Clarity’s Alto amplified telephone is reportedly the first telephone to receive certification that the phone is compliant under the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) new standard for sound amplification in telephones for people with hearing loss.
Read MoreResearchers from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Biomedical Sciences have developed a method to turn human embryonic stem cells into ear cells. They then transplanted the ear cells into deaf gerbils, and, about 4 weeks later, obtained a functional recovery of around 46%.
Read MoreMSR West has appointed Dr Robb as sales representative for Oregon and Hawaii.
Read MoreInfants as young as 3 months of age are able to automatically detect and learn complex dependencies between syllables in spoken language. By contrast, adults only recognized the same dependencies when asked to actively search for them.
Read MoreBlueprint Solutions has announced the release of Blueprint OMS version 2.0. According to the company, this latest version delivers enhanced capabilities and functions including: hearing aid inventory management, hearing aid trial and loaner managemen
Read MoreGN Otometrics has announced its second VNG/ENG course this year facilitated by balance expert Kamran Barin, PhD. The course will be held in Chicago on October 3-5, 2012, at the Allerton Hotel.
Read MoreThe new special instruments distributor ASI has added Kellie Fedde and Eileen Shepheard as managers to the Midwest Region.
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I have a good friend whose wife has a severe hearing loss. Other members of her immediate family are affected as well. Her severe loss is one of those that we would expect to benefit greatly from amplification, but she has a very poor success rat
Read MoreOn September 10, 2012, the Wall Street Journal ran an article and online video that places personal sound amplification products (PSAPs) in a favorable light, and it is apparent from the author’s focus that these products are positioned for people with mild hearing loss, a case that the major professional organizations, as well as the Hearing Industries Association, have been making to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with little headway.
Read MoreSycle.net is sponsoring a promotion of the HealthiPlan integrated patient financing service for both new and existing customers.
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This article originally appeared in the July 3, 2012 Hearing Health blog written by Christine Diles, AuD, and Judy Huch, AuD, that can be found at: hearinghealthmatters.org/hearinprivatepractice — David H. Kirkwood, editor
Read MoreThe organizations single out several companies and urge the FDA to take action against products that are hearing aids masquerading as PSAPs.
Read MoreVicki Martin reviews What Did You Say? by Monique Hammond, an unexpected journey into the world of hearing loss.
Read MoreAntioxidants, dietary supplements, and high-tech brain imaging are among some of the new strategies being used to help detect, treat, and prevent noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and tinnitus among American troops, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Read MoreSophono is launching the second generation of its Alpha bone conduction hearing device at the American Academy of Otolaryngology meeting in September. The new Alpha 2 includes a new sound processor as well as other features.
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