Disability terminology: Are we listening?
Bill Keith, QSO, PhD As audiologists we sometimes have to spend time persuading individuals that a member of their family does actually have a hearing disorder and isn’t just wilfully unresponsive. How often have you heard a significant other say of their partner with a sensorineural hearing loss “He can hear if he wants…
Read MoreAssistive and therapeutic effects of remote microphone hearing aid systems for children with auditory processing disorders
Bill Keith, QSO, PhD One of the most exciting research findings in the treatment of auditory processing disorder (APD) is the neuroplastic benefit of amplification. Whereas hearing aid benefits are purely assistive in the case of peripheral hearing losses, it is now well established that, in the case of APD, amplification with remote microphone…
Read MoreHighly reverberant environments: A commentary on an interesting case study
Frank Musiek, Ph.D. It is well-known that highly reverberant rooms make communication difficult for all people. This is especially the case for individuals with hearing loss and those with central auditory dysfunction. Highly reverberant rooms or hallways are often termed “echoey” by the lay public. Schools have recognized this problem and do their best…
Read MoreSome effects of temporal lobe damage on auditory perception by Doreen Kimura, 1961: Comments and observations of the classic article.
Frank Musiek, Ph.D. Some effects of temporal lobe damage and auditory perception is perhaps one of the most important articles in regard to the knowledge on not only dichotic listening, but also the effect of various auditory disorders and the related neural substrate on dichotic listening. Dr. Kimura was one of the first to…
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