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Organizational Ethics and HIPAA

Elton Bordenave

January 27, 2003

Introduction: The multitude of existing laws and professional codes of ethics do not offer adequate privacy protection in today's healthcare environment. Hippocrates required an oath of his students....   Read More

 


Ear Prosthesis and the Baha® System

David J. Reisberg, DDS, Joseph Daw, MD, DDS, Clare Dolter, MA

January 20, 2003

The Craniofacial Center, The University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL Craniofacial defects may result from congenital conditions, ablative tumor surgery, or trauma. The ear, orbit, or nasal/...   Read More


Turn Up the Volume.....and Sales!

Ernie Petrus

January 13, 2003

Battery Sales Can Help Increase Profits, Generate Traffic and Build Relationships with Patients Are you letting money walk out the door? According to recent hearing aid battery sales figures, many hea...   Read More


Alzheimer's Disease: Issues and Answers

Max Stanley Chartrand, PhD, BC-HIS, Guido Ogaro

January 6, 2003

Editor's Note: Alzheimer's disease (AD) can/does clinically ''overlap'' with hearing loss. AD is very important to us as hearing healthcare professionals. Dr Chartrand detailed his thoughts on AD in a...   Read More

 


Hearing Protection: Prevention is the Answer

Lee D. Hager

December 16, 2002

Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), while irreversible and incurable (at least, at this writing), is absolutely preventable. We have known and understood the basic issues regarding the prevention of he...   Read More


Professional Unification: Reflections

December 9, 2002

Editor's Note: This article is an adaptation of Tim Norbeck's presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery San Diego, California, September 23, 20...   Read More


Binaural Integration: An Overview

Deborah Moncrieff, PhD

December 2, 2002

Referrals for assessment of auditory processing disorder are once again on the rise. Concern over a listener's ability to adequately code and interpret incoming auditory signals is nothing new. Helmer...   Read More


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section II - Chapter 7 - Potential Pitfalls in Assessment of Infants and Young Children

Judith Gravel

December 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More

 


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section II - Chapter 6 - Growth of Loudness Assessment in Children Using Cross-Modality Matching (CMM)

Yula C. Serpanos, Judith Gravel

December 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More

  


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section II - Chapter 5 - Possible Roles for the Auditory Steady-State Respones in Fitting Hearing Aids

Terence Picton, PhD, MD, Andrew Dimitrijevic, Patricia van Roon, M. Sasha John, Marilyn Reed, Heather Finkelstein

December 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More

    


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section II - Chapter 4 - Some Factors that May Influence the Accuracy of Auditory Brainstem Responses Estimates of Hearing Loss

Michael P. Gorga, PhD, Stephen T. Neely

December 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More

  


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section II - Assessment Strategies for Hearing Instrument Fitting

Richard Seewald, PhD, Judith Gravel

December 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More

   


The Use of the MED-EL TEMPO+ Ear-Level Speech Processor in Children

Ilona Anderson, Marcus Schmidt, Thomas Buchreiter, Kristin Bisanar

November 25, 2002

Ilona Anderson ilona.anderson@medel.com +43-512-288889-543 Children are being implanted at a younger age due to early hearing identification programs. We were interested in the suitability of the MED-...   Read More


Tympanometry Beyond 226 Hz - What's Different in Babies?

Michelle R. Petrak, PhD, CCC-A

November 18, 2002

Tympanometry was first developed in the 1950's by Terkildsen et al to measure middle ear pressure. Over the years, its contribution to clinical diagnosis has become well accepted and it is now a routi...   Read More

 


Diagnostic Screening with the Vestibular Autorotation Test (VAT)

Dennis P O'Leary

November 11, 2002

The primary purpose of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) is to allow clear vision during walking and other faster movements. These occur at frequencies greater than 1 Hz. Other oculo-motor systems, su...   Read More


Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Common Dizziness Sensation

Richard Gans, PhD

November 4, 2002

Dear Colleague: This article was recently published on our consumer website (www.healthyhearing.com). Many patients have written to tell us how important this article has been for them personally. The...   Read More


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section I - Chapter 3 - Development Psychoacoustics: Science to Practice

Robert J. Nozza

November 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More

    


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section I - Chapter 2 - Development of Binaural Audition and Predictions for Real-World Environments

Ruth Litovsky, PhD

November 1, 2002

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A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section I - Chapter 1 - Representing the Acoustic World within the Brain: Normal and Abnormal Development of Frequency Maps in the Auditory System

Robert V. Harrison, PhD

November 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More

  


A Sound Foundation Through Early Amplification 2001 - Proceedings of the Second International Conference - Section I - Auditory Development

Richard Seewald, PhD, Judith Gravel

November 1, 2002

Sponsored by Phonak, edited by Richard Seewald, Ph.D. and Judith Gravel, Ph.D. Click here to view the full screen version, or you may click on the article image below. Note: You must have the latest v...   Read More


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