MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

​Welcome To My Favourite Season AHIP Members!

I know we all love the summer, but I’m a fall person and I stand by that. But enough about that, let’s get to the Fall 2022 edition of the AHIP Signal.

Although most have left masks and other pandemic measures behind, they’re still more prevalent than ever. With that comes the difficulties they present to the hard of hearing. Our first article discusses this very subject, specifically the struggles in the classroom. Continuing our issue, Temma Ehrenfeld at Healthy Hearing writes an article on the hot topic of hearing loss comorbidities. This article focusses on autoimmune diseases.

Do you suffer from sleep apnea? I’ve recently been diagnosed with it and found this next article quite interesting. It comes from Joy Victory at Healthy Hearing and talks about sleep apnea and its connection to hearing loss. The next article is one I wrote myself and is about KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). I may have a weird obsession with spreadsheets, but I find this stuff interesting. I hope you get some information out of it to use at your clinics! Finally, our last article is from Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care about how lifestyle over age may determine your dementia risk factor.
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I hope you enjoy these articles and if you would like to submit your own, please email me at chris@ahip.ca. Have a great end of the year!

Chris Arnold
Editor-in-Chief of the AHIP Signal