There’s a right to hear or not to hear, but none to deny another’s right to hear
Editors Note: This post was originally posted February 2012. By David H. Kirkwood Two recent posts at Hearing Views addressed basic rights related to hearing health care: the right to have access to hearing care technology and services and the right not to use that access. “AN ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFIT” The February 8 Hearing…
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The kids are all right: Universal Newborn Hearing Screenings
David Kirkwood first published this post in June of 2011. In 2016, we are still working to have universal newborn hearing screenings across the world. Nearly everyone would agree that there is never a good time for a baby to be born deaf or with a significant hearing loss. And children who suffer hearing loss…
Read MoreThe Affordable Care Act will change the landscape in audiology
By George Lyons Jr. Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last year and the centerpiece of the Obama Administration’s first term, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is on track to trigger change in the U.S. health care system that will have an impact on how audiologists practice. It is important, therefore, for…
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