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Volume 9

Summary Paper – Auditory Changes Following Firearm Noise Exposure, A Review*

by Kristine Sonstrom Malowski, AuD, PhD Heather Malyuk, AuD Colleen Le Prell, PhD

The author detail why only by providing comprehensive testing to patients at risk for firearm noise exposure will early signs of injury be detected in high-risk populations.

Volume 5

Hidden versus Not-so-Hidden Hearing Loss

by Colleen G. Le Prell, PhD

The term hidden hearing loss has been used by some to refer more generically to functional deficits such as difficulty understanding speech-in-noise, tinnitus, and hyperacusis, based on the hypothesis that these functional deficits, which are “hidden behind a normal audiogram.” To avoid confusion, it is helpful to use precise language when referring to synapse loss, rather than using the term “hidden hearing loss.”

Volume 1

Impulse Noise Produced by Weapons: Implications for Hearing Conservation

by Edward Lobarinas, PhD and Colleen G. Le Prell, PhD

Edward Lobarinas, PhD and Colleen G. Le Prell, PhD explore the possible added dangers to hearing from the trend in military and law enforcement towards the use of rifles for added accuracy and longer engagement distances.