Articles

Office Management Software - 101

Michael K. Huskey

August 15, 2005

Digital technologies and the integration of computers into administrative functions, diagnostics and fitting protocols offer tremendous advantages over previous methods. Technology has changed the way...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

Discrimination of English Vowels by Bilingual Spanish/English Adults and Children

Sandra Levey

August 8, 2005

Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx, New York Email address: [email protected] The discrimination of English vowel contrasts in real and novel words by 101 bilingual Sp...   Read More

Automatic Follow-up Appointments: Issues in 2005

Robert C. Fifer, PhD

August 1, 2005

Editor's note: I urge ALL clinicians to read and review this article as soon as possible as it will potentially impact the management of every patient you see. I would like to personally express my gr...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

Sensory Memory and the Mismatch Negativity

N. Kartik, Aditee A Khaladkar, C. S. Vanaja

July 25, 2005

N.Kartik, Postgraduate student (Audiology), All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore, Mysore, India, [email protected] Khaladkar Ashok Aditee, Postgraduate student (Audiology),...   Read More

Electrophysiology

Book Excerpt from Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human

Michael Chorost

July 18, 2005

Editor's Note: This is a very unusual event for us. We have not previously published an excerpt from an autobiography. Despite my own personal 21 years of experience researching and working with patie...   Read More

Cochlear Implants

Audiology in the Year 2010

Virginia Ramachandran, AuD, PhD

July 4, 2005

Virginia Ramachandran Au.D. Student, Class of 2008 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Editor's note: This paper was one of the excellent "runner-up" submissions received for the 2005 NAFDA-AO wr...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

The Hearing Technology Predisposition Assessment (HTPA)

Marcia J. Scherer, Larry Medwetsky, Robert Frisina

June 27, 2005

Marcia J. Scherer, Ph.D., MPH, FACRM Institute for Matching Person & Technology Webster, NY Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester...   Read More

Hearing Aids - Adults Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults

Effectiveness of Hearing Aid Manipulation Training for Elderly Hearing Aid Users

Max Stanley Chartrand, PhD, BC-HIS

June 27, 2005

Maintaining independence and control over one's life is an increasingly important issue as we age. Appropriate hearing aid and related amplification contributes to independence and control. Using a Li...   Read More

Hearing Aids - Adults Aural Rehabilitation and Counseling - Adults

On Being an Audiologist in 2010

Denby Fukuda

June 20, 2005

NAFDA member Denby Fukuda of Hawaii, has submitted the winning "Audiology Online-NAFDA Student Writing Contest Winner of 2005." Ms. Fukuda will receive a check from AudiologyOnline in the amount of $5...   Read More

Hearing Aid "Sticker Shock" and Things to Consider When Purchasing

Steve Barber

June 20, 2005

We've all heard about the guy that knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing? It turns out the price of things is not always linked to some intrinsic value, their materials or their size...   Read More

Hearing Aids - Adults

Personal Digital Assistants in Clinical Practice: Considerations & Suggestions

George L. Charpied

June 13, 2005

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center Boston, Massachusettes [email protected] The personal digital assistant (PDA)...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

APD, ADD, ADHD and AD/HD: Personal and Scientific Reflections

Katherine A. O'Neill

June 6, 2005

I'm not a stranger to research or behavioral conditions based in physiology. I am the mother of a 9 year old child with an auditory processing disorder, and I have a Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology....   Read More

Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) Hearing and Hearing Loss Hearing Evaluation - Children Pediatrics

Identifying "Neuro-reflexes" of the External Ear Canal

Max Stanley Chartrand, PhD, BC-HIS

May 30, 2005

This study addresses measures and methods for identifying three under-recognized neuroreflexes of the external ear canal. These three neuro-reflexes are related to hearing instrument dispensing practi...   Read More

Medical and Surgical

Speech Burst and Click Evoked ABR

Aditee A Khaladkar, N. Kartik, C. S. Vanaja

May 23, 2005

Aditee Ashok Khaladkar, Postgraduate student (Audiology), Department of Audiology, All India institute of Speech and Hearing, Naimisham campus, Manasagangothri, Mysore - 570006. [email protected] N.Ka...   Read More

Hearing and Hearing Loss Electrophysiology

A Practice Conundrum: E-waste Disposal

Paul Popp, PhD, BC-HIS, MCAP

May 23, 2005

Computers and related information technologies (workstations, scanners, printers, docking stations, personal digital assistants, hand-held diagnostic and screening tools, cell phones, servers, etc.) a...   Read More

Practice Management and Professional Issues

An Exercise in Futility: Frustrations of a Hearing Conservationist (An Historical Review and Summary of Hearing Conservation Issues)

David M. Lipscomb, PhD

May 16, 2005

Of all industrial injuries, occupational hearing loss is entirely preventable." Dr. Joseph Sataloff Over the years, it has been the author's responsibility to consult with federal agencies; to establi...   Read More

Hearing Conservation and NIHL

The Road Back

Doug Metz

May 9, 2005

I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1996. I searched for experts to help me recover from the loss of balance, facial function, eye function, hearing, reduced stamina and overall lesser motivation fo...   Read More

Vestibular Issues and Balance Disorders Hearing and Hearing Loss Bone Conduction Implants and Middle Ear Devices

Tinnitus Loudness Perception in Precipitous HF Losses.

Max Stanley Chartrand, PhD, BC-HIS

April 18, 2005

Ringing in the ears" is the most common complaint described by people who also suffer from precipitous high frequency sensorineural hearing impairment. In many cases, their tinnitus can be frequency m...   Read More

Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Hearing and Hearing Loss

A New Definition for Modern Hearing Aids

Victor Bray, PhD, Michael Nilsson, PhD

April 11, 2005

(noun, plural) (archaic) : electronic devices usually worn by a person for amplifying sound before it reaches the auditory receptor organs. (modern) : electronic devices worn by a person for processin...   Read More

Hearing Aids - Adults

Integrating New Technology: Addressing Old Problems

Donald J. Schum, PhD

March 21, 2005

Processing speech in difficult listening environments to allow maximal word and sentence recognition is the single greatest challenge facing hearing aid researchers and manufacturers. Interference fro...   Read More

Hearing Aids - Adults