Tele-audiology offers great promise in reaching underserved people globally
Editor’s Note: This post, first published on August 23, 2011, ended with a hearkening of the future that is becoming a reality for audiology services as we enter 2019. It bears republication as a reminder of the thinking and technology in place nearly 8 years ago. “In light of the global shortage of hearing health…
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Audiology: An Introspection, Part 2
By Robert Castleton Wormus “The history of audiology, as well as general information about its scope, and who practices it, must be rewritten, and peer reviewed by audiologists. To be continued.” Part Two That’s where I left off in part one of Audiology: An Introspection. I realized the can of worms I was opening, but…
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By Robert Castleton Wormus I’m 76 years old and have been retired from Audiology for fifteen years. In retirement, I write a daily science journal, numerous social media blogs, poetry, novels, anecdotes, adventures, and prognostications about the future. It’s my avocation, and now I want to add my two cents about Audiology. Clinical audiology,…
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Attention and Listening Skills: A Dynamic Approach
By Robert Castleton Wormus I retired from a successful, wonderfully fruitful, forty year career in audiology.1 I have ridiculously good health, and a seemingly infatigable love of Life, Nature and Science. Simply put, I’m blessed. I’ve known it all my life, and yet, I’ve done very little to ‘pay it forward’; this is…
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