We invite you to join us for the next colloquium in our 2024/25 series. Dr. Marshall Chasin will be presenting, ‘Music and Hearing Aids’.
TITLE:
Music and Hearing Aids
ABSTRACT:
Music and speech have some differences which include spectral shape, intensity and “crest factors”. Many modern digital hearing aids cannot handle the more intense inputs that are characteristic of music. Four new technologies and four clinical strategies will be provided to optimize hearing aids for music as well as for speech. These technologies are designed to circumvent some problems associated with the analog-to-digital conversion process- a major weak point with many modern hearing aids. Audio files will be showing the problems of the hearing aid not being able to handle the higher level signals associated with music, as well as demonstrating the difficulties with frequency compression for music.
BIO:
Dr. Marshall Chasin is the Head of Audiology at the Musicians’ Clinics of Canada and is the author of over 200 articles and 8 books, including the recently published Music and Hearing Aids. Marshall has been the recipient of many awards over the years, including the 2004 Audiology Foundation of America Professional Leadership Award, the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Award, the 2013 Jost Millar Shield award from the British Society of Audiology, and the 2017 Canada 150 Medal.
We look forward to seeing you on November 6th at 12:30pm! If you plan to join us virtually, please click here to RSVP for the Zoom session.