ADA Rides to Tucson for “AudiologyRound-up”
A preview of events at the Academy of Dispensing Audiologist’s Annual Convention
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Month: October 2004
An Online Hearing Screening Test
A review of a new online hearing screening test that uses pure-tone signals to assess consumers’hearing via their home computer.
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Fine-Tuning in Modern Hearing Aids
A field study shows that the precalculated gain settings of one hearing aid corresponded well with the settings actually chosen in practice.
Read MoreA Multimedia Fitting Tool for a Patient-Driven Protocol
A new multimedia sound-simulation system has been developed to help complement a “best practices protocol” and put patients in the driver’s seat when testing, fitting, and verifying hearing aids.
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How to Measure and Demonstrate Four Key Digital Hearing Aid Performance Features
Part 1 of this two-part series looks at fitting digital aids within the “audibility window” while making accommodations for recruitment. Part 2 will look at how to verify and demonstrate directionality, noise reduction, and feedback suppression.
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Oticon Celebrates Its Centennial
A look back at 100 years of Oticon’s history in the hearing industry, as well as comments from the company’s leaders on what the present and future may hold.
Read MorePromising Research on Hair Cell Regeneration
The field of hair cell regeneration is making amazing progress. Virginia Merrill Bloedel Research Center scientist Edwin Rubel explains the latest findings, ventures predictions, and tells why this area of hearing research offers huge opportunities for the hearing aid dispensing field.
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