Aural Rehabilitation: Some Personal & Professional Reflections
An audiologist’s perspective on wearing hearing instruments, dispensing hearing aids, and 50 years
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Month: September 2001
Getting Information to Consumers Who Need It!
Ideas for an aural rehabilitation program.
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The Concept of Chi & the Resistant Patient
If you do not cut to the core of a patient’s resistance, you are talking to a stone wall, not counseling.
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How Good Are Automatic Program Selection Features?
A field study that compares the program choices of an automatic program selection algorithm to the selection preferences of hearing instrument wearers.
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Is a Longer Canal Length Always Better When Fitting CIC Hearing Instruments?
In the case of advanced programmable/DSP hearing aids, long canal lengths may be less critical. Here’s why.
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The Effectiveness of a Wax Protection System in Reducing Receiver Replacements
Results of a study analyzing a sample of more than 7 million receivers shows that a wax protection system may have significant potential for reducing hearing aid return rates.
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Advances in Treating Middle Ear Infections in Children
Great progress has been made toward clarifying the molecular basis of the pathogenesis of otitis media and developing new therapeutic ways to combat the disease. This article describes the pathological processes underlying otitis media and the body’s antimicrobial defense system.
Read MoreInterdisciplinary Teamwork for Clinical Excellence: The Mayo Clinic
HR visits the Mayo Clinic and interviews the audiologists and physicians who make up one of the country’s best hearing care facilities and are leaders in clinically applied research.
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