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Canadian Audiologist

Vol. 13 • Issue 5 • 2026

The Official Publication of the Canadian Academy of Audiology

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Access Points: When “Accessible” Isn’t the Same as “Safe”: What Canada Should Know Before Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Arrive
by Lorin MacDonald
Early Development of Measurement Microphones, the Audiometer and its use in Sound Evaluation, the Decibel, and the Sound Level Meter
by Walter Montano Noral Stewart
Striking the Right Balance: Beyond Hearing Loss: The Overlooked Role of Vestibular Function in Children’s Balance and Development
by Melissa Hazen
From Knowledge to Action: Implementing a Group Intervention for First-Time Hearing Aid Users in Québec through a Clinical Research Partnership
by Alexandra Tessier Élodie Latreille Mireille Tardif Caroline Lafontaine Mathieu Hotton Claire Croteau Victoria Duda
What’s New about Getting Older
by Kathy Pichora-Fuller
Diabetes and Hearing Loss: Implications for Comprehensive Audiological Care
by Grace Malheiro Christine Meston Chris Allan Jana Bataineh Robin O'Hagan Danielle Glista
To the Brain and Back: Speech Emotion Perception, Hearing Loss, and Hearing Aid Use
by Brandon T. Paul
Sensory Neural Asymmetry Associated with a Long-Standing Conductive Component – A Case Study
by Dana Libman

Columns

Amplification
with Calvin Staples
Sound Business Sense
with Robert Traynor
Audiology in the Classrooms
with Pam Millett
From the Labs to the Clinics
with Robert V. Harrison
The Way I Hear It
with Gael Hannan
Volunteer Subjects Wanted for Online Research
with
Clinic Corner
with Salima Jiwani

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Volume 13

Access Points: When “Accessible” Isn’t the Same as “Safe”: What Canada Should Know Before Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Arrive

by Lorin MacDonald, CM, OOnt, LSM, JD

Access and safety are not the same thing. Lorin MacDonald takes a closer look at how OTC hearing devices are arriving in Canada.

Volume 7

Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids—The Canadian Perspective

by Steve Aiken, PhD Marlene Bagatto, AuD, PhD Steve Armstrong, BEng Canadian Academy of Audiology OTC Working Group

Over-the-Counter hearing aids have come up in talks and discussions at the annual CAA conference. This has led to the formation of an OTC working group and articles here in past issues of Canadian Audiologist. With this special issue, we are hoping to further the discussion.