November 2007


Features


  Hearing with Your Brain
High-Frequency Stimulation in Sensorineural Hearing Loss
  by Martin Lenhardt, PhD, AuD
  We may be only scratching the surface on the possibilities for high-frequency stimulation and frequency transposition. Hearing aids may, in fact, really become brain aids. As William G. Hardy told us almost a half century ago: "Hearing is not in the ear but in the brain."
  Hearing with Your Brain
The Search for the Binaural Advantage...Revisited
  by E. Robert (Cy) Libby
  It wasn't easy, but eventually clinicians, dispensers, and consumers came to accept that, in most cases, two aided ears are better than one. A perspective from one of the early researchers who helped start the binaural fitting revolution.
  Research and Technology
Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR): A Beginner's Guide
  by Douglas L. Beck, AuD; David P. Speidel, MS; and Michelle Petrak, PhD
  A tutorial on ASSRs and how to create an estimated audiogram from which questions regarding hearing, hearing loss, and aural rehabilitation can be answered.
  Research and Technology
Potential Benefits of Cochlear Implants for Individuals Who Communicate Exclusively Through Sign Language
  Part 2: Access to Music
  by Vishakha W. Rawool, PhD
  Part 2 of this two-part series examines access to music and potential improvement in quality of life.
  Counseling and Literature Review
Improving Patient Counseling, Part 2: The Importance of Social Style
  by Jerry L. Yanz, PhD, and Kevin D. Amdahl, MS
  How to effectively adapt your communication style to the patient's personality
  Counseling and Literature Review
HR 2007 Literature Review
  A review of product literature and promotional materials available from hearing-related manufacturers and distributors.
  Counseling and Literature Review
Remembering Poul B. Madsen (1923-1997)
  by Hans Kunov, PhD, and Yuri Sokolov, PhD
  A tribute to one of the hearing industry's greatest pioneers and innovators in audiological diagnostics, who died 10 years ago this month.


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