Marshall Chasin

Marshall Chasin, AuD, is an audiologist and the Director of Auditory Research at the Musicians’ Clinics of Canada, Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto (in Linguistics), Associate Professor in the School of Communication Disorders and Sciences at the Western University. He is the author of over 200 articles and 7 books including Musicians and the Prevention of Hearing Loss. Dr. Chasin has been the recipient of many awards over the years including the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Award for service to Canada and the Canada 150 Medal in 2017. He has developed a new TTS app called Temporary Hearing Loss Test app.

The Red Violin

Marshall Chasin

Right off the top, this blog entry has nothing to do with music and hearing loss. It does however have something to do with what happened last Thursday eve. I was up in cottage country and my wife had bought two tickets to see the Red Violin. This was in a small Adirondack town called Indian River. There is a

Vincent Van Gogh and his hearing

Marshall Chasin

Now, I realize that Vincent Van Gogh was not a musician… well, maybe he was, but alas we will never know for sure. Some recent research has been uncovered in some writings from the physician that treated him after his self-inflicted ear-adectomy. I am sure that if I had listened better to my undergraduate Latin and classics professors I would

L’emploi de mes rêves

Marshall Chasin

Sylvain Sauve occupe un emploi rémunéré de camionneur – le travail dont il rêvait! Mais ça n’a pas toujours été le cas. En 2004, j’ai obtenu un permis de conduire AZ et j’avais hâte de montrer ce que je pouvais faire et de faire ce que j’aimais. Je pouvais accomplir le travail, mais à l’époque aucun employeur de ma région

To vent or not to vent. That is the question – Part 3

Marshall Chasin

In parts one and two of this blog series, the creation of a vent-associated resonance, called an inertance, was discussed. Venting can reduce the echoey, back pressure sensation with hearing protection for musicians, especially for brass players, some reeded woodwinds, and for vocalists. However, the mass of air in the vent can oscillate and create a potentially unwanted low frequency

To vent or not to vent / That is the question- part 2

Marshall Chasin

In part one of this blog series, the benefits of having a small 1.4 mm (1/16”) vent drilled into a musicians’ earplug were discussed. Apparently this question was first addressed by Shakespeare himself, but later addressed by more modern Bards. In the original form, he wrote “To vent, or not to vent/That is the question…”, but of course his editor

Un emploi intéressant- section 3

Marshall Chasin

Continuation de 22 de Juin et July 5, 2016 Par Mark Wafer Discours principal de l’assemblée générale annuelle de la SCO Il y a quelques mois, j’ai eu l’occasion de m’entretenir avec Randy Lewis, vice-président de la chaîne d’approvisionnement pour Walgreens, et il m’a dit qu’habituellement, six mois après l’ouverture d’un nouveau CD, les dirigeants rencontrent les travailleurs pour déterminer

To vent or not to vent… that is the question- part 1

Marshall Chasin

I have it on good authority that before Shakespeare became a writer, he enrolled in one of the fist Audiology programs in England- Audiology on Avon. And one of his university papers was entitled, “To vent or not to vent”. Of course, everyone knows that Shakespeare flunked out and became the Bard we know and love. He used his audiology

Un emploi intéressant- section 2

Marshall Chasin

Continuation de 22 de Juin, 2016 Par Mark Wafer Discours principal de l’assemblée générale annuelle de la SCO Dans les 17 dernières années, nous avons employé 82 personnes handicapées et aujourd’hui, 33 de mes 210 employés ont une incapacité. Au fil du temps, j’ai constaté que l’embauche de personnes handicapées favorisait énormément le succès de mon entreprise. À tel point

Have we really come so far? Part 2

Marshall Chasin

Tony Laviola is a well respected hard of hearing bass player who sees no problems wearing hearing aids… as long as they work! Italian born Toronto bass player Tony Laviola has played almost all styles of music since 1966 . R&B, rock , blues, country, jazz, showbands, tribute artists and singer-song-writers including Marc Jordan and Ron Nigrini. Debbie Bechamp, “Stix

Un emploi intéressant- section 1

Marshall Chasin

Par Mark Wafer Discours principal de l’assemblée générale annuelle de la SCO Bonjour, c’est un plaisir d’être ici ce matin pour aborder un sujet auquel chacun de nous ici présent s’est trouvé confronté à un moment dans sa vie : un emploi intéressant. Mais permettez-mod’abord de vous parler de moi et de la façon dont je me retrouve ici aujourd’hui.