Editor in Chief Dan Whitney 9 C O N T E N T S 1 Meet Marke. The man. The visionary. 4 People are the Key to Success 5 Tony Parsons: A life in the News 9 Hearing Loss Linked to Accelerated Brain Tissue Loss 11 Tinnitus:  It’s all in Your Head. 12 5 Tips on How to Adjust to Your New Hearing Aids 14 Hearing Loss and Risk of Falling 15 4 Steps: How to Reclaim Your Hearing 21 Gerry Cotter’s Transformative Experience 22 Meet Your Hearing Professional: Amy Koza 23 NexGen Hearing Industrial Your Hearing Protection Heroes 25 Meet Your Hearing Professional: Lauren Robinson 26 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss 29 Can You Imagine a Completely Invisible Hearing Aid? 31 Meet Your Hearing Professional: Tom Millar 32 Your Relationship With Your Audiologist Continues 33 The Science of Sound Perception 36 Meet Your Hearing Professional: Susan Marynewich HEARING TODAY 5 21 Hearing Today magazine is published by NexGen Hearing. Readers look to Hearing Today magazine to provide them with the latest information on products, research, technology and services in the hearing healthcare field. As well, we’ll feature personal experiences from clients who have graciously shared their journey to better hearing. These candid stories will assure readers that they are not alone in living with their hearing loss. We know that Hearing Today readers will view this publication as a real ‘lifeline’, helping them and their loved ones by providing information designed to inform, educate and encourage. Professional members of the hearing healthcare community are another valuable sector of our readership.We welcome these valued colleagues to lend their expertise by contributing editorials to Hearing Today magazine as further support for our readers. Hearing Today is available free of charge online or in a printed version. If you are not currently a member, you can subscribe at www.nexgenhearing.com/hearing-today. Dan Whitney Founder, Editor in Chief Hearing Today Magazine “Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.” —Helen Keller Tony Parsons News Broadcaster Design Team Marco Polloni / Denise Tade NEXT GENERATION OF HEARING CARE | C