Audiology Discussions

Announcements about the World Audiology Resources website and Audiology Discussions forum. (Read Only). If you wish to comment on any of these announcements please do this in the Forum and Website Issues / Feedback area.

Discussions on audiology professional, career and policy / legislation related issues for any country or world region, as well as any general audiology related discussions, which do not fit into the other specialist / technical forums. (Registration not required to view & occasionally not required to post).

The Audiology Student forums here can have discussions about anything to do with audiology degree studies, and in addition can be used by audiology students (BSc, MSc, AuD, etc) from any country for the discussion of any audiology, student or course related issues that do not fit in the other forum areas. (Registration not required to view but is required to post).

Audiology quizzes, puzzels, games and general conundrums. Use this area just for some fun and or / for educational purposes to teach and learn audiology. For more audiology games see the Fun Stuff Section of this website.

Discussion about amplification, including hearing aids (e.g. analogue, digital, bone anchored) and cochlear implants. (Registration required to post).

Discussions on everything central, including speech, language and auditory processing. As well as auditory neuropathy / auditory dys-synchrony / auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (AN, AD, ANSD, etc). (Registration required to post).

Discussions about counselling patients and ethics in Audiology. Counselling skills. Communicating with patients. Deafness and ethics. The rights and wrongs of various medical treatments i.e. should they be done. (Registration required to post).

Discussions about the anatomy and physiology of the ear and its diseases, diagnosis, medical treatments including surgery. Including: pharmacology, neurobiology, molecular biology etc (Registration required to post).

Discussion about genetics issues related to the ear including: genetic disorders of the ear, hereditary deafness, ear gene therapy ect. (Registration required to post).

Discussion about noise issues with hearing. Noise Induced Hearing Loss(NIHL). Effects on hearing of: environmental noise pollution, occupational noise, and leisure noise (music etc). Hearing protection / noise reduction systems. (Registration required to post).

Discussion about special considerations associated with paediatric audiology. Hearing diagnostics and rehabilitation services for infants and children, tips in carring out hearing tests on children etc. (Registration required to post).

Discussion about audiology research related issues (which can not go into the other specialised forums), research methodology and statistics. (Registration required to post).

Discussion about issues associated with audiology tests, diagnosis and rehabilitation. (Registration required to view & post).

Discussions about tinnitus. Understanding tinnitus. Tinnitus diagnosis and treatment. Tinnitus related: hearing loss, vertigo and other abnormal auditory effects. (Registration required to post).

Discussion about vestibular function, other balance issues and vestibular rehabilitation. Inner ear balance disorders, space and motion sickness, dizziness, vertigo, BPPV, vestibular migranes, Meniere's disease, labyrinthitis, vestibular neuronitis etc. (Registration required to post).

Discussions about audiology related books, publications, other educational materials and useful websites. (Registration required to view and post). Also see the web resources directory in the main website.

Discussion about audiology equipment (including computers), standards, calibration, technology under development and all things medical physics. (Registration required to view & post).

Audiology equipment wanted, and second hand equipment for sale, or to give away. Bargains (hot deals) seen, relating to new or refurbished equipment, which may be of interest to other members. Questions regarding where you can locate / buy parts or manuals for equipment you have. (Registration not required to view, but registration with at least member status required to post).

Please advertise your audiology related jobs in this section as well as using it for other notices such as: meetings, short courses, open days (open house), exhibitions etc. (Registration not required to view, but registration with at least member status required to post). In addition see our events diary.