Month: January 2012

HR Online

TOP HEADLINES HLAA Takes Wait-and-See Position on UH/hi HealthInnovations Plans ASHA Releases Analysis of 2012 Medicare Fee Schedule Clarity and ClearCaptions to Jointly Create New Products Tis the Season: Sight & Heari

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Oticon Medical Sponsors Masterclass on BAHA

Oticon Medical recently sponsored a Masterclass on bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA) systems at Stockholms Karolinska University Hospital. The Masterclass was initiated and organized by Professor Malou Hultcrantz of Karolinska Hospital’s Department of Otorhinolaryngology.

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C. Scot Frink Joins Hearinghealthmatters.org

C. Scot Frink, recently selected by Rayovac as the 2011 Hearing Professional of the Year in the United States, has joined Hearinghealthmatters.org blog as a contributing editor. He will focus his blog posts about the rewards and challenges of running a private practice.

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Simulating High Frequency Hearing Impairment in Noise and Low Frequency Noise Attenuation

Simulating hearing loss using normal-hearing people is of interest for both patient education and for research and development uses. This article reviews the challenges in simulating hearing loss and reports findings from a study that recommends individual testing to evaluate benefit from various noise suppressing algorithms to ensure the selection of the best noise suppressing strategy for each patient.

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