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Volume 11

Striking the Right Balance: An Update from the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA) Vestibular Committee

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Michael Vekasi, AuD, R.Aud, Aud(C), FAAA provides an update on the work that the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA) vestibular committee is doing. 

Volume 10

Striking the Right Balance – The Vestibular Patient Journey: An Interview with a Patient Diagnosed with Concussion

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Erica Zaia, MSc, RAUD and Michael Vekasi, AuD, R.Aud, Aud(C), FAAA interview a patient presenting with dizziness and imbalance to look at how vestibular impairments negatively impact our patients’ quality of life and how our interactions with them contribute to their patient journey. This is the third article in this patient-focused series, featuring a patient diagnosed with concussion.

Striking the Right Balance: Air vs. Water Calorics for Vestibular Assessment

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Michael Vekasi, AuD, R.Aud, Aud(C), FAAA, shares a poster presentation on air versus water calorics he prepared during graduate school and given an updated literature search.

Volume 9

Striking the Right Balance: The Vestibular Patient Journey: An Interview with a Patient Diagnosed with Vestibular Neuritis

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Erica Zaia, MSc, RAUD and Michael Vekasi, AuD, R.Aud, Aud(C), FAAA interview a vestibular patient to look at how vestibular impairments impact our patients and how our interactions with them contribute to their patient journey. This is the first article in a series where we look at the vestibular patient journey.

Volume 8

Striking the Right Balance

Striking the Right Balance, Janine Verge, AuD, Michael Vekasi, AuD, Sue Ehler, Shannon Phillips, Ben Kuai, and Josh Creppin, MSc, write about the use of fall risk screening tools in an Audiology practice, paying tribute to November being Fall Prevention month!

Striking the Right Balance

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Michael Vekasi, Doctor of Audiology and Registered Audiologist, provides a book review for Electronystagmography and Videonystagmography: ENG/VNG, 2nd Edition by Devin L. McCaslin.

Striking the Right Balance

Michael Vekasi, AuD, R.Aud, Aud(C), FAAA and Erica Zaia, MSc, RAUD are coordinating the “Striking the Right Balance,” feature which will cover the latest information on ‘all things vestibular.’ If you would like to be more involved in all things vestibular, please sign-up for the Vestibular Special Interest Group. Sign-up by simply emailing CAAvestibular@gmail.com to…

Volume 0

Striking the Right Balance: Current Fall Prevention Strategies in Audiology Practice: A Review of the 2017 CAA Fall Prevention Survey Results

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Jillian Baxter, Lauren Dunphy, and Dana Song, audiology students at the School of Human Communication Disorders at Dalhousie University along with audiologists Michael Vekasi and Janine Verge discuss current fall prevention strategies in audiology practice and review the CAA National Vestibular Special Interest Group’s fall prevention survey results.

Volume 4

Striking the Right Balance

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Andrea Kuntz and Kegan Stephan, Audiology students at the School of Human Communication Disorders at Dalhousie University interview both Ruth Duggan, an occupational therapist and an occupational therapy student at Dalhousie University, Nisha Sandu, about exploring an inter-professional approach to fall prevention between occupational therapists and audiologists.

Striking the Right Balance – An Overview of “Vestibular Assessment and Management for Canadian Audiologists: A Scoping Review”

In this edition of “Striking the Right Balance,” Janine Verge and Michael Vekasi provide an overview of the newly released document, “Vestibular Assessment & Management for Canadian Audiologists: A Scoping Review.”