The Prevalence of Hearing, Vision, and Dual Sensory Loss in Older Canadians: An Analysis of Data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32546290/

Brain-machine interfaces to assist the blind frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #BMI #BCI

Reminder! Coming up this week 👇

Happy to share our scoping review on consent/ assent strategies for research in individuals with #deafblindness published in #ARRCT DeafBlind Ontario Services @WalterWittich Atul Jaiswal, PhD @renu_minhas Roxanna Spruyt Rocks

CCNA-CCNV Team17's participation in WHD is displayed on the WHO #WorldHearingDay website. Check it out here: who.int/campaigns/worl…

Did you see our report that reviewed existing data on deafblindness and gaps in services for individuals with deafblindness across Canada? 📝👀 Check it out: bit.ly/3kGczPS

It's here! So excited to get to hold our book AGING PEOPLE AGING PLACES - Experiences, opportunities and challenges of growing older in Canada from Policy Press! Grateful to my teammate editors Maxwell Hartt Sarah, Mark + can't wait to tell everyone about the incredible contributors!

Immensely proud to give back to #OccupationalTherapy community in India - knowledge & skills #enabling Individuals with #DualSensoryImpairment #rehabilitation All India Occupational Therapists Association OTICON Conference 2021 WFOT @ot_canada #OT Education and training #Inclusive research #NewHorizons

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HearingHealthMatters @WalterWittich Shelly Chadha World Health Organization (WHO) In the United States alone, the number of people ages 50+ with #HearingLoss will increase by an est. 70% by 2060 We need #PublicHealth policies & action now to support #HealthyAging! Ref: 🔗jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… via JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery by Adele Goman et al #WorldHearingDay #HearingCare

The world is very different when you are deafblind. Continuing the spirit of Women's Day, our women with deafblindness #ChooseToChallenge every single day with a smile. Here is Maiden signing her challenges away. #IWD2021 #senseindia #deafblindawareness #donate Akhil Paul

WHO World Report on Hearing: 1 in 4 People Projected to Have Hearing Problems by 2050 hearinghealthmatters.org/hearingnewswat…

Proud to present at #envision2021 about #lowvision #blindness #deafblindness and instructions on #braille and #3Dprinting w/ Atul Jaiswal, PhD @paws2see & @WalterWittich link: envisionuniversityevents.com/event/5dd0c8db…

Canadian Consortium for Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) Team 17 opto.umontreal.ca/wittichlab/ccn…

Yes to #ageing, no to #ageism Today World Health Organization (WHO) launched the first global report on ageism and a toolkit to learn about ageism, initiate your own conversations about this important topic in your community, raise awareness, and promote a #AWorld4AllAges. bit.ly/2QlNHlH

I completed one year as a Research Assistant at Université de Montréal. Thank @WalterWittich for opening me the door to this amazing field; Atul Jaiswal, PhD for teaching me to conduct literature reviews; and all the Wittich-lab for supporting me during the last year.

Blindness and the reliability of downwards sensors to avoid obstacles: a study with the EyeCane mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/8… "Although the EyeCane was effective for detecting obstacles lying ahead, its downward sensor did not reliably detect those on the ground"

Very proud to publish my 1st original paper: #blindness and the Reliability of Downwards #sensors to Avoid Obstacles: A Study with the #EyeCane; on #mobility #vision #rehabilitation w/ Samuel Paré Ismaël Djerourou DR Chebat, R Kuper, M Ptito mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/8…

Thank U DeafBlind Ontario Services 4 featuring my intervw on our "COVID-19 & Dual Sensory Impairment" research in Canada in ur Spring newsletter -"Keeping [in touch]. Thank U 4 your support for this imp work Roxanna Spruyt Rocks Karen Keyes @renu_minhas Link to newsletter - bit.ly/3vxGvlK