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Vice President, Audiology & Professional RelationsOticon, Inc.IntroductionI visited my favorite internet news site this morning and found a story about a new smart running...

One day, in March of 1994, I woke up with no hearing in my right ear. As you can imagine, it was quite a surprise. I was given steroids by my physician, in an attempt to restore...

Overview:Auditory processing is ''what the brain does with what the ear hears'' (Katz, 1992). Although the ear is responsible for picking up sound and directing it to auditory...

Richard Gans Ph.D. Founder and DirectorThe American Institute of Balancewww.dizzy.comIntroduction:Have you ever rolled over in bed to kiss your spouse goodnight, turn off the...

Editor's note: Although we don't usually publish ''op-ed'' material, this article presents compelling and important information, and I believe it is beneficial for all of us who...

As we enter the 21st century, it is encouraging to see an expanded interest among audiologists in providing organized programs of support for new hearing aid users and their...

Dealing with hearing loss is something you constantly adjust to throughout your lifetime. At the age of two, I was diagnosed with hearing loss. My mother noticed my language...

IntroductionConsumers report they want hearing aids to provide more benefit in noisy situations, have better sound quality and produce less feedback (Kochkin, 2002). Many of...

Health & Human Services/Research in Communicative DisordersIntroductionAmong the best-kept secrets in healthcare today are the many necessary and attendant services available...

Helen Keller was often quoted as saying blindness separated her from objects, while deafness separated her from people. Communication is what makes us human, and the exchange i...

Editors Note: It has been a joy and a delight to work with Mr. Betty on his adventures from hearing loss, to cochlear implantation, and back to his hearing world. I grateful t...

IntroductionIn the United States, an estimated 60,000 people per year acquire Single Sided Deafness (SSD), typically caused by viral infections, Menieres disease, head or ear...

Tacoma, WashingtonCochlear Implant surgery is fairly well known by the surgeons and the audiologists that deal with it all the time. Afterall, cochlear implants have been appr...

How often have you sat in meetings, and even though you didnt hear the joke, laughed because everyone else did? How often have you pretended to hear, when reallythe sounds were...

N. Las Vegas, NevadaIn the year 2000, my life came to a screeching halt. I was suddenly deaf and could not accomplish my daily living tasks as I had done for 50 some years. The...

Professional Services CoordinatorBionic Ear AssociationAdvanced BionicsSanta Clarita, CAMay is Better Hearing Month and it is, therefore, a perfect time to reflect on the...

An oft-repeated caution given in the doctors office to patients goes something like this: ''Put nothing smaller than your elbow in your ears.''Predictably, the refrain from the...

America's voice for people with hearing loss.www.hearingloss.orgIntroductionA major focus of SHHH is making sure that anyone who needs hearing aids is able to get them. There are...

Legislative Counsel to the Hearing Industries AssociationAlexandria, VirginiaFinancial assistance may be on the way for millions of older Americans and children who have...

In addition to working to assess and remediate hearing loss, audiologists have a professional responsibility to prevent hearing loss from occurring if/when possible. Prevention...

Getting a cochlear implant was one of the more gratifying things Ive done. It means so much to me to have the implant, and not a day goes by when I dont enjoy it. Ive discovered...

Cochlear Implant Education CenterLaurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet UniversityWashington, D.C.Cochlear implant technology provides deaf children with access...

The primary goal of pediatric habilitation among audiologists and speech language pathologists is the development of age-appropriate language and reading skills so children can...

You look around and cannot understand what others are saying. You catch a word here and there. What are they talking about? Were they talking to me? Their mouth...

No one doubts that in the last ten years hearing aids have become smaller and ''smarter.'' Many are now capable of processing speech and noise in ways we could hardly have...