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Part II:  The Logistics of Providing Audiology Outreach in Northern Communities by Jack Scott, Ph.D.  The only road into Attawapiskat, Canada, is available during the winter months and, even then, it is a precarious drive over a frozen river.   At certain times of the year the ice may be thick enough to support standard vehicles, and when it is especially

The Need for Audiology Outreach in Northern Communities by Jack Scott, Ph.D. Dr. Jack Scott, guest author of this week’s post on Hearing International, is an Assistant Professor/Clinical Supervisor at Western University,London, Ontario, Canada.  Jack is discussing a program where services are brought to a remote part of Canada………   From the sky, the reserve of Attawapiskat looks like a postage stamp crisscrossed

As much as 5% of the population is born with some kind of ear malformation.  Most of these malformations are minor, but others such as Microtia usually involve the middle ear as well and can be much more than mere malformation of the auricle.  Paul Stanley of KISS grew up with a class 3 Microtia and, to keep the bullies away,

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Last month the world lost a major contributor to radio and television; also a film writer, actor and director whose career spanned 60 years.  Eric Sykes. 89. died after a short illness. Sykes was a world renowned comedian but best known in Britain for his comedy acts and a BBC show, “Sykes” during the 1970s.  His skills put him in the middle

Last week we introduced Echolocation and this week we will focus on how this procedure has been used with visually impaired humans.   Since bats, dolphins and others are able to use echolocation, it is possible to see with your ears.  Although most audiologists understand the physics of sound and its echoing possibilities, it is still foreign to consider that humans could actually navigate using echolocation. Supa et al

This week at Hearing International we will begin a series on Echolocation.  There have been reports of humans using echolocation as part of mobility training for the blind.  Seeing with your ears?  Is that possible? As audiologists we all know lot about hearing and hearing rehabilitations, amplification and other techniques, but using the auditory system to see may be a bit foreign to us.   If

Last week Hearing International discussed hard of hearing Olympians of yesteryear. This week we concentrate on athletes with hearing loss who are participating in the 2012 London Games. As of August 7, the Gold medal count for the USA was 29,  3 medals behind China and 10 ahead of the next closest competitor, Great Britain. ————————————————————————– One of the USA standout teams in

Many thanks to my colleague editors at HHTM for a great two-week break.  Hopefully, Hearing International readers enjoyed the encore performance of some of the Best of Hearing International over the past couple of weeks.  Since the 2012 Olympics are currently going on in London, It seemed reasonable to discuss some recent hearing-impaired Olympians and their contribution to the Games. 

Sherman (2009) states that Vincent Van Gogh is not only universally recognized as among the great artists in history, but also as the tortured genius and crazy painter who sliced off his own ear. Art-loving audiologists from around the world have long been baffled by Van Gogh’s loss of his right pinna and his much-discussed hearing impairment. Vincent Van Gogh,