Canadian Academy of Audiology

04/10/2026

🔔New issue alert! Volume 13/Issue 3 Now Available!

Read the latest issue of Canadian Audiologist, the official publication of the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA) with exciting articles and insights, on hearing health and care. Click link now to read - https://mailchi.mp/f910c688e12c/new-canadian-audiologist-now-available

04/09/2026

In CAA This Week, read the new issue of the Canadian Audiologist with well thought out articles. Call for Session Speakers, Contributed Podium Presentations, and Posters are now open and Clinical Grant Applications are being accepted - Click link for full details - https://mailchi.mp/503c093f9707/caa-this-week-april-9-2026

04/06/2026

The Way I Hear It: You Can Hear That – Seriously!?

with Gael Hannan

You Can Hear That – Seriously!? As a hearing care professional, your shared listening time with your clients is usually limited to clinic appointments. You have a good idea of what they can hear, or should be able to hear, and you’ve seen their reaction to new levels of sound through hearing aids and cochlear...

https://canadianaudiologist.ca/issue/volume-13-issue-2-2026/column/the-way-i-hear-it/

04/03/2026

Audiology in the Classrooms: Introducing Canadian Educational Audiologists: A professional network and learning community

With Krista Yuskow, AuD, R.Aud, and Pam Millett, PhD, Reg CASLPO

Introducing Canadian Educational Audiologists: A professional network and learning community For long term readers of Canadian Audiologist, you may recall that the column “Audiology in the Classrooms was first published in 2018”. There were several goals for including this content as a regular feature in the journal. These included, first and most importantly, providing a...

https://canadianaudiologist.ca/issue/volume-13-issue-2-2026/column/in-the-classrooms/

04/02/2026

From the Labs to the Clinics: Science is Better with S*x and Gender

With Robert V. Harrison, PhD, DSc

Science is Better with S*x and Gender Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have long been important considerations in scientific and medical research. Since 2021, our major research funding agency, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has mandated the integration of s*x and gender considerations into health-related research [1]. Indeed, CIHR has been a world...

https://canadianaudiologist.ca/issue/volume-13-issue-2-2026/column/from-the-labs/

04/01/2026

What’s New About Getting Older?: Hearing Accessibility to Optimize Person-Environment Fit for Older Adults: Social Environments and Inclusion Matter

With Kathy Pichora-Fuller, PhD, Aud(C), RAUD, FCAHS

Hearing Accessibility to Optimize Person-Environment Fit for Older Adults: Social Environments and Inclusion Matter “My voice is loud so I don’t need to use the microphone.”“People can hear so let’s not bother with the captions for this meeting.”“It wasn’t important, so never mind.” HEARING ACCESSIBILITY: FROM CLINIC TO SOCIETY Defining Hearing Accessibility: The term ‘hearing...

https://canadianaudiologist.ca/issue/volume-13-issue-2-2026/column/whats-new-about-getting-older/

03/31/2026

Check out the latest opportunities now! Click the link to explore newly posted job ads and find your next great role—your next career move could be just one click away. - https://mailchi.mp/c2e04642a6d8/caa-career-postings-march-31-2026

03/31/2026

Sound Business Sense: Strategic Business Planning Part II

With Robert Traynor, Ed.D., MBA, FNAP

Strategic Business Planning Part II Part I of Strategic Business Planning focused on the initial steps to take when embarking on a venture to develop a new business. The next step is to solidify the process: The Formal Business Plan. Berry (2023) asserts that a formal business plan is a strategy designed to help...

https://canadianaudiologist.ca/issue/volume-13-issue-2-2026/column/sound-business-sense/

03/30/2026

An Innovative Clinical Placement in a First Nations Community

by Josée Lagacé, PhD, and Véronique Vaillancourt, MHSc

Hearing is critical to the development of spoken language and education. Access to hearing services is however not universal, especially in remote areas. Many First Nations communities are located in rural remote regions in Northern Ontario,1 and have limited access to hearing care compared to non-Indigenous Canadians. Rurality and remoteness are correlated with poorer health outcomes.2...

https://canadianaudiologist.ca/issue/volume-13-issue-2-2026/an-innovative-clinical-placement-in-a-first-nations-community/

03/27/2026

Spoken language vs Sign Language: Are We Stuck In This Binary?
by Jo(anne) DeLuzio, PhD

It is generally agreed upon in the literature that when children who are deaf or hard of hearing (with no additional “disabilities”) receive high quality language access early, preferably by six months of age, they can achieve language outcomes commensurate with their typically hearing peers before five years of age. This large body of work...

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03/26/2026

Read the latest news in CAA This Week and don't forget to mark your calendar for CAA Conference 2026 - https://mailchi.mp/107f0d34e2d5/caa-this-week-march-26-2026

03/25/2026

Patient-Provider Healthcare Communication in the Hospital Setting

by Carol A Silverman, PhD, MPH, Theresa V Chan-Leveno, MD, Elizabeth Frerich, MSN, FNP-CJoseph J Montano, EdD, CCC-A, Richel Ruivivar-Khan, FNP-BCAlan K Silverman, M.D. and Richard Einhorn

Abstract Effective communication in hospital settings remains challenging for patients with hearing loss and contributes to hearing impairment’s adverse effects on health and related health outcomes. The purpose of this quality improvement study was to proactively address communication barriers imposed by hearing loss in a hospital setting using Wi-Fi-based wireless smartphone technology during patient-provider face-to-face encounters. Over ten weeks, smartphones were...

https://canadianaudiologist.ca/issue/volume-13-issue-2-2026/patient-provider-healthcare-communication-in-the-hospital-setting-2/