House: Calling All Ears
Throughout the month of May, the House Ear Institute is celebrating Better Hearing Month by reaching out with myriad online programs to raise awareness for hearing loss.
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Estrogen Controls How the Brain Processes Sound
Estrogen found to work within neurons to facilitate hearing and memory.
Read MoreSafe-Listening Concert Tickles Kids’ Buds
Nearly 1,500 Washington, DC-area youngsters attended the Listen To Your Buds concert, put on by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Read MorePhonak’s Virtual Audiology Conference Upcoming
The May 12 session addresses frequency compression, and the May 13 session highlights future developments in audiology and amplification. A roster of internationally respected speakers are scheduled.
Read MoreHoward Leight’s New QuietDose Measures Noise Exposure in Real Time
In-ear dosimetry measures noise exposure in real time to help prevent workplace hearing loss
Read MoreChildren, Teens At Risk For Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Say ENTs
Some three million children under the age of 18 have some hearing loss, and one factor is external noises.
Read MoreAHAA’s Navigator Helps Associates Map Course
Featuring all of AHAAs fundamental tools, instructions, and practices, associates can access a coordinated system that helps guide them to building more profitable hearing care practices.
Read MoreProgram Improves Language Skills in Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Study Shows
The study underscores the importance of appropriate follow up of newborn hearing screens that determine whether a more detailed evaluation of a babys hearing by an audiologist is needed.
Read MoreMED-EL Debuts Maestro 3.0
New audio-processor programming software for legacy patients.
Read MoreDiminuendo, New Mouse Model for Understanding Cause of Progressive Hearing Loss
A new class of genes has been identified as genetic cause for this clinical picture.
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How Can Digital Signal Processing Help Musicians?
Hard-of-hearing musicians have special needs that are not always met by hearing aid technology. This article illustrates how clinical choices, state-of-the-art digital signal processor (DSP) systems, and advanced DSP software engineering improved the music listening experience for three musicians. A continuation from HR’s special issues in February and March on Musicians and Hearing Aid Design co-edited by Marshall Chasin, AuD, and Larry Revit, MS.
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Directionality and Noise Reduction in Pediatric Fittings
There are few amplification-related topics that generate greater differences of opinion than the issue of the application of advanced signal processing, such as automatic directionality and digital noise reduction, to pediatric hearing aid fittings. It is not that these systems are inherently inappropriate in hearing aids; rather, the concern is that these systems may disrupt access to important speech information that the developing child needs. This article reviews the decision-making process in applying directionality and noise-reduction features.
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Identifying Cochlear Implant Candidates in the Hearing Aid Dispensing Practice
Similar to hearing aids, the market penetration of cochlear implants is surprisingly low—the authors estimate it at around 10%. One of the key reasons is that many patients who fall within the current candidacy range are never referred for evaluation for a cochlear implant. And that can present problems for both the patient and for the dispensing professional. This article provides an update on the current expanded criteria for cochlear implant candidacy.
Read MoreOticon Pediatrics Spurs Initiative to Support Pediatric-Focused Research
Initiative will provide support for US-based audiologists in pediatric practice conducting research to optimize hearing care and solutions for the youngest members of the hearing-impaired population.
Read MoreOticon’s Campaign Nets $50K Donation to AAAF
Oticon Inc, Somerset, NJ, has donated $50,000 to the American Academy of Audiology Foundation per the pledge underscoring the company’s recent Hearing with Our Hearts campaign.
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