2013
The Lobe Magazine is now available
We are pleased to inform you that Lobe Magazine is now available in PDF format on the www.lobe.ca portal, in the Magazine Lobe section. The magazine is also available in hard copy at all of our Lobe Santé auditive et communication multidisciplinary clinics, and is distributed by our partners in several regions of Québec. To obtain your hard-copy edition, contact the nearest Lobe Santé auditive et communication clinic by clicking
2012
Merry Christmas!
The team at Lobe Santé auditive et communication multidisciplinary clinics wishes you health, happiness and prosperity for the coming year!
Inauguration of the clinical Lobe in Drummondville
It all began in Saint-Georges de Beauce in 2002, when Lobe Santé auditive et communication, a unique provincial network of multidisciplinary clinics for hearing health, was created. Knowing that 10% of the Canadian population currently suffers from varying degrees of hearing loss and that, of them, 75% are doing nothing to correct the problem—citing a wide range of reasons, from a lack of information or knowledge of the steps to take
Interview with Marie-Josée Taillefer: Making deafness visible!
Marie-Josée Taillefer is the spokesperson for the inaugural fundraising campaign for the Fondation Sourdine pour l’École oraliste de Québec pour enfants malentendants ou sourds, and she met our interview request with enthusiasm. As the inspirational parents of two deaf children, Marie-Josée Taillefer and her husband René Simard understand better than anyone the importance of our awareness campaign, which seeks to inform people about the impact hearing has on our daily lives. When
A splendid Emerald Ball
Québec City residents were treated to a magnificent Emerald Ball benefitting the Fondation Sourdine, which funds the École oraliste de Québec pour enfants malentendants ou sourds with the support of the Lobe Santé auditive et communication clinics. With music for dancing provided by Les Voltigeurs de Québec, shows by the Moonlight Girls and the 78th Fraser Highlanders, a military touch courtesy of the Royal 22eRégiment’s Changing of the Guard, VIP guests
The 13th Les Saveurs du Théâtre benefit event
Les Saveurs du Théâtre is a major benefit event held under the patronage of Honorary Chairperson Jean-Yves Germain, Co-President of Groupe Germain, in partnership with Lobe Santé auditive et communication, Otis, Sennheiser and Stein Monast. All profits will go to the Fondation Sourdine, to support the École oraliste de Québec pour enfants malentendants ou sourds. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 7, 2012 at Théâtre de la Bordée, Nouvo Saint
2011
The 22nd annual Emerald Ball in support of the Fondation Sourdine to benefit the École oraliste
The Québec Commandery of the Order of St. Lazarus has put on its renowned Emerald Ball at Québec City’s Fairmount Le Château Frontenac for the past 22 years now, and this year is no exception! The 2011 edition of the prestigious annual event is slated for Saturday, October 29, with proceeds going to the Fondation Sourdine in support of the École oraliste de Québec pour enfants malentendants ou sourds. Isabelle Hudon,
2010
Hearing loss: reducing the stigma
People who have hearing impairments are often stigmatized in our society, and have often been the basis of jokes in the past. These days, there are still several misconceptions that sometimes remain associated with hearing impairment and they delay the process of seeking help by people who have hearing challenges. Ultimately, these misconceptions can result in a poorer quality of life for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. People who have
Dr Audrey Lessard, first deaf doctor of podiatry in Canada
At birth, my health was normal. My parents discovered only three months later that I was deaf. Upon learning this, they summoned their courage and decided to offer me the best possible education. What really saved me was that my parents really encouraged me to speechread and to learn to speak. I always told everyone that I wanted to be a doctor. People told me that it would be impossible since
Lobe was there...
Lobe Santé auditive et communication, joined the Starkey Hearing Foundation Gala “So the World May Hear” in Minneapolis. Last July, in keeping with our hearing health awareness program, Lobe Santé auditive et communication, participated in the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s 2010 Gala “So the World May Hear” in Minneapolis. Minnesota. Starkey is a manufacturer of hearing aids. In 1973, Starkey’s president and founder, Bill Austin, and his wife Tani, established the foundation which
2008
The Eco-Lobe Program
In our concern to protect our environment, the Lobe Santé auditive et communication multidisciplinary clinics will suggest, throughout the year 2008, various tricks you can use to help take care of our planet. The Eco-Lobe Piles campaign
2007
Listen to the television at a suitable volume.
The stethoscopic receiver system is a wireless system that permits you to adjust the sound to the volume desired on your television, your radio, hi-fi system or any other similar device. It permits you to move about freely without the inconvenience of wires. What is the advantage of a personal listening system? Independent volume control. Actually, this type of system allows you, for example, to listen to the television at the same time
2006
The First Québécois Magazine About Hearing Health is Now Finally Here!
A First in Québec. The professionals who practice in the Lobe Santé auditive et communication multidisciplinary clinics are proud to launch the first ever Québécois magazine about hearing health. 80 000 copies per issue are printed four times a year. Our free magazine is available to the population through our clinics as well as through several partners. We are convinced that this venture will be a great success and that it
