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.

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.

Have We Really Come So Far? Part 1

Marshall Chasin

When I first started as a young audiologist in 1981, custom hearing aids were not yet being marketed and all that was available were rather large sized BTE aids, eyeglass aids, and even body aids. I recall that there was an Oticon P11P and a Wilco H37D body aid. The Wilco H37D came with either a red or a yellow dot

How the correct hearing protection reduced wrist strain for a viola player

Marshall Chasin

Years ago I wrote an article called “My wrist sings the blues”. I think it may have been in the now defunct journal Hearing Instruments which was the predecessor of Hearing Review. This was a long time ago when the alphabet only had 24 letters and pi only had 7 decimal places. The idea behind the article is that non-hearing

Vivre son rêve

Marshall Chasin

par Cathy Cuthbertson Jalen Harris, 6 pi 3 po, 220 lb, 3e but d’Etobicoke (Ontario), a été sélectionné au repêchage de la MJB en juin 2011. Il a signé avec les Brewers de Milwaukee et s’est présenté au camp d’entraînement de l’équipe le 12 juin, et il joue actuellement dans la Rookie League de l’Arizona. Le fait d’avoir été repêché

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The Walls of Jericho came tumbling down…

Marshall Chasin

I was asked a question recently about the fabled Walls of Jericho that came tumbling down in biblical times. This person wanted to know the acoustics of such an event and whether it could have actually happened. After all, we know the acoustics of soprano singers being able to break high quality crystal glasses. The short answer is “no- this

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De l’analyse des situations de communication aux stratégies de compensation

Marshall Chasin

Par Jérôme Goust Dans ce quatrième volet de la série d’articles sur les réalités de la malentendance, Jérôme Goust expose les stratégies de compensation mises en place par les malentendants pour s’adapter aux différentes situations de communication qu’ils rencontrent. La personne malentendante a besoin de comprendre son environnement sonore : identifier les bruits, interpréter les paroles. Il ne s’agit pas

The Musician as an Advocate

Marshall Chasin

I recall doing some media events as far back as the 1980s, usually in conjunction with a professional musician, about the importance of protecting your hearing. If it was a phone-in show, the musician handled 90% of the calls and I was given 1 or 2. Similarly over the years, if I did a media event alone, there was little

A 3 year old Russian drummer prodigy

Marshall Chasin

There is a 3 year old Russian drummer who seems to be defying the rules of neuroanatomy. There just isn’t enough neural maturation to be able to play this well, and he appeared equally able to hit with his right hand as his left hand- except for dropping the drum stick on one occasion. Even young Mozart was 5 when

The Simplistic Nature of Asymptotic Hearing Loss

Marshall Chasin

I love seeing 15 year old kids for a musicians’ hearing assessment. These are generally extremely talented and hard working young people who are doing everything they can to assure themselves of a life long career in some aspect of music and the arts. Even at age 14 they are aware that the road ahead will not be smooth, with

Dîner Au Bistro des Malentendants : Bien manger… Bien entendre

Marshall Chasin

Par Gael Hannan Les personnes malentendantes aiment manger – parce qu’elles sont humaines par-dessus tout. Cependant, quand nous mangeons à l’extérieur, nous pénétrons dans un des environnements de communication des plus difficiles – le restaurant. Qu’il s’agisse d’un établissement ordinaire ou de plus haut de gamme, la plupart des restaurants offrent, avec les horsd’oeuvre, le plat principal et le dessert,