Volume 8 Issue 1 (pdf) - Andrew John Publishing Inc
Volume 8 Issue 1 (pdf) - Andrew John Publishing Inc
Volume 8 Issue 1 (pdf) - Andrew John Publishing Inc
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
|<br />
for signs of hearing loss and had him<br />
tested again at age 10. So far, his<br />
hearing is “fine” although I have a new<br />
worry – noise damage.<br />
Raised by a hard of hearing advocate, my<br />
son should, you might think,<br />
understand the consequences of unsafe<br />
listening practices. When he was<br />
younger, he could make the angels (and<br />
his parents) weep with the beauty of his<br />
classical guitar playing, but now he’s<br />
happier screeching out chords on an<br />
electric guitar and a wicked amplifier. He<br />
recently came home from a club party<br />
with ringing ears that lasted for two<br />
days. It scared the heck out of him –<br />
which I was glad to see, hoping it would<br />
spur him to wear earplugs in the future.<br />
But for now, I’m grateful for the<br />
newborn hearing screening available for<br />
today’s babies – that is, the ones born in<br />
Ontario, BC, and some Atlantic<br />
provinces. But what about all the other<br />
Canadian babies who don’t benefit from<br />
this one simple test, unless they are<br />
considered high risk<br />
As hearing health professionals and<br />
consumer advocates, we need to ramp<br />
up our advocacy to federal and<br />
provincial bodies for a national UNHS<br />
strategy that is implemented in every<br />
province and territory. When an infant’s<br />
hearing is screened, he or she has just<br />
taken an important first step to a good<br />
life of language and communication.<br />
Don’t all our babies deserve that<br />
Canadian Hearing Report 2013;8(1):15-16.<br />
The Federal Healthcare Partnership<br />
(FHP) consists of Veterans' Affairs<br />
Canada, the Department of National<br />
Defense (DND), the Non-insured Health<br />
Benefits Branch of Health Canada<br />
(NIHB), and the Royal Canadian<br />
Mounted Police (RCMP).<br />
Representatives from the CAA meet,<br />
Federal Health Partners<br />
October 2012 Meeting<br />
together with other audiology professional<br />
organizations, with the FHP<br />
twice annually ‘to maintain open<br />
channels of communication with our<br />
Third Party Payers to ensure effective,<br />
efficient and beneficial hearing healthcare<br />
services are being provided to our mutual<br />
clients. Minutes of the meeting held in<br />
October 2012 in Ottawa are available at<br />
http://www.canadianaudiology.ca/assets/<br />
docs/CAA_October_2012_FHP_Meeting<br />
_Notes.<strong>pdf</strong><br />
CAA members are asked to express their<br />
issues or concerns so that CAA may<br />
continue the dialogue with its partners in<br />
hearing healthcare services. Contact us at<br />
caa@canadianaudiology.ca.<br />
16 CANADIAN HEARING REPORT | REVUE CANADIENNE D’AUDITION
Change language