Many people who have hearing instruments equipped with a volume control report that it is necessary to adjust the gain several times per day for different listening environments. A new hearing aid that combines datalogging and a learning VC for automatic adjustment of gain addresses this problem.
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Transient impulses consist of intense pulses of acoustic energy rising well above the long-term average of the surrounding environment, causing annoyance to hearing aid users. A new hearing aid provides a natural sound quality that is both clear and comfortable without distorting the perception of speech or the target transient.
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It’s always fun to speculate on where the hearing industry may be headed in the next few years. Last December, HR published an article, “Twenty Trends Influencing the Hearing Health Care Field,” tha
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There is a need for reconciling differences between subjective hearing aid user reports and objective performance data.
Read MoreThe 2006 Oticon Focus on People Awards honored 15 outstanding people with hearing loss who prove that hearing loss does not limit a person’s ability to live a full, productive and even, inspiring life.
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Perspectives from 18 companies in the hearing industry on what occurred in 2006 and what can be expected for 2007.
Read MoreWilliams Sound, Eden Prairie, Minn, appointed Mike Hartmann to the position of ALD sales representative.
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Paying attention to trends keeps your business on the cutting edge—and one step ahead of the competition.
Read MoreThe New York Public Service Commission, New York Relay, and Sprint announced that the New York Relay Captioned Telephone Service will be available beginning January 1, 2007.
Read MoreA California man has filed a class action suit against Motorola Inc in Cook County United States District Court, claiming that the Bluetooth® Headset maker has failed to inform consumers of the potential for hearing loss and to take adequate steps to prevent hearing loss among Bluetooth users.
Read MoreCareCredit®, Costa Mesa, Calif, has hired Jessi Everett as business development manager for the company’s Audiology Division.
Read MoreSycle, San Francisco, announced that David A. Needham joined the company as its head of product development.
Read MoreExcellence in volunteerism by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) staff was recognized when the Rockville, Md-based organization received the 2006 Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County Award.
Read MoreA new analysis of iPods and other portable, digital music players by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Children’s Hospital in Boston has produced the first-ever detailed guidelines for safe listening levels using earphones.
Read MoreCalifornia State University, Northridge’s acclaimed National Center on Deafness (NCOD) has received a $5 million grant from the US Department of Education to help improve the academic achievement of high school and college students who are deaf and hard of hearing in the Western United States.
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