What’s happening in the world of pediatric audiology research, and how is it changing as technology changes? You’ll learn more about the research progress being made and how that works while listening to today’s guest. Today we chat with Ryan McCreery, the Vice President of Research at Boys Town National Research Hospital, about various aspects of his research in hearing loss, amplification, and outcomes for children who wear hearing aids. Listen to the episode to hear how things have changed with hearing aid technology changes, where the future of hearing aid research is going, and looking be ..read more

What do you know about the vestibular system? It’s often overlooked, but disorders in the vestibular system are a frequent comorbidity with hearing loss. Today’s episode will focus on the vestibular system and how it presents in the pediatric population.    Today’s conversation is with Erica Zaia, an audiologist in BC with over 25 years of experience in vestibular assessment and management and the owner of an audio-vestibular clinic in Vancouver. Listen to the episode to hear what Erica has to share about the relationship between the vestibular and hearing systems,  how vestibul ..read more

What does an educational audiologist do? We'll explore this topic in today's interview with Melanie Monaghan. Melanie is an educational audiologist from Edmonton, Alberta who has had hearing loss from a young age. She's worked extensively with adult and pediatric amplification and diagnostics and has research expertise in cochlear implants. She also promotes hearing health awareness and self-advocacy in school-aged Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. Listen to this episode of The Future is Sound to learn about Melanie's role as an Educational Audiologist and what that entails, Melanie's own exp ..read more

The purpose of research and development in understanding hearing loss and creating hearing technology and strategies is to help people who are living with hearing loss. It’s important to hear from the people who ultimately benefit from hearing strategies. In today’s episode, you’ll hear a child's and parent's perspectives on hearing loss and hearing strategies.  Today’s guests are Fern, who has hearing loss and wears hearing aids, and her mother Leah. During the episode, they’ll discuss what it was like to notice that Fern wasn’t hearing correctly, why tubes weren’t the ultimate solution ..read more

Dive into the importance of public health awareness around hearing loss. Jessica Niemela is a pediatric Audiologist living in Vernon, BC. She is currently promoting an exhibit at the Okanagan Science Centre for Speech and Hearing Month. The event itself is very timely for several reasons, which we explore together in this episode. The event will run for the entire month of May and has been designed for all ages.   Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode: The exhibit Jessica is involved in organizing How the exhibit came about Jessica’s background Why public health awareness about hearing is ..read more

Olivia Meriano – or Liv – is a middle child.  Liv is dyslexic, one of her older sisters was born with Cerebral Palsy, and her two younger brothers have hearing loss. Olivia’s grandparents were born Deaf, so her mother grew up using American Sign Language as her first language, a skill that she brought into her own family as an adult. In today’s conversation, you’ll learn more about Olivia’s home and family life, her experience growing up in the Deaf community, and how this helped shaped her work as a speech pathologist.   Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode: Who Olivia Meriano is an ..read more