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.

Surmonter la tragédie

Marshall Chasin

Republished from the October 2008 issue of Listen/Ecoute, with kind permission of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association. par Jacquie Reid Il y a deux ans, une tornade a ravagé l’école intermédiaire Lawfield, l’endommageant sans possibilité de reconstruction. Une nouvelle école Lawfield ultra moderne, située sur la montagne est de Hamilton, a ouvert l’année dernière, offrant des installations pour accueillir 550 étudiants et conçue pour assurer

Dr. Amar Bose (1929-2013)

Marshall Chasin

Dr. Amar Gopal Bose (1929-2013) passed away earlier this month leaving the helm of a corporation that he helped guide for almost 50 years. In a message from Bob Maresca of Bose, he states that “Dr. Bose…. was more than a chairman. He was our teacher – always encouraging us, always believing that we could do great things, and that

A musicians’ hearing assessment is not a musicians’ assessment

Marshall Chasin

For years I referred to what I do with a musician to be a “musician’s HEARING assessment”. Recently I have seen the error in my ways and now call it a “musician’s assessment”. This may seem trivial, but it is a better reflection of what I can offer to musicians. The word “hearing” denotes that I am interested in hearing,

Quand partenariat et innovation vont de pair

Marshall Chasin

Republished from the February 2008 issue of Listen/Ecoute, with kind permission of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association. par Francine Kennedy Selon l’Association des malentendants canadiens (AMEC) et l’Association des Sourds du Canada (ASC), près de trois millions de Canadiens ont une forme quelconque de déficience auditive, d’où l’importance de trouver des solutions novatrices, comme le sous-titrage par reconnaissance vocale, pour leur faciliter l’accès à l’information. Puisqu’un

A cigar may be more than just a cigar?

Marshall Chasin

With apologies to Sigmund Freud, a cigar may be more than just a cigar. John- not his real name. It’s actually Alex, but we will call him John- walks into my clinic for a musicians’ assessment. I no longer call it a “musicians’ hearing assessment” because I find that “hearing” is only one small part of it, but that’s next

Fireworks are not so bad after all!

Marshall Chasin

On Monday we celebrated Canada Day (July 1) which is like the American July 4 except that it’s in Canada, its three days earlier, we drink Molson Canadian beer rather than some south-of-the-border brand, and it has nothing to do with independence from our colonial fathers. Canada Day is about the confederation of 4 provinces into the Dominion of Canada-

Le Canadian Centre for Verbatim Studies

Marshall Chasin

Republished from the February 2008 issue of Listen/Ecoute, with kind permission of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association. Par Kimberley Stewart, Présidente Canadian Centre for Verbatim Studies Conformément au mandat fondamental de l’Association des malentendants canadiens visant l’avancement de l’éducation, de l’accès, de la sensibilisation publique et de l’entraide de la communauté des personnes malentendantes du Canada, en qualité de propriétaire et présidente du

It’s not all about the music!

Marshall Chasin

THIS BLOG HAS BEEN WRITTEN SUCH THAT IT CAN BE COPIED AND GIVEN OUT TO YOUR CLIENTS: (It is the correct length to be copied onto your clinic letterhead, with the source cited as “from HearingHealthMatters.org/HearTheMusic) It’s not all about music! Well, it is, but when it comes to our daily dose of exposure to all sounds, music may be

La Deficience Auditive A Ses Avantages

Marshall Chasin

Republished from the August 2007 issue of Listen/Ecoute, with kind permission of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association. par Ruth Warick Pour mes études de doctorat, j’ai étudié les expériences d’étudiants malentendants à l’université et j’ai dressé une liste de questions dont l’une aborde les difficultés liées à une déficience auditive. Ma conseillère de thèse a dit que je devrais également traiter des avantages éventuels du

Best of Hear The Music: How to test your favorite hearing aid for music

Marshall Chasin

Several years ago I wrote an article on how to test whether your favorite hearing aid can handle the more intense inputs that are typically found with music. {{1}}[[1]](Chasin, M., Can your hearing aid handle loud music? A quick test will tell you, The Hearing Journal, December, 2006. 22-24.[[1]] You may be recommending and fitting an absolutely wonderful hearing aid