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Toward LGBTQIA+ Cultural Competence
Western University’s Steve Jones gives us some wonderful insight on becoming more sensitive to the needs of patients and clients in “Toward LGBTQIA+ Cultural Competence.”
Unraveling the Mystery of Hair Cell Death from Noise
As we learn more about the mechanisms of cochlear cell death, we will have the opportunity to intervene and prevent NIHL. The future will be exciting for audiology as we potentially become involved in administering antioxidant therapies in advance of noise exposure or preventing the cascade of events that lead to ROS formulation, cochlear cell death, and NIHL post exposure.
The Way I Hear It – The Book!
Our wonderful columnist Gael Hannan has a new book called The Way I Hear It. Read all about it in this issue.
Australian HEARsmart Targets Unhealthy Listening Habits
In a wonderful submission from Elizabeth Beach and Jane Sewell, we learn about how the new Australian HEARsmart program targets unhealthy listening habits.
New Australian Initiative Puts the Spotlight on Personal Leisure Noise Risk
In our second submission from our new friends Down Under, we learn more about HEARsmart, led by the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), and how they are making more people aware of dangerous leisure noise exposure and the actions that can be taken to avoid it.
Eriksholm Research Centre – A World-Class Research Facility Located in Denmark
Located 35 km north of Copenhagen – and 50 km away from Oticon’s headquarters – you find Eriksholm Research Centre. Bo Westergard speaks with Uwe Hermann, the senior director of Eriksholm Research Centre, about how their researchers make audiological discoveries with the potential to provide significant end-user benefits in future hearing care.
Binaural Beamforming and Directionality: Siemens Technology Holds Clear Performance Advantage
In this Siemens-sponsored advertorial we learn about Since the inception of directional processing in hearing aids, Siemens has been at the forefront of development and research.
Student Poster Presentations
In this issue, we are proud to present two Student Poster Presentations from the 2014 CAA Conference. In this issue we give you, Kayla Danino’s “Concussions and Permanent Hearing Loss,” and Brendan MacDonald’s “ECoG as a Monitoring Tool for Meniere’s Disease.”
Columns
The Wired Audiologist
Peter give us some insight into a particular issue faced by people with hearing loss in his latest column entry called, “Names…My Greatest Nightmare.”
Other People's Ideas
Courtesy of our friends at HearingHealthMatters.org, Calvin Staples illustrates how clinicians can best serve their patients by keeping on top of the latest advances in pharmacology.
The Way I Hear It
Gael Hannan give us the wonderful lowdown on what it’s really like during an intimate gathering of 150 people with hearing loss at the recent CHHA Conference in Halifax.
Striking the Right Balance
In this issue’s installment, Dr. Neil Bailie gives us an update on Meniere’s disease.
Trends
Class is in session as Wayne Staab gives us some Hearing Testing History on the Western Electric 2-A Audiometer.
Stories from Our Past
George J Frye muses that evolution can occur that has little effect on the outward appearance of the object. While this involves operator interface features of an instrument rather than its inner workings, does this apply to instruments used in audiology?
Noisy Notes
With kind permission from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, we are pleased to reprint their terrific article, “Reducing the Risk of Hearing Disorders among Musicians.”
From the Centre Out
Kim Tillery returns to From the Centre Out for this issue and shares “Some Interesting Cases in APD Evaluations.”
Back to Basics
Inspired by a recently purchased home theatre system, Marshall Chasin uses his audiology training to deduce which was the AM antenna and which was the FM.