Indiana hearing aid specialists and other professions that require a license have defeated HB 1006, a deregulation bill that was withdrawn from consideration after strong opposition by the professional hearing health community and other affected professional groups.
Read MoreThe second annual “AZ Walk to Silence Tinnitus” will take place on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at DC Ranch in Scottsdale, Ariz. The 5K event is hosted by the American Tinnitus Association (ATA) and Arizona tinnitus health professionals and patients who have tinnitus.
Read MoreThe Hearing News Network (HNN) will now include content provided by the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) in its digital network through a new feature called “Hearing Loss in the News.”
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A review of the SNR and convenience benefits of digital wireless hearing aids, the different technologies they employ, and what new benefits these devices might offer in the future.
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Although wireless systems offer great promise for users, it is crucial that their design takes into account the need for simplicity-of-use by their target demographic.
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An informal survey of hearing care professionals and their patients about frequency-lowering technology (FLT) suggests that FLT hearing aids are a useful tool in the dispensing armamentarium.
Read MoreThe Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell) has filed two amicus briefs within days of each other in federal courts of appeal. The briefs support the right of students who are deaf or have hearing loss to receive Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) interpreting in the classroom under federal disability law.
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New technologies allowing audibility of the 4000-8000 Hz region has been shown to be beneficial for infants and children with hearing loss, particularly for the reception of the /s/ sound.
Read MoreBoston Device and Lantos Technologies will be debuting its handheld digital hearing aid fitting scanner at AAA 2012 in Boston, according to a recent Boston Device blog post.
Read MoreHearing industry veteran Brian Kinnerk has been hired as the new president of Comfort Audio Inc, the United States subsidiary of Halmstad, Sweden-based Comfort Audio.
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In order to increase access to these services to promote better patient outcomes, it is important to understand which factors contribute to utilization of audiologic treatment and, most importantly, how these factors and treatments impact user outcom
Read MoreNew research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests that overexposure to noise can cause lasting changes to auditory circuitry that may lead to tinnitus.
Read MoreThe Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) has announced that Walk4Hearing fundraising grew for the sixth straight year and surpassed its 2011 goal of $1.2 million.
Read MoreSycle.net has announced that over 120 hearing care professionals gathered in San Francisco for Sycle World 2012, a 1-day hearing care practice management education event that was sponsored by the company with other vendors.
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In last February’s HR, Beck and Flexer showed how "listening is where hearing meets the brain." The present article reviews evidence for how music and music training has the ability to change our perceptual abilities—and even physically change our br
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