definition.
Technology Transition Points for Students with Hearing Loss, and the Role of Educational Audiologists and Teachers of the Deaf
This regular column by Dr Pam Millett has also been included as an article because of its importance providing the reader with a valuable insight into some issues regarding educational audiology.”
When the Client Decides to Change Their Hearing Health Care Professional
I am a big fan of hearing care professionals as a group and individually. Regardless of their designation, I respect and applaud the audiologists and hearing instrument specialists who have chosen the life of a clinician, researcher, But sometimes, the person with hearing loss (PWHL) changes their HCP.
The Role of AI in Audiology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is back in the spotlight with the news that Geoffrey Hinton (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto) was just awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his role as the “grandfather of AI”. It is a well-deserved reward for his ground-breaking academic studies. On this occasion, what could be more appropriate than a commentary on the role of AI in audiology?
How Well Do People with Early Onset Hearing Loss Age?
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with a late middle-aged neighbour who has lived with hearing loss since childhood. The conversation gave me some new insights into the differences between how aging adults adjust to late-onset hearing loss and how adults with early-onset hearing loss adjust to aging.
What Your Clients Hate to Hear!
Living with hearing loss is like drinking from a bottomless bowl of emotional soup. It’s a constant loop of mis-hears, repeats, and corrections, keeping our emotions in play. And we don’t do one emotion at a time! Hearing loss is more complicated than that; emotions stay close to the surface, ready to erupt.
Vision Loss as a New Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor for Dementia
The addition of vision as a new potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia is important for audiologists because many older adults with hearing loss also have vision loss. Reduced opportunities for multisensory integration and cross-modal compensation must be considered in all aspects of hearing care: screening, assessment, recommending technologies, and providing counselling or communication training.
Loneliness is Not an Age-Related Problem that Audiologists Can Solve Alone
Communication enables social relationships. Positive social relationships can have widespread health benefits. In promoting healthy aging, could audiologists do more to overcome the social isolation and loneliness of those living with hearing loss?
The Times They are A Changing
Barbara Weinstein comments on the retracted academic paper appearing in the Lancet Public Health titled: “Retraction of a Publication Error Reporting That Hearing Aid Use Modified Dementia Risk.
Help Your Clients Set Better Hearing Loss Goals
We’re well into a new year now, but it’s not too late to make resolutions, specifically goals for better hearing and communication. People with hearing loss have the power to reshape the flow of our daily communication lives.