Part 1 of this two-part series looks at fitting digital aids within the “audibility window” while making accommodations for recruitment. Part 2 will look at how to verify and demonstrate directionality, noise reduction, and feedback suppression.
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A look back at 100 years of Oticon’s history in the hearing industry, as well as comments from the company’s leaders on what the present and future may hold.
Read MoreThe field of hair cell regeneration is making amazing progress. Virginia Merrill Bloedel Research Center scientist Edwin Rubel explains the latest findings, ventures predictions, and tells why this area of hearing research offers huge opportunities for the hearing aid dispensing field.
Read MoreOffering third-party financing gives patients a solution so they can get the help they need.
Read MoreA study shows that directionality provides substantial benefit in noise to those individuals who may need it most.
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For adaptive features to work optimally, hearing aids should be able to be fine-tuned to maximize listening performance in a variety of listening environments.
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New materials in earplugs and earmuffs are changing how we look at the aspects of caring, comfort, convenience, and communication in workplace hearing conservation.
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Hearing care professionals need to ask what is important in the pursuit of helping each individual patient.
Read MoreA consumer panel at the 2004 Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology meeting, which had as its theme “Connecting with Consumers,” presented the diverse and personal perspectives of six consumers.
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An examination of historical pricing trends in hearing aids and a comparison of how contemporary prices stack up against previous generations after inflation is considered.
Read MoreChildren cannot access classroom instruction unless they can clearly hear the teacher.
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A review of a new simulated sound environment for testing hearing instruments in various listening situations, as well as factors that need to be considered when using these types of systems.
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Part 2. Bimodal hearing should be standard for most cochlear implant users
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Although the newer auditory steady-state response (ASSR) test has solid applications in the field of diagnostic audiology, the auditory brainstem response (ABR) with click or tone-burst signals retains great importance. A tutorial on using and interpreting ABRs is presented, and the author shows why the ABR is most useful in the differentiation of types of auditory dysfunction, while the ASSR is uniquely valuable in estimating auditory thresholds of those with moderate to profound losses.
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Hearing aid technology, fitting science, and professional education have all improved dramatically in the last 10 years, yet there continues to be little increase in customer satisfaction. Additionally, few studies conclusively link satisfaction with benefit. This article examines why this might be by proposing that there may be six commonly accepted myths-relating to hearing aid fittings, benefit, and satisfaction.
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