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About Hearing Loss
Includes the following article: About Hearing Loss
ADD/H & Hearing Health
Includes the following article: A Cognitive Development Primer for
Parents
ADHD 2003: Another
Elephant in the Living Room
While the world at large continues to search high and low for answers to
the ADHD
Advantages of Binaural Hearing
Includes the following articles: (1) Hearing with Both Hemispheres of
the Brain (2) The Right/Left Hemisphere Concept and Human Auditory
Perception
Allergies
& Hearing Health
Includes the following article: Allergies: The Hearing Connection
Alzheimer's & Hearing Loss
Includes the following articles: (1) The Absence of Hearing Healthcare
in a so-called Tidal Wave of Alzheimer's Cases and (2) Sherlock and
Watson in
Alzheimer's
Made Worse By Uncorrected Hearing Loss: The Inside Story
Alzheimer's is predicted to afflict almost epidemic proportions of the
elderly in the coming decades, yet the medical community in general
still ignores the cognitive and health impact of unmitigated hearing
loss.
Alzheimer's
Prevention Handout (in Workshop Monograph file)
Subnotes: Most Alzheimer's symptoms are non-pathological. Learn about
most of the causes of AD behavior and how to prevent them.
On the Prevention of
Alzheimer’s Workshop Monograph
Dangers of Not
Assessing & Treating
Auditory Disorders Prior to Diagnosing Alzheimer’s in Older Adults
from Audiology Online, Feb 08
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Includes the following articles: (1) Summary Guide to ADA Hearing
Empowerment (2) Underutilization of the Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990
Archive Topics
Dramatic changes have been found by using Miracell botanicals in the
external ear. This report covers the main points in a 20-month study of
960 hearing impaired patients who presented with various ear conditions
outside the purview of the FDA red flag conditions.
Aspirin Therapy: A
Cautionary Experience
Figuring prominently in one's health history are medications, especially
those that may be ototoxic (poison to the ears). In this case,
Therapeutic Aspirin can be a bane or boon, depending on dosage and
individual reactions.
Assistive
Listening Devices
Includes the following article: Maximizing Your Hearing Dollar
Binaural
Hearing Aids: The Way Nature Intended
The author explains little known cognitive advantages for hearing with
both ears.
Bone structure,
function & health
A basic course on bone formation, structure, function and disease.
Caffeine
Intoxication & Withdrawal: Growing Public Health Menace
Caffeine and popular high-dose commercial products are fast becoming a
public threat on par with tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs,
especially for the young and old.
Calcium Deposits:
Predictor of Heart Problems?
Recent research points to calcium deposits on the walls of coronary
ateries as a predictor of heart problems. Tympanosclerosis (calcium
deposits on the eardrum) are commonly viewed during video otoscopy in
hearing health practice.
Children &
Hearing Loss
Includes the following article: Children and Unresolved Hearing Loss
Cholesterol &
Hearing Health
Commentary on the affects of the various types of hyperlipidemia on
one's hearing.
Cochlear Implants
Includes the following article: When Hearing Aids Aren't Enough
Cognitive
Development
Includes the following article: A Cognitive Development Primer for
Parents
Cognitive
Effects of Hearing Loss
Includes the following article: Cognitive Manifestations in Unmitigated
Hearing Loss
Collapsed or
Prolapsed Ear Canals
A reader asks about cartilaginous deterioration of their external ear.
Consumer
Education Campaign
A note to readers about the importance of spreading the word about
societal effects as a result of unmitigated hearing loss.
Dehydration,
Diuretics & Adverse Effects Upon Human Hearing
Includes the following articles: (1) How Much Water Should You be
Drinking Daily (2) Overuse of Diuretics and Hypertensive Medication too
Often Causes Communicative, Cognitive Dangers
Depression & Isolation
in Seniors
Adapted from a stunning 1999 report by the National Council on Aging,
reveals hearing loss as the most pervasive cause of depression and
isolation, both cognitive markers, in older Americans who also suffer
from denial of unmitigated hearing loss.
Depression
& Uncorrected Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is a primary cause of depression among those who have yet
to seek help for their hearing impairment.
Diabetes & Hearing Health
2003
The author provides a startling expose on today's diabetic epidemic and
factors affecting the hearing impaired population
Diabetes &
Hearing Loss
Includes the following article: Diabetes & Hearing Loss
On Preventing & Overcoming Diabetes
II Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (DMII) has in recent years
increased so dramatically in the U.S. population as to become pandemic,
according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
Dietary Issues in
Maintaining Hearing Health
A summarized expose' on the foods and substances that can cause auditory
and communicative problems,
Digital Audio
Chemistry: R&D Notes
Preliminary findings with applications of Neon Post-Auricular Digital
Audio Chemistry by Puretone, Ltd.
Digital
Hearing Aids with DAC (In DigiTech Tech Explanation sheet file)
Subnotes: The new DigiTech 4.0 Series hearing instruments offer
artificial intelligence, speech recognition, and the most energy
efficient digital system on the market
Dilemma of Denial
Includes the following article: The Fear of Being Found Out: The Dilemma
of Denial
Diseases of the Ear
Features a continuing education slide seminar for dispensing
professionals.
Ear Candling Question
A reader asks about the efficacy of ear candling.
Earwax impaction and
removal: Why Q-tips Are a Danger
The author explains why mechanical self-cleaning makes for unhealthy
ears, including impacted earwax, outer ear infection, and failed hearing
aid trials.
Economic Toll of
Alzheimer's & Uncorrected Hearing Loss in the Elderly
Max Stanley Chartrand explores the tragic, yet little known impact of
Alzheimer's that is exacerbated by uncorrected hearing loss upon society
.
Eustachian tube
A Reader asks why, during ear impression taking, they can still hear
conversation
External Ear Care
Slide Presentation by Max Stanley Chartrand
Gender Factor
Includes the following article: The Gender Factor in Hearing Health
Healthcare
Reform
Includes the following article: Healthcare Reform Revisited
Hearing Aid
Adaptation
The author provides users of the newer wide-band hearing instruments
with important instructions to help them successfully adapt to their new
hearing aids.
Hearing Aid
Technology
Includes questions about hearing aids submitted to and answered Max
Stanley Chartrand
Hearing Aids:
Which is Best?
To BTE or not to BTE: That is the question
Hearing Aid Manipulation Training Protocol: For Very Elderly Hearing Aid
Users
Hearing
Conservation
An overview of the kinds of damage that can be done to ears in various
noise situations.
Hearing
Conservation Reports
1) Report on the dangers of using cordless telephones, 2) Potential
effects of cell phone use
Hearing
Thresholds
Includes the following article: In Search of a True Threshold
Revisiting Helen Keller
Helen knew that the human sense of hearing represents the primary
cognitive window into life itself.
What Helen
Keller Knew ...the human sense of hearing represents
the primary cognitive window into life itself. "Blindness cuts us off
from things;
deafness cuts us off from
people…to be cut off from hearing [people] is
to be isolated indeed."
Hydration: Good health & hearing
Hypertension &
Hearing Health
Artificial control of hypertension can lead to a collapse of the
microcirculatory system that feeds the inner ear, the brain, and heart
muscle.
Internet
Hearing Aids: Boone or Bane to the Consumer?
This expose reveals a number of issues relative to the circumvention of
professional diagnosis and care when one purchases hearing aids through
internet or mail order.
Itching ears
A reader asks about using Q-tips and alcohol to relieve itching ears.
Keratin: Protector of
External Ear Health
Max Stanley Chartrand expounds on the role of keratin formation on the
external ear, and often misdiagnosed follies that result with its
absence.
Mail Order Hearing Aids:
Any Price Too High to Pay
Max Stanley Chartrand answers a reader's question about a "bargain"
price for mail order hearing aids.
Men & Hearing Loss:
The Silent Societal Problem
Market penetration among males with hearing loss in the U.S. is barely
12%, about 1/3 of that for females, says the author.
Meniere's Disease
A reader asks about wearing hearing aids while suffering from long-term
Meniere's symptoms.
Medication
Over-Promotion: A Conflict of Interest that Spells Poor Health
Researcher Peter O'Donnell exposes the illegal and unethical practices
of the pharmaceutical and medical fields, which is rapidly putting the
world's population on health-destroying drugs with a host of terrible
side-effects.
Multimodal Tinnitus
Management Program A Prospectus of the DigiCare®
Multimodal Tinnitus Management Program
Music & Brain Development: The Power of Music
Music, Speech &
Hearing: A New Approach to Rehabilitation
The author covers principles learned in his own exodus from
communicative handicap to expressive wholeness, relating the remarkable
relationship between music and language for the benefit of all.
Neuroreflexes of the External Ear Canal: A controlled study
New Zealand 2003
Seminar
For many disciplines in the allied health professions
Noise Protection
Contains the hard-hitting monologue titled "Sound: How much is too
much?" and warns readers of the public health dangers at movie theatres,
rock concerts, and recreational/sporting events.
Nutrition for Kids
Virtually neglected by mainstream healthcare today's children suffer
from a number of deficiencies, especially those that comprise the
building blocks of growing bodies. These also have an impact on their
cognitive and communicative health.
Nutrition Topics
Includes the following article: Garlic & Ginkgo: Leaders in the Quiet
Revolution
Nutritional
Effects Upon Tinnitus:
A lively debate, er, um, discussion, rather, between Dr. C and Professor
Friendly about nutritional claims regarding relief of tinnitus
complaints
Osteoporosis &
Hearing Loss
A reader asks about a possible correlation between their osteoporosis
condition and advancing hearing impairment.
Otosclerosis: On the
way to total deafness
A reader asks if there is a way to slow or stop their progressive
(inoperable) otosclerosis.
Ototoxicity
Includes the following article: Are We Poisoning Our Ears?
Overhydration &
Hearing Health
A reader question asks about the harmful effects of drinking large
quantities of water daily.
Pathogenic
Bacteria
Includes the following: Pathogenic Bacteria Lecture Questions:
Host-Parasite Interactions
pH of the Human Body: A Monologue
Phonemic Regression: A
Physician's Question
A physican attending a recent seminar asks an important question about
their patients who wear hearing aids.
Poison the body, poison the
ears
Whatever we take into our bodies goes into our ears
Q&A Topics
Following are a sampling of some the most popular “It’s Your Hearing
Health” questions and answers published throughout North America over
the past year. These answers are not meant as diagnosis in any way, but
for the education of consumers and professionals alike.
Research & Study
Projects/DigiCare
Highlighted historical overview of research and study projects performed
at Aural Rehab Concepts and DigiCare Hearing Research & Rehabilitation
1981-2002.
Resolving Problem
Hearing Aid Fitting Cases
Contains in-depth counseling instruction for solving the most difficult
fitting problem cases.
Sleep
Deprivation & Auditory Rehabilitation
Features a highly revealing expose on the often tragic effects of sleep
deprivation on the success of auditory rehabilitation.
Sound Pressure
Level Chart
Typical sound pressure levels of various environmental sounds.
The Search for
Excellence
A pioneer in unraveling the psychosocial aspects of unmitigated hearing
loss, Max Stanley Chartrand has travelled the road that many are
following today...from deafness to hope to communicative wholeness...
Statin Drugs & Health Effects: Adding Reason to the Equation
THP-Journey of Discovery
As I prepare to attend my 30th consecutive International Hearing Society
annual convention, I’m thinking back to my first CE class.
Tinnitus &
Amplification
Includes the following article: Tinnitus and Amplification
Tinnitus
Management: The Multimodal approach
Subnotes: The new DigiCare Multimodal Tinnitus Management Program is
highly effective because it focuses on the three major contributors to
tinnitus- auditory, lifetyle, and medical.
Tinnitus
Retraining Therapy: A Comparitive Review
This presentation steps the reader through the fundamentals of one of
the most effective tinnitus treatment programs in the world today, and
compares the underlying physiological model to Chartrand's current
methodology.
Tinnitus Study 2002
Includes the following article: Tinnitus and Amplification 2002 Study
Participant Prospectus
TMJ Syndrome &
A patient reports relief for their TMJ problem during attempt to relieve
resulting
Tuning Fork Combo
Offer
Available to all interested persons, this special offer includes
Chartrand's latest Tuning Fork Testing Manual, Tutorial CD & Complete
set of tuning forks with carrying case.
Tuning fork
testing: A primer
The lost art of tuning fork testing has been found again in Chartrand's
tutorial on the vital techniques for measuring human hearing and
amplification performance.
Tuning Fork Tuning: Reviving
the Lost Art As in an Indiana Jones adventure we search for
the lost art of tuning fork testing like that used before the advent of
modern electronic audiometers, impedance audiometry, real ear and
electroacoustic analyzers.
Uncorrected
Hearing Loss Consequences
The reader is taken through a review of the most debilitating effects of
a hearing loss that is not treated.
Vertigo Question
A reader asks about their vertigo condition.
Volume Controls:
Essential to meet physiological, acoustic needs
The recent practice of leaving user volume controls off of hearing aids
has presented new challenges for the hearing impaired.
Water: Vital Key to Good
Hearing Health
Max Stanley Chartrand responds to reader inquiries about the importance
of drinking the proper amount of water and its effects upon hearing
health.
Yeasts in the ears: Part I
& II
A reader poses a question regarding a chronic yeast problem in the ears
that has not responded to medical treatment. |
