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Today was the last day of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia. I attended another outstanding talk today that was presented by Dr. Marc Fagelson. His talk was titled, "Tinnitus and the Medical Humanities." It was a very engaging talk that gave a whole new perspective to counseling for tinnitus. It was definitely a "thinking outside of the box" approach to tinnitus treatment. Dr. Fagelson cited the article, "Medical Humanities and Counseling--Lifeworld of Tinnitus" (Pryce & Shaw, 2019). My takeaway was to listen carefully to what our patients have to say, and engage with them on any level ("humanities" aspects) that resonates with them. We want to understand their "experience" of tinnitus and to respond accordingly with the main objective to "demystify" their tinnitus. Dr. Fagelson is getting excellent results using this approach.

I have just finished analysing nearly 3000 cases where LiSN-S has been used in clinics in multiple countries. I am struck by how frequently the cause of a child's speech in noise deficit, despite normal pure tone hearing thresholds, is reduced ability to make use of spatial cues to separate target speech from competing speech. We know this condition is a common long-term consequence of repeated otitis media during early childhood, and we know we can fully remediate it, so it's important to find it. The graph shows speech in noise ability versus ability to use spatial cues to segregate speech. I will be telling the full story at the Computational Audiology online conference later this month: https://lnkd.in/eyvgZAK6.

In clinic recently, my colleagues and I have been evaluating the use of GSI’s AMTAS in a fast-paced NHS setting and looking into how comparable results from AMTAS are compared to manually recorded PTA thresholds.  We gathered quantitive and qualitative data to understand how participants felt about the equipment, and how we as audiologists felt about its reliability and potential for use.  I’m pleased to say that this poster was awarded a prize in this year’s Audiology Cymru conference. 📈 #gsi#amtas#nhs#audiometry#automatedaudiometry#clinicalresearch 

Aud Friends: Looking to add VHIT testing but don’t know how to get started? This is webinar is a great intro into VHIT testing.

【Development and Optimization of Universal Bone Conduction Hearing Spectacles】 Full article: https://lnkd.in/gdC_ycHG (Authored by Johannes Burkart, et al., from University Hospital Mannheim (Germany), etc.) Optimal fitting of #bone_conduction_spectacles requires appropriate frame selection and contact pressure in the temporal and mastoid areas. This study evaluates the technical fit and mechanical stability of the universal bone conduction hearing spectacles La Belle BC D50/70 in comparison to established bone conduction hearing devices (#BCHDs).  

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My Hearing Explained helps audiologists engage with their clients better when communicating hearing test results. The result is clients who participate more in the discussion and are more likely to understand and remember what has been explained. But don't take our word for it... "There was an apparent change in audiologist-patient interactivity and faciliatory behaviors when audiologists used the MHE tool. On average, patients spoke four times as many words as those receiving standard audiogram explanations; audiologists asked patients more than four times as many questions; and, the ratio of open- to closed-ended questions, and the number of speaking turns per minute, doubled." https://lnkd.in/ekEc6dHE

Dear All, With the support of eminent personalities like you, AS Orthopaedics had moved a step further and released Volume 7 and Issue 9. Please view the content of our edition below. https://lnkd.in/gPPxxf_6 Do share your feedback after going through our publications. Email your articles to: orthopaedics@actascientific.com #newissuealert #articles #submissionsopen