Hearing Loss and Visual Learners

Hearing Loss and Visual Learners

the myth and reality Learner Characteristics The concept of learner characteristics is used in the sciences of learning and cognition to designate a target group of learners and define those aspects of their self that may influence how and what they learn. Learner...
ACHIEVE TRIAL

ACHIEVE TRIAL

Ageing and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) A three year ACHIEVE study began as a randomized controlled trial in January 2018 within the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. The...
Hearing Aid Clinicians

Hearing Aid Clinicians

Who can legally fit hearing aids in Australia? Clinicians who are professionally trained will be members of a professional body such as-:  Audiology Australia (AA)  Australian College of Audiology (ACAud)  Hearing Aid Audiologists Society of Australia (HAASA)...
How well do you hear in noise?

How well do you hear in noise?

Normal hearing tests are not an accurate assessment of how well you should be performing in background noise.Speech understanding in noise cannot be reliably predicted from the pure tone audiogram (Killion & Niquette, 2000).A common issue with people with a...
Channels and Bands

Channels and Bands

Hearing Aids are designed to enhance the sounds coming into your ears making them clearer, with more volume or gain. The significance of smaller more powerful hearing aids increases the capabilities of the hearing aids to improve your experience. In this article we...