Marshall Chasin featured in Giants of Audiology

We are proud to announce that Marshall Chasin, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics, has been featured in Giants of Audiology, a segment of hearinghealthmatters.org. 

Marshall received a BA in Mathematics and Linguistics from the University of Toronto, and a Doctorate in Audiology from the Arizona School of Health Sciences. Throughout his career, he has published over 200 articles and 8 books. He is now Associate Professor at Western University and also teaches students at his alma mater (in our Department). 

Navigate to the video below to learn more about Marshall's life and career.

 https://hearinghealthmatters.org/thisweek/2023/giants-audiology-marshall-chasin

Also, for those interested in the intersection between music, culture, and mathematics, Marshall has appeared in another short segment detailing his work on technology. It's being exhibited at Munich airport for Oktoberfest 2023. Check out the fun acoustics in the video below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGgMl6S8h3U 

Featured Article: Non-Auditory Effects of Environmental Noise

Marshall Chasin's (Faculty) paper "Non-Auditory Effects of Environmental Noises" is the Featured Story in Canadian Audiologist, the official publication of the Canadian Academy of Audiology! Chasin's work stands out as the study of non-auditory effects of everyday environmental noises (e.g sleep disruptions and annoyances) that are not typically considered in audiology. 

Chasin examines reviews done by the World Health Organization on the effects of non-auditory noise on stress and cardiovascular effects, sleep disruption patterns, cognition, adverse birth outcome issues and general annoyance. His paper summarizes and delineates the difficulties in researching non-auditory effects of everyday noises and provides insight into the conclusions from the WHO's general recommendation for dealing with non-auditory environmental noises. 

This is an interesting read for all our audiologists, phoneticians and psycholinguists!

Book Publication: Music and Hearing Aids: A Clinical Approach

In case you haven't heard (no pun intended), audiologist Marshall Chasin (Faculty) has released his book entitled Music and Hearing Aids: A Clinical Approach. 

This book was written for hearing health care professionals who work with hard-of-hearing musicians and music lovers. It breaks down the research for how music can, and should, be processed through modern hearing aids, in addition to offering audiologists clinically-based strategies to optimize the sound of amplified music for hard-of-hearing people.

For those who are passionate about both audiology and music, this book probably sounds like music to your ears! 

Chasin, M. (2022). Musicians and Hearing Loss: A Clinical Approach. Plural Publishing