Hear In Private Practice

So far in this series I’ve discussed Kim, David, and Dr. Judy. Improvements in hearing aid technology and the skill of the audiologist have made it possible for each of these people to continue working despite deteriorating hearing that was pushing them to find another career. Today I introduce Sam, a machinist, who has very poor hearing. Like Kim, David,

The 10 articles in this continuing series entitled “Winning the War Against Hearing Loss” discuss miracles of modern audiology. So far, I have discussed Kim, whose hearing aids enabled her to go back to work in the high-level noise of a bar, and David, a real estate broker, who has overcome his problems using a cell phone with his hearing

Last month I read an article in the Huffington Post about who was standing up for hearing loss.  When I first read it I felt I had been out of the loop as I learned for the first time that Nelson Mandela, Jodi Foster and Malala Yousafzai all have/had hearing loss.  My first thought was along the lines of  “Why don’t

By: Bob Martin, AuD Miracles happen in our field. Last time I discussed Kim who, thanks to her hearing aids, was able to work in a noisy bar and save her family’s home. This week, I want you to meet David, a real estate agent with severe hearing loss. In the past he could not hear well with his cell

Marshall Chasin, Back to Basics (previously published in Hearing Review) Whenever I start to read about the impedance of structures, my eyes tend to glaze over. I understand that impedance is an important part of audiology and I certainly remember the formulae that we needed to learn in school which explains why stiffness and mass have different effects, but other

by Bob Martin, AuD   When we help people hear well, they radiate joy. My patient Kim is a perfect example. She is a young mother of three who came to me recently in tears. Her husband had lost his job and they were about to lose their house. “I know how to make money,” she told me. “I am

The last in the series of the Keynote speakers from the Women’s Presidents Organization from late April is Genevieve Bell. She is an Anthropologist who works at Intel. Yes, you read correctly, an Anthropologist. She is a perfect example of working outside of traditional career roles. It took Intel about a year to coax Ms. Bell out of academia to

Part 2 in a series Technology impacts everyday life. Last year while driving home after skiing at Mammoth we got caught in a blinding snowstorm. It was night. Visibility was zero. I could not see the road. I had no way of knowing when to turn to get back to our lodge. Fortunately, we had a new GPS unit that

By Marshall Chasin, AuD  (Previously published in Hearing Review)   This is a common question that I am asked and without further hesitation (since I have kept you waiting long enough), the answer is not as complex as you may think it is. And the answer is… the clarinet. I should point out that I am biased and play this

What a world! The nightly news programs hammer us with an endless stream of ugliness. But, for all the bad news that is reported, I believe there is an equal amount of good news, even if not all of it gets into the media. The good news often tells the stories of medical miracles: People without legs get new ones.