This special edition was guest-edited by Douglas Beck AuD, and provides an exploration into the history of cognition and the rapidly evolving research linking cognition and audition. Five industry experts will share insights into the HHCP’s changing role as a front-line caregiver uniquely situated to provide screening services to those suspected of suffering from cognitive decline.
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Neuroscience company Cognivue, Inc announced that it has hired Dr Douglas Beck as Vice President of Clinical Sciences. Beck brings four decades of experience in audiology and communications disorders and sciences to Cognivue and consults, lectures, teaches, volunteers, and writes for multiple audiology, science, medical, and health-related professional organizations globally.
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Gael Hannan is an advocate, author, and speaker who grew up with a progressive hearing loss that is now severe-to-profound. She is a past director on the national board of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) and has served as a speechreading instructor and volunteer for many hearing-related programs. She developed the Hearing Foundation of Canada’s “Sound Sense” hearing awareness program which is delivered to elementary students across Canada, and created a national awareness campaign on infant hearing screening for the same organization.
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Pediatric audiologists Jane Madell, PhD, and Joan Hewitt, AuD, have recently modified the Ling Six Sound Test—which is widely used to ensure children hear all the sounds they need to with hearing aids and cochlear implants—so it now includes more information in the important speech mid-frequencies. Douglas Beck, AuD, interviews Dr Madell about this new test and its use.
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Oticon, Inc announced that it will again partner with the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) Foundation Empowering Students Scholarship Program to fund scholarships for graduate students earning AuD or PhD degrees in audiology.
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Douglas L. Beck, AuD, Vice President of Academic Sciences for Oticon, Inc, has announced he will retire in March 2022. Beck is a global presence in the world of hearing care. In more than 17 years of contributions to Oticon’s academic, clinical, and education efforts in the US and around the world, he developed into one of the hearing industry’s most in-demand speakers.
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A discussion with Dr Ben-David who is researching the link between aspects of cognition and the ability to process speech in complex listening environments. More recently, he and his colleagues have been looking into how cognitive training might improve speech processing.
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Kathy Dowd, AuD, provides an update on what we know about diabetes and hearing loss, as well as her and colleagues’ advocacy efforts to inform consumers, hearing care professionals, and medical professionals about this important topic.
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With its vision to support advancements in hearing and balance science that enhance the experiences of life, the AAA Foundation is committed to supporting audiology doctoral students as they continue their academic careers, learn exceptional clinical skills, and explore contemporary avenues of research.To support the students, the AAA Foundation offers a variety of scholarship programs each year and announced the recipients of the 2021 Empowering Students Scholarship Program.
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Retiring ASHA CEO Arlene Pientranton, PhD, shares her perspectives with Douglas Beck, AuD, about the evolution of ASHA, new legislation like MAASA and OTC regulations, and the use of cognitive screening tools for audiologists and SLPs.
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A strange thing sometimes happens when we listen to a spoken phrase again and again: It begins to sound like a song. This phenomenon, called the “speech-to-song illusion,” can offer a window into how the mind operates and give insight into conditions that affect people’s ability to communicate, like aphasia and aging people’s decreased ability to recall words.
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Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) announced the winners of the 19th Annual Graeme Clark and the 10th Annual Anders Tjellström Scholarships. The scholarships, named after two pioneers of the hearing implant industry, recognize Cochlear Nucleus Implant, Cochlear Baha System, and Cochlear Osia System recipients in the United States and Canada who are said to uphold “the Cochlear ideals of leadership, humanity, and demonstrate high academic achievement.”
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Research into how the brain and a person’s cognitive status is impacted by auditory input, speech, and social engagement continues at a fast pace. In this article, Douglas Beck and Michael Harvey summarize many of the most important and recent articles examining the relationships between cognition, audition, and amplification.
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Dr Taylor talks about the new edition of “Fitting and Dispensing Hearing Aids” he wrote with Gus Mueller, and provides details on Best Practices and the fitting process, real-ear measurement, word recognition testing and the SPRINT tool, and more.
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Nicholas Reed, PhD, and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins have been involved in some extremely exciting research on personal sound amplification products (PSAPs) and over-the-counter (OTC) devices, as well as cognition and hearing loss. Douglas Beck, AuD, interviews Dr Reed about these topics, as well as the group’s recent work on the ACHIEVE study.
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