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.

What hearing aid parameters can we allow the musician to self-adjust?

Marshall Chasin

I am frequently asked by my musician clients if they can have control over my software programming tools when fitting and adjusting their hearing aid. At this point I usually look over my glasses frame and, with my best paternalistic look, I say “no”. At this point they get impatient with me until I explain in a calm and professorial

Les Personnes Malentendantes Ont Leur Place à la Table

Marshall Chasin

par Ruth Warick Le 11 mars 2010 est une journée historique pour notre communauté nationale des personnes handicapées. Le gouvernement canadien a ratifié la Convention des Nations Unies relatives aux droits des personnes handicapées. Le Canada fait maintenant partie des 84 pays qui ont approuvé ce traité international révolutionnaire. La Convention encourage l’égalité des droits et la pleine citoyenneté des

Big Brother Lives in New Orleans

Marshall Chasin

In their last series of meetings before this most recent municipal election, he New Orleans City Council and Mayor Mitch Landrieu had called for legislation that would in effect decree that no toilets can be flushed in New Orleans; no telephones can be used; no conversations can be held where there are more than four people talking; and no music

Acoustic Levitation

Marshall Chasin

Now, this is a great title. It sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone or a 1950’s Japanese Science Fiction monster movie where Godzilla meets Von Helmholtz. Well, that’s partially correct- it is something from the University of Tokyo in Japan, and the history is well known. It has to do with everything that has associations with wavelength resonances.

Who is Bob Oliveira? – part 2

Marshall Chasin

In part 1 of this series about Dr. Bob Oliveira we talked about the implications of his 1986 patent showing that a piece of tubing must be glued to a silicon earplug to prevent the ear phone from falling out of the silicon plug- low tech but very effective. Without the glue, we would not have people being able to

Who is Bob Oliveira? Part 1

Marshall Chasin

Try this experiment. Poke or drill a hole lengthwise in one of those yellow foam earplugs that are worn for hearing protection. They can be obtained from your local audiologist or even a pharmacy. For those technical people out there, the hole should be about 2.5 mm in diameter. Then place a standard #13 piece of hearing aid tubing through

L’importance de Bluetooth

Marshall Chasin

Par Adam Fitzsimmons Le fait d’avoir eu le privilège de rencontrer des centaines de professionnels de la santé auditive et leurs patients au cours de la dernière année m’a permis d’apprendre plusieurs choses à propos des demandes changeantes des Canadiens malentendants. Principalement, le besoin d’accéder à un nouveau monde de téléphones cellulaires multifonctions et d’autres gadgets sans fil croît de

Soft, Medium, Loud for Speech and Music- Part 4…For Brass Instruments

Marshall Chasin

This is the last in a four-part series touching on some of the problems associated with selecting the right programming features for a “music program”. Over the last three weeks (actually four since we took a break for the holidays, and I hope you all had a pleasant and relaxing time), I talked about the features of speech and how

Soft, Medium, Loud for Speech and Music- Part 3… for String Musical Instruments

Marshall Chasin

Welcome back from the Christmas break. I hope it was peaceful and relaxing. This is Part 3 in a four-part series that touches on some of the problems associated with selecting the programming features for a “music program”. Two weeks ago, I talked about the features of speech and how they may differ from those of music, as well as

Enfin en sécurité – Faire du vélo en ville

Marshall Chasin

Par Ruth Warick À quelle condition feriez-vous du vélo? Ce titre d’un article de mon journal local a attiré mon attention. La plupart des gens répondront qu’il faut avoir les moyens de s’offrir un vélo et tout l’attirail de cycliste et éviter une chute et une blessure à la tête ou ailleurs. Je répondrais probablement de la même manière à