Embracing the Internet Age
With 62% of Americans using the Internet to research health care, make sure your business is not left behind. Here are some tips on how to create a Web site
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Effective Employee Supervision
At the heart of these interactions is the way in which management has selected, trained, and treated their employees.
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Earmolds and Hearing Aid Shells: A Tutorial
The first in a series of articles on one of the most critical, and problematic, parts of the hearing aid fitting process.
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BHI’s Reorganization Produces Results: Institute Produces a Variety of Tools for Professionals, Consumers, and Industry
The Better Healing Institute (BHI) has produced a wide range of materials in the last 2 years, including useful consumer literature offerings, consumer demographics and data, Web pages, and now a PBS mini-documentary.
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HIA: The Time is NOW for the Hearing Aid Tax Credit Bill
The annual Hearing Industries Association (HIA) meeting was primarily focused on the enactment of the Hearing Aid Tax Credit Assistance Act. There has never been a better time than 2006 to pass this important piece of legislation.
Read MoreResolving a Root Cause of Failure to Fit: Re-examining the Ear Canal
Frequent complaints of earmold discomfort, non-acoustic occlusion, sensations of fullness, and chronic itching while wearing hearing aids still continue to drive at least some of the failure-to-fit rate for dispensing professionals.
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A Comparison of Decision-Making Processes in Directional Systems
A study that analyzes the decision-making of prediction-based directional systems versus that of parallel-processing-based systems.
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What Outsiders Tell Us About the Hearing Industry
By continuing to develop advanced technology, promoting advances to those outside our industry, supporting evidence-based practice and data-driven development—and acknowledging the success that we are achieving in our industry—we will be poised to be one of the most successful fields to work in among all of the medical device industries.
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Digital Noise Reduction: Yes, There Is Research Supporting Its Effectiveness
A review of four different research studies that show outcomes favoring Digital Noise Reduction (DNR). As we move toward evidence-based practice in the selection and fitting of hearing instruments, studies such as these will lead the way in showing that DNR is an effective treatment strategy in the provision of amplification.
Read MoreAudio Players and Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implant users can listen to MP3 and CD players via several options, including audio headphones, direct patch cables, or FM systems.
Read MorePerceptual Considerations in Designing and Fitting Hearing Aids for Music
A selective overview of perceptual dimensions contributing to music experience that have implications for the fitting of hearing aids, as well as possible treatment and research of hearing loss.
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“Portable” Music and Its Risk to Hearing Health
As hearing care experts and “hearing loss preventionists,” it is our responsibility to consider critically the level of risk and educate our patients and the public appropriately about the use of personal music players.
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Please Welcome On Stage…Personal In-the-Ear Monitoring
Personal monitoring has revolutionized onstage sound reinforcement. The development of personal monitors was driven by the need to provide an onstage listening experience that surpassed the limitations of traditional floor monitor systems, and it has the dual ability to protect the performers’ hearing. Here’s a brief tutorial on these systems.
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Hearing Protection for Musicians
Musicians need to hear well, and safely, when they play. Standard industrial-type hearing protectors muffle sound and frequently provide too much attenuation and occlusion to be acceptable for musicians. This article describes the selection of high-fidelity earplugs for musicians.
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Hearing Conservation in Schools of Music: The UNT Model
The UNT model is designed to provide students with knowledge about retaining their musicians’ ears for their careers and their quality of life. The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) has reviewed the program and an outline is being prepared for national dissemination.
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