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This week at Hearing International we are pleased to have two guest authors, Mr. Arun Kumar Yadav and Mr. Himanshu Kumar Sanju from the Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Amity Medical School, Amity University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.   Introduction According to ASHA (2005), Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) refers to ‘difficulties in the perceptual processing of auditory information in the

The big event of 2017 in the United States is the total eclipse of the sun happening today, August 21, 2017 at various times ar0und the country.  It is the first total eclipse visible in the United States since 1979, which makes it a bit of a special event for young and old alike.  States across a swath of the

Audiologists in various parts of the world have heard of Brain Hearing due to hearing aid marketing materials and training and continuing education programs.  This concept, now called by various marketing names, is beginning to become part of many hearing aid products…but WHY?  Where does this idea come from?  How long has it been around?  Is it a passing fluke

  Now it is official in Germany, the approximately 14,500 German Hörgeräteakustiker have become designated as Hörakustiker. These long-respected experts in hearing and hearing aids are now officially sanctioned as hearing care professionals by the German Federal Council. As such, the “equipment” portion of their title is no longer part of the name for their profession. Reason for the adjustment

Now that the American Academy of Audiology is almost 30 years old it has become common practice among some segments of the membership to use the term Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and designate that affiliation with the letters FAAA in their signature block as in John Jones, Au.D., FAAA.  As an association we are still contributing to

President Richard M. Nixon asked this question to his Chief of Staff, H.R Haldeman on the “smoking gun tape” of the Watergate scandal , it was the Friday after the Watergate Burglary, June 23, 1972….and the beginning of the end. The Tapes Just prior to assuming office in January, 1969, President Nixon learned that his predecessor, Lyndon Johnson, had installed

Think of the favorite sounds of summer.  The pulsing cadence of cicadas, creaking chorus of pond frogs, or clicking whirr of grasshoppers are common sounds heard in regions across the United States, but there are other favorite sounds from other places that make each place unique and summer wouldn’t be the same without them. The World Listening Project has announced

It is not often that good blogs come from family stories, but here is one that was irresistible to Hearing International this week. In the 1970s, most Audiology students were required to conduct a number of routine hearing evaluations in the development of clinical skills. In 1973, as part of that practical learning process, like many of my peers, I

Corn is authentically American. A member of the grass family, it was first domesticated from a wild grain several thousand years ago by Aztec and Mayan Indians in Mexico and Central America. The first corn was a loose-podded variety that looked like the seed head at the top of wheat stalks. The kernels were small and each covered by a

According to Lentin (2014), three of the five noisiest cities in the world are in India, Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Kolkata (Calcutta), and Delhi.  These are highly populated cities, with about 13 million, 14.3 million and 18 million people respectively.  Known as the entertainment, commercial fashion and financial centers for India, they all have severe city traffic and overpopulation, leading to