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Free CapTel Phones For Qualified Patients
Effective May 1, 2013, there has been a change in the manner captioned telephones from Hamilton CapTel are distributed. As Captioned Telephone Service (CTS) is regulated and funded by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), any individual paying less than $75 for … Continue reading
Audiology Infection Control: What Do You Suggest We Do When….
The following question posed by AuD students during an infection control presentation has been popping up, in one form or another, more often: “What do you suggest we do when we, as students, are at a clinical site that doesn’t practice infection control?” Since … Continue reading
Posted in Infection Control
Tagged Infection control, Audiology, hearing aids, AuD, Audiology Students
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Crowdtilt Opportunity for Audiology
During the month of May, Alison’s Hope for Hearing is conducting a “Crowdtilt“ fundraiser to enable the organization to continue providing accessible hearing care to underserved populations via partnerships with audiologists nationwide. Crowdtilt is an online service that assists people or organizations to pool money … Continue reading
Posted in Audiology
Tagged Alison Berry, Alison's Hope for Hearing, Audiologists, Audiology, Crowdtilt, hearing loss
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HEY! WAKE UP, Audiologists! The Future is Here – guest post by Jerry L. Northern
I thoroughly enjoyed the AudiologyNOW! 2013 presentation from futurist, Jack Uldrich. His presentation has given me considerable cause during the past month to think about the future of audiology in light of his intriguing comments. Many of the health specialties that … Continue reading
Posted in Audiology, Guest Blog Posts
Tagged Al Gore, American Auditory Society, AudioGene, Audiology, Audiology apps, AudiologyNow, cell phone apps, Emperor of All Maladies, Eric Topol, Jack Uldrich, Jerry L. Northern, Jump the Curve, Moore's Law, otoscope, Richard J.H. Smith, Siddhartha Mukherjee, tele-audiology, The Creative Destruction of Medicine, The Future
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How Audiologists Promote Better Hearing & Speech Month this May
For over 75 years, the month of May has been designated as Better Hearing & Speech Month, a time to increase public awareness on hearing, speech, language and voice disorders. Given that the month of May is right around the corner, here are … Continue reading
Posted in Audiology
Tagged Audiologist, Audiology, Better Hearing and Speech Month, Better Hearing Month Ideas, hearing
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Advice to Audiology & Speech Language Pathology Students
The following is an excerpt from my speech delivered on Friday, April 12, 2013 to nearly 400 audiology & speech pathology students, faculty, family and friends while accepting the 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders … Continue reading
Posted in About A.U., Audiology
Tagged #AudPeeps, #SLPeeps, Audiology, Bankaitis, Robert W. Keith, University of Cincinnati
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Audiology ToTT: Video otoscope isn’t just for otoscopy!
Based on feedback collected from subscribers and followers (YOUR Audiology Blog!), today’s post introduces the new blog segment Audiology “ToTT“. This feature is intended to provide Tips of The Trade (hence, “ToTT”) shared by Audiologists actively using products in their current practices. As new … Continue reading
Posted in Audiology ToTTs, Otoscopes, Headlamps & Earlights
Tagged AuD ToTT, Audiology, Audiology ToTT, AuDToTT, Firefly, otoscope, video otoscope
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New Tool for Treating Patients with CAPD – guest post by Gail Chermak, Frank Musiek & Jeffery Weihing
Based on a wealth of empirical evidence on the neuroscience, diagnosis and treatment of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), Sound Auditory Training (SAT) is a soon-to-be-available new web-based program designed to train auditory processing skills in children, adults, and older adults … Continue reading
YOUR Audiology Blog!
As an Audiology blogger, it is very easy to get into production mode and focus on ensuring weekly tidbits are posted in a timely manner, all the while assuming that the information is actually beneficial. My hope has always been to offer nuggets of useful information on … Continue reading
Show Specials for Audiology & AudPeeps!
A new dri aid kit called the DRY-ALL AidDri (item #AIDDRI-78) dehumidifier will be on display at AudiologyNOW in Anaheim at the Oaktree Products booth (#1559). It is comparable to the Super Dri Aid but costs much less. This and other neat products will be on … Continue reading
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