Archive for April 2015

High-pitched sounds cause seizures in old cats: Certain breeds more susceptible Date: April 27, 2015 Source: SAGE Publications Summary: Sharp high-pitched sounds have been found to cause seizures in older cats. The most commonly reported triggers were the sound of crinkling tin foil, a metal spoon clanging in a ceramic feeding bowl, chinking or tapping…

So here I am in Glasgow for the WTN 2015. This year had a record turn out of over 190 people. It was great to catch up with colleagues and friends while also getting straight into the serious side with papers and posters. There were some very good papers especially dealing with the fiction that infrasound is the cause of the complaints by people living…

The Hearing Aid BRW Published 20 March 2015 Larissa Nicholson “Disrupting a cosy, overpriced industry”: customer-fitted hearing aid pioneers Dr Elaine Saunders and Professor Peter Blamey A hearing aid package which eliminates the need to visit a specialist has not endeared the entrepreneurs behind it to their audiologist peers. But Dr Elaine Saunders and Professor…