Virtual Presentation (Zoom)
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PST
Healthy Hearing = Healthy Aging
Understanding hearing loss and best practices for managing hearing health in daily living
Learning objectives:
- Identify how hearing loss can adversely affect the health and quality of life of our population, especially seniors.
- Understand 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.
- Learn about initiatives from Help BC Hear Better (www.helpbchearbetter.ca) – a passionate group of hearing health professionals, researchers and people with hearing loss who are advocating for stable hearing health care funding (including provision of hearing aids) for British Columbians.
About the speaker: Grace Shyng is a Registered Audiologist and Hearing Instrument Practitioner and a Clinical Assistant Professor with the UBC School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine. She is the co-founder and Director of Audiology at Network Hearing Health, a comprehensive audiology private practice in Port Coquitlam BC. Grace has over 30 years of clinical experience and has worked in many different roles, including Clinical Audiologist, Head of Audiology and Executive Director (ED) of a non-profit organization. In her role as ED, she successfully led the organization through a multi-million dollar capital project to create the most accessible building in Canada in 2020, as awarded by the Rick Hansen Foundation. Grace’s areas of interest include hearing health and aging, amplification, tinnitus management, cerumen (earwax) removal, 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, RHIP
- Registered Audiologist and Hearing Instrument Practitioner
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Audiology, University of British Columbia
- Co-Founder and Director of Audiology, Network Hearing Health