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Vol.8 No 3 | 2013
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Revue canadienne d’audition
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Vol. 8 No 3 • 2013
Official publication of the
Canadian Academy of Audiology
Publication officielle de l’académie
canadienne d’audiologie
www.canadianaudiology.ca
E DITOR- IN-CHIEF / É DITEUR EN CHEF
Marshall Chasin, AuD., MSc, Reg. CASLPO,
Director of Research, Musicians’ Clinics of Canada
A S SOCIATE E D I TORS / ÉD I T E U RS ADJO I N T S
Steve Aiken, PhD, Dalhousie University
Alberto Behar, PEng, Ryerson University
Leonard Cornelisse, MSc, Unitron Hearing
Joanne DeLuzio, PhD, University of Toronto
Lendra Friesen, PhD, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Gael Hannan, Hearing Loss Advocate
Bill Hodgetts, PhD, University of Alberta
Lorienne Jenstad, PhD, University of British Columbia
André Marcoux, PhD, University of Ottawa
Sheila Moodie, PhD, University of Western Ontario
Calvin Staples, MSc, Conestoga College
Kim L. Tillery, PhD, State University of New York, at Fredonia
Rich Tyler, PhD, University of Iowa
Michael Valente, PhD, Washington University
M A N AG I N G E D ITOR
/ DI R E C T EUR DE LA R É DACTI O N
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C O N T R I B U TORS
Marlene Bagatto, Doreen Bartlett, Alberto Behar, Christine Brown,
Marshall Chasin, Debbie Clench,David Clinkard, Joanne DeLuzio,
Mary Edgar, Brian Fligor, Gael Hannan, James Jerger, Isaac Kurtz,
Vincent Lin, April Malandrino, Andre Marcoux, Sheila Moodie,
Gabe Nespoli, Marilyn Reed, Frances Richert, Susan Scollie,
Richard Seewald, Calvin Staples
A RT D IRECTOR/DESIGN / DI R E CTEUR ART I S T I Q U E/DESIGN
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COORDONATRICE DES VENTES ET DE LA DIFFUSION
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ACCOUN T ING / COMPTA B ILITÉ
Susan McClung
G ROUP P U B L I S H E R / CHEF DE LA DIR E CTION
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DEPARTMENTS
3 Message from the Editor-in-Chief
7 Message du L’editeur en chef
9 Clinical Questions
WITH BRIAN J. FLIGOR, SCD
14 By Popular Demand!
41 Third Party Funding: Frequently Asked
Questions
BY CARRI JOHNSON, AUD
COLUMNS
10 FROM THE BLOGS@
HEARINGHEALTHMATTERS.ORG
BY CALVIN STAPLES, MSC
13 THE HAPPY HOH
Hearing Loss – A Family Affair
BY GAEL HANNAN
15 The “E” in ENT
Oral vs. Transtympanic Injection of
Steroids as Treatment Options for
Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing
Loss
BY MARY EDGAR, BKin, DAVID CLINKARD, MS, AND
VINCENT LIN, MD, FRCSC
FEATURES
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FOCUS
19 Noise Reduction to Achieve Quality ABR
Measurement
BY ANDRÉ MARCOUX, PHD AND
ISAAC KURTZ, MHSC, PENG
24 Audiological Outcomes for Children
Who Wear Hearing Aids
BY MARLENE BAGATTO, SHEILA MOODIE,
CHRISTINE BROWN, APRIL MALANDRINO,
FRANCES RICHERT, DEBBIE CLENCH,
DOREEN BARTLETT, RICHARD SEEWALD, AND
SUSAN SCOLLIE
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FEATURES
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FOCUS
28 Headsets – Are They Damaging Your
Hearing
BY ALBERTO BEHAR, PENG, CIH AND
GABE NESPOLI, BSC, MA
31 Why the Audiogram Is Upside-Down
BY JAMES JERGER, PHD
FEATURES
ARTICLES FROM THE FINAL
SEMINARS ON AUDITION
36 Seminars on Audition Review
BY MARSHALL CHASIN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
37 Early Intervention for Children with
Hearing Loss: An Update for 2013
BY SUSAN SCOLLIE
40 My Horsie Has a Cochlear
Implant: The Importance of Child-Centred
Outcomes for Children with Hearing Loss
BY JOANNE DELUZIO, PHD
42 When the Brain Gets Hard of Hearing:
Paying Attention to Cognition in
Hearing Rehabilitation
BY MARILYN REED, MSC
PANEL DISCUSSION FROM THE 4TH
SEMINARS ON AUDITION
46 Signal Processing Techniques in Hearing
Aids Fourth Annual Seminars on Audition
February 25, 1989 (Toronto)
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