In this article, the authors Nilesh Washnik and Javad Anjum, published by AshaWire, highlight the potential role of audiologists in screening for mild cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment is a disorder affecting older adults: a cause of growing concern as...
Margaret Brady* from Melbourne began noticing her hearing was not like it used to be several years ago. “I now have significant hearing loss which affects my ability to communicate, especially in noisy environments,” Margaret said. “I felt like people were constantly...
Teleaudiology is a service delivery option that offers a range of benefits for hearing health care practitioners, providers and consumers including improved access to care for people who find it difficult to attend in-person hearing care appointments. These new...
The board of Deafness Forum Australia met in Adelaide at the weekend (4, 5 June). It was the first in-person meeting held since the start of the health pandemic. Directors come from many parts of Australia and some joined remotely to finalise the goals, workplan and...
A 12-week music program is helping children learn to optimise their hearing aids and cochlear implants, by teaching them to better understand the sounds they detect. The program, developed by Dr Chi Yhun Lo from Macquarie University, helps the children to extract...
China is home to over 20 million deaf individuals. Their children, sometimes known as CODA, or “children of deaf adults”, number in the millions. I first came across CODA terminology in the 2000s, during my doctoral studies at Fudan University. As the mother of a...