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Communication breakdown: How hearing loss affects our relationships
Hearing loss can profoundly affect our most important relationships, leading to various emotional and practical challenges for both individuals with hearing loss and their family members. However, understanding these impacts and adopting effective communication strategies can significantly alleviate these challenges.
Enemy of Silence: Tinnitus
By: Sean Lennox, Doctor of Audiology, Audiologist. AuD. MSC. BSc. You are trying to relax after a long day, so you grab your favorite beverage and a good book, but all you can hear is ringing in your ears… If you experience ringing in your ears, you are one of the...
Acoustic Shock Disorder: A Case Example
By: Sean Lennox Acoustic shock disorder (ASD) is a little known syndrome that can follow abrupt loud noise exposure. I didn’t learn about this syndrome until I met patient A.W. last year and I was left searching for answers as she suffered from the effects of loud...
Multiple Sclerosis
By: Sean Lennox, Audiologist MSc. Etiology Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disorder arising from the demyelination of the axons of the central nervous system (CNS), which leads to inefficient or distorted electrochemical neural transmission. The symptoms arise from...
Hearing Health is Brain Health
By: Sean Lennox, Doctor of Audiology and Audiologist. AuD. MSc. BSc. Bright Hearing and Tinnitus Centre “I think I will just wait; I mean I have lived with this hearing loss for so long what is the big deal?” This is a refrain used by some people looking to get out of...
Balance Disorders in Aging
By: Sean Lennox The trend in demographics that should lead to an overall concern for the American healthcare system is the tremendous growth of people over the age of 65 years. Konrad, Girardi, and Helfert, (1999) reported that there would be almost 40 million adults...
Overview of the non-auditory effects of community and occupational noise exposure
By: Sean Lennox. MSc. Audiologist Melamud and Bruhis (1996) investigated the effects of noise exposure greater than 85 dBA on stress levels, fatigue and annoyance, with and without the use of hearing protection devices (HPD). The research population was a group of...
Alport Syndrome
By: Sean G. Lennox Alport syndrome (AS) is a combination of genetically inherited alleles that primarily affects renal function, hearing, and vision. Audiologists should have a firm grasp of this syndrome so they can better assess and manage these patients. This...
COUNSELLING ACCORDING TO DR. DAVID LUTERMAN
BY: SEAN LENNOX, MSc. Dr. Luterman has spent an illustrious 50 year career as a pediatric audiologist and educator focusing on transforming Audiology into a helping profession. He believes that Audiologists are most effective in helping patients when we are tuned to...
VITAMIN B-12 DEFICIENCY
By Sean Lennox, Audiologist MSc. Etiology Vitamin B-12 deficiency as its name implies is a syndrome that forms as a result of a lack the essential vitamin B-12 adsorption. Vitamin B-12 is involved in immunological responses, and central and peripheral nervous system...
Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence
Etiology Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence (SSCD) is an exceedinglyrare vestibular condition where the roof of the superior canal has become damaged by head trauma to the temporal bone or is thin from birth (Minor, 2005). This loss of bone density leads to...