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.

Soft, Medium, Loud for Speech and Music- Part 2 – For Reeded Instruments

Marshall Chasin

This is the sec0nd post in a four-part series that touches on some of the problems associated with selecting the programming features for a “music program”. Last week’s post talked about the features of speech and how they may differ from those of music. Part 2 (this week) and Parts 3 and 4 (to be published after a one-week break

Le sexe et les malentendants

Marshall Chasin

Par Marilyn Dahl Un participant au site Web Healthy Hearing (Ouïe saine) estime qu’il semble étrange d’affirmer qu’un appareil auditif peut améliorer votre vie sexuelle. Il cite des conclusions de recherches du National Council on Aging sur les effets de l’utilisation d’un appareil auditif sur les relations des personnes malentendantes, y compris des ameliorations de la vie sexuelle. Je suis

Soft, Medium, Loud for Speech and Music- Part 1… for speech

Marshall Chasin

This is part 1 of a four-part series that touches on some of the problems associated with selecting the programming features for a “music program”. This part talks about the features of speech and how these may differ from those of music. Parts 2, 3, and 4 will talk about the various characteristics of reeded musical instruments, stringed instruments, and

An open letter to DJs

Marshall Chasin

Hey, stupid DJs, listen up! Actually that’s a really stupid way to begin an open letter to DJs, or for that matter to anyone else. And I apologize for that, especially if you are bigger than me. But it did get your attention. DJs are amazing people who have a memory that is probably unlike that of the vast majority

The Case of the Missing Fundamental

Marshall Chasin

After last week’s post was published on this blog, I received a deluge of emails about the phenomenon that I had mentioned called the Missing Fundamental. I had discussed this in the context of saying that even though there is a significant amount of very low-frequency energy in music–essentially the entire left side of the piano keyboard–we don’t need to

L’accessibilité dans la vie Quotidienne

Marshall Chasin

par Ruth Warick Lorsque quelqu’un propose d’aller au cinéma, votre première réaction est-elle l’enthousiasme et la joie? Où, comme dans mon cas, avez-vous un movement de recul par crainte de ne rien entendre? Cette reaction est courante pour ceux d’entre nous qui ont une déficience auditive, mais l’effet de spectacles inaccessibles est que nous nous isolons socialement et que nous

A Musicians’ Wish List

Marshall Chasin

Audiologists are understandably concerned with things that they can do something about. Typically this means adjusting the programming software to the extent that they can in order to optimize a signal for speech and for music. In some cases this is all that can be offered to a particular client. This isn’t a criticism, but just a description of the

Critical Levels of Music and Noise

Marshall Chasin

How can I ensure that the music will not damage my ears? I get this question often, either on my blog, personal email, or from my musician clients whom I see clinically. My answer is “If the music is less than 85 decibels you are not at risk, and even if you are in a musical environment above 85 decibels,

Comment faites-vous pour trouver un bon leader?

Marshall Chasin

Il est question de leadership depuis l’époque de Platon. Dans tous les types d’organisation, partout dans le monde, on entend la même plainte, « Nous manquons de leadership » et la même question, « Comment pouvons-nous obtenir de bon leaders? ». Des milliers de livres et d’articles ont abordé le sujet et de nombreuses théories ont été émises. Fondamentalement, ces

“I LIVE IN A %%##! SOUND TUNNEL!”

Marshall Chasin

I have actually heard this expletive from several musicians over the years. And if you think that it’s just from a Rocker, you are wrong, although, Rock musicians do tend to use more creative expletives than their classical colleagues. The study of musician expletives would make an interesting Capstone study for an interested graduate student of audiology. What can be