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This article was originally written for the Hearing Journal's 3-part series on Humanitarian Audiology and is a direct copy of the article. Part One: Helping Others Gave Me So Much More Burnout. Stress. Disillusion. It can happen to anyone who is working hard to...
Our seasonal competition, Hear for the Holidays, was launched back in November. It gave local residents the chance to nominate someone special whom they think is deserving of hearing care. With an overwhelming 93 nominations sent in, we were stunned by the endearing...
In a country of 17 million people, Zambia currently has one audiologist. As you can imagine, that fact makes it incredibly difficult for the people of Zambia to get the hearing care they desperately need. That’s why our team of audiologists travels to countries like...
To make a decision on the best course of action for our patients, we often have to go through a series of testing. One 14-year-old girl had severe cerebral palsy and couldn’t stand or sit. She had been tested and fitted with hearing aids in the past, but they came in...
It’s amazing what we found in the ears on a recent humanitarian trip to Turks and Caicos. Three kids had broken Q-tips in their ears – one had even gone to the hospital in pain weeks ago but was only given ear drops. We extracted items, including seashells, beads, and...
During a Pacific Hearing Service humanitarian trip to Turks and Caicos, the team was able to bring the gift of hearing to a woman who hasn’t been able to for years. The woman – who asked us not to use her name – had hearing aids when she was a little girl but lost...
There were many high points while working in a makeshift audiology clinic on Grand Turks last month. One of our favorite encounters was with a young man named Desjohn, who lost his hearing aids during the 2008 hurricane, and for the last ten years, has had a severely...
That both her father and grandfather were ear, nose, and throat doctors had nothing to do with Jane Baxter getting interested in treating hearing loss and becoming a Doctor of Audiology. “I was a development psychology major at UCSB and had never heard of...