Author: Hearing Review Staff

Digital Hearing Solution

Unitron Hearing, Plymouth, Minn, a manufacturer of easy-to-use digital hearing solutions, recently launched the Conversa™ with ClearCall, at the 15th annual AAA conference in San Antonio, Tex. Conversa offers a solution for telephone use by

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Updated Digital Line

Siemens Hearing Instruments Inc, Piscataway, NJ, offers the PRISMA™2, which supplies improved listening, fitting, and wearing comfort by combining PRISMA’s fully digital quality with updated features, and TwinMic™ directional m

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Software Updates

Audioscan, Dorchester, Ontario, Canada, has released the 2.0 version of software for its Audioscan® Verifit® real-ear hearing aid analyzer. Among the program’s improvements are a real-time Speech Envelope and Speechmap®, with a choice of D

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Pioneers of Technology

Starkey Laboratories Inc joins forces with colleagues within the hearing industry to develop the Lexis FM system. Jessica Kelley, worldwide marketing manager, Starkey Laboratories Inc Working together with Audibel, Bernafon, MicroTech, NUEAR

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Turning It Down a Notch

The Baby Boomer generation thought they would hear the music forever, however, many are now having trouble hearing it at all. This problem isn’t just one for older Americans. According to studies conducted in 1999 by the US Food and Drug Adm

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Vibration Reduced Receiver

Vibration Reduced Receiver Knowles Electronics, Itasca, Ill, introduces the PHF receiver. The PHF receiver uses Knowles’ Pantograph technology to reduce receiver vibration, thereby decreasing the possibility of mechanical feedback within hea

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VNG Technology

VNG Technology Interacoustics, Eden Prairie, Minn, has announced updates to its VO25 VNG technology. Features include improvements to the cameras and projection images, to ensure high-quality recordings. (800) 947-6334; www.interacoustics-us.com.

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Amplified Telephone

Amplified Telephone Ameriphone Products by Walker, a Division of Plantronics Inc, Garden Grove, Calif, offers the XL-40 Amplified Telephone. The unit delivers up to 43+dB extra amplification and features a separate adjustable tone control (500-2,

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Digital Hearing Instruments

Digital Hearing Instruments Siemens Hearing Instruments Inc, Piscataway, NJ, offers the PHOENIX™ Pro, which has the digital sound quality of the PHOENIX series with the added advantage of programmable controls. The PHOENIX Pro family consist

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Post Auricular Canal Aid

Post Auricular Canal Aid SeboTek™ Hearing Systems, Tulsa, Okla, introduces the PAC (post auricular canal) aid. The concept behind the patented design of the PAC is the separation of the sound processor and the speaker. This design enables th

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Clinical OAE

Clinical OAE Vivosonic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, offers VivoScan™ Clinical OAEs with screening capabilities—for diagnostics, monitoring ototoxicity and noise-induced HL, and screening. They are fast, accurate, and consistent by patente

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Maximum Output

Maximum Output Oticon Inc, Somerset, NJ, introduces the SUMO, super power maximum output, with 142 dB SPL MPO, 82 dB gain, and high levels of LF gain and output. The unit is powered by a new amplifier and receiver design, Output Optimization Tech

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