Healthy Hearing = Healthy Aging

Healthy Hearing = Healthy Aging. Understanding best practices to manage your hearing health.In this session, you will learn about the following:The function and mechanism of our ears and how we hear.The different degrees of hearing loss (from mild to profoundly deaf) and how hearing loss can adversely affect the health and quality of life of our population.Common hearing loss management practices including hearing aid fittings (current styles and technology); assistive devices (personal and large area); cerumen (earwax) management, and communication strategies. Advocacy efforts of Help BC Hear Better ? an initiative to improve better access to hearing health care in BC.Grace Shyng is a Registered Audiologist and Hearing Instrument Practitioner in BC, and a Clinical Assistant Professor with the UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences. She is the co-founder and Director of Audiology at Network Hearing Health, a comprehensive audiology private practice in Port Coquitlam BC. Grace has nearly 30 years of clinical experience and her areas of include hearing health and aging, hearing aids, tinnitus management, and communication accessibility. Throughout her career, Grace has actively volunteered and served on many audiology and professional committees. Currently, she is co-chairing the Help BC Hear Better group, an initiative to create a provincial funding program for hearing health services and hearing aids in BC.Grace Shyng, M.Sc., Aud(C), RAUD, RHIPCo-Founder and Director of AudiologyRegistered Audiologist and Hearing Instrument PractitionerUBC Clinical Assistant Professorwww.networkhearing.ca