View Tag: ‘nature’
Volume 12
My Patients Almost Never Report Difficulty Hearing Nature Sounds (E.G., Birds, Bubbling Creeks) During Their Initial Consultation. Does This Mean They Can Hear These Sounds Or That These Sounds Aren’t Important To Them?
by Dina Lelic
Erin Picou, AuD., PhD, CCC-A
Valeriy Shafiro
Christian Lorenzi, PhD
Every patient is different, of course, but we would be surprised if patients with sensorineural hearing loss readily hear nature sounds such as animal vocalizations (birdsongs, insect stridulations) or geophysical sounds (wind, rain, thunder or stream sounds).
Volume 10
Is Green the Colour of Quiet and If A Walk Around the Block Can Improve Cognition, Then What about Camping?
by Kathy Pichora-Fuller, PhD, Aud(C), RAUD, FCAHS
Recent population health research in Canada and the USA suggests that middle-aged and older adults living in green neighbourhoods are cognitively younger than those living in less green (more grey) urban environments.