Guest lecturer series

Hello everyone,

Here is the tentative schedule of guest lectures coming to present at Osborne College of Audiology. Be sure to save the dates!

July 7th at Noon- Dr. Randi Pogash and Dr. Kelly Austin from Oticon will be speaking to us about Industrial Audiology. The food wont be Pizza or sandwiches this time! We will have a Pasta Bar, Fruit salad, cookies and drinks available!:)

August 4th at Noon- Dr. Irene Marenda, an Educational Audiologist from the Delaware County Intermediate Unit will be speaking to us about Educational Audiology.

September 8th in the evening after class- Dr. Maria Hetlinger, Senior Audiologist at CHOP will be speaking to us about Audiologists role in treating patients with Cleft Paletes.

October- SAA invited Dr. Barry Freeman and Dr. Jerry Northern to speak about the future of Audiology. More details on this will be given later since the University is involved with this event.

See you there.

PA State Representative Mike Gerber's Senior Health Fair

Salus University was invited to share their knowledge of audiology at the Senior Citizen Health Fair hosted by State Representative Mike Gerber. This event was held on June 17th. Special thanks to Megan Schenk, Megan Myers, and Theresa Mamah for volunteering their time at this event.

Special Olympics NJ 2010

The New Jersey Special Olympics was held on June 13 and 14, 2010 at The College of New Jersey. Salus University and Montclair University came together for this great cause. The children really enjoyed learning about ways to protect their hearing. SAA would like to thank Heidi, Megan, and Theresa for volunteering their time. We also would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Lisa Soslow from CHOP for inviting us to this event. We look forward to having more Salus University presence for the Fall Special Olympic Games held at Villanova University!

President of HLAA-Philadelphia Chapter

On June 9th, 2010, Carolyn Meyer (President of HLAA Philadelphia Chapter) and her colleague, Diana Bender, gave a lecture entitled "Things We Wish Our Audiologists Have Told Us", providing useful insights on how audiologists can better inform their patients with regards to resources and support.



To learn more about Hearing Loss Association of America, and how you can advocate for your patients, please visit: http://www.hearingloss.org.

Hearing Awareness Wrist Bands

Hello there,
Here are some pictures from our wristband sales this past week. Thank you to those who stopped by and purchased a wristband. For those of you who are interested in getting a wrist band, feel free to contact us at saa@salus.edu

Cheltenham Police Bike Rodeo

On May 1st 2010, four SAA members under the supervision of Dr. Eileen Rall went and performed hearing screening on 53 children at the Cheltenham Police Bike Rodeo. This event, held annually by the Cheltenham Police and Fire Department, attracts school-age children from all over Cheltenham and neighboring township to come and learn about bike safety. Salus University, formerly PCO, has a long history of participating in this event, providing vision hearing. This year, we have had the pleasure of joint venturing with the optometry students in providing vision and hearing screening to all participants ages ranging from 3 to 15 y.o. It is a legacy we hope to continue in the years to come as SAA becomes more involve with community outreach, and cross-modality screenings.

Thank you for all who attended, and especially to Dr. Rall for her expertise.

Stay tune for more pics to follow.

May is Better Hearing Month! Get your ear on!

Did you know...
1) Approximately 36 million Americans suffer from hearing loss.
2) More than half of the people with hearing loss are younger than age 65.
3) Hearing loss is the third most common health problem in the United States.
4) the stapes is the smallest bone in the human body. It is only 0.25 to 0.33 cm long [0.10 to 0.13 inches] and weighs only 1.9 to 4.3 milligrams
5) Exposure to noise level of 85 dB SPL or greater can put you at risk of noise induced hearing loss? Consider the following sounds then:
- 90 dB—Hair Dryers, blenders, and lawnmowers
- 100 dB—MP3 players at full volume
- 110 dB—Concerts (any music genre), car racing, and sporting events
- 120 dB—Jet planes at take off
- 130 dB—Ambulances
- 140 dB—Gun shots, fireworks, and custom car stereos at full volume
6) Fish do not have ears, but they can hear. They hear pressure changes through ridges on their bodies.
7) Crickets have their hearing organs in their knees.
8) Cats have amazing hearing ability. A cat's ear has 30 muscles that control the outer ear (by comparison, human ears only have six muscles). These muscles rotate 180 degrees, so the cat can hear in all directions without moving its head.
9) The word tragus originates from the Greek word tragos meaning male-goat because of the similarity to the tuft of hair that forms the goat's beard.
10) The color of an egg depends on the color of the hens ear lobe! Hens with white ear lobes lay white eggs. Hens with red ear lobes lay brown eggs. Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshires and Plymouth Rock chickens lay brown eggs. White Leghorns and Brown Leghorns lay white eggs.