hi HealthInnovations, a new division of UnitedHealth Group offering its own brand of hearing aids to consumers, has named Jerry L. Yanz, PhD, as vice president of hearing health. Yanz will lead the companys growing team of hearing health professionals.
Read MoreC. Scot Frink, recently selected by Rayovac as the 2011 Hearing Professional of the Year in the United States, has joined Hearinghealthmatters.org blog as a contributing editor. He will focus his blog posts about the rewards and challenges of running a private practice.
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Simulating hearing loss using normal-hearing people is of interest for both patient education and for research and development uses. This article reviews the challenges in simulating hearing loss and reports findings from a study that recommends individual testing to evaluate benefit from various noise suppressing algorithms to ensure the selection of the best noise suppressing strategy for each patient.
Read MoreWhat new products will you be featuring at AAA in 2012? Let us know and get your new products featured in two AAA-themed Hearing Review Products issues. This free PR opportunity is available to all hearing health manufacturers and industry services exhibiting at AAA 2012 in Boston.
Read MorePanasonic Hearing Instruments has introduced the R1-W series, a new line of open fit receiver-in-canal (RIC) digital hearing instruments with Bluetooth functionality, designed for people with mild to severe hearing loss.
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In their roughly 30-year history, rechargeable hearing instruments have yet to become the chosen alternative for most hearing aid wearers. This article details two new hearing systems designed to bring rechargeable hearing instruments out of the niche market and into the mainstream.
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Details about the Clinic and Home versions of the hi HealthInnovations/UnitedHealth Group methods for obtaining AC thresholds and online gain prescription, respectively, and data are presented on the reliability and accuracy of these new approaches.
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As research accumulates supporting the close interactions between hearing loss and dementia, it becomes more important than ever for dispensing professionals to understand and accommodate the special needs of patients who have Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other cognitive impairments. Here is a review of AD and rehabilitation strategies as they relate to hearing care professionals.
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As research accumulates supporting the close interactions between hearing loss and dementia, it becomes more important than ever for dispensing professionals to understand and accommodate the special needs of patients who have Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other cognitive impairments. Here is a review of AD and rehabilitation strategies as they relate to hearing care professionals.
Read MoreUnitron US has recently named Nick Stephan as vice president of finance and controlling. He previously served as senior director of finance at Siemens Hearing.
Read MoreNew research shows that a diagnosis of otorrhea (ear discharge and drainage) due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) following ear tube placement in children does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of further complications or surgery, compared to a diagnosis of non-MRSA otorrhea.
Read MoreUPS Supply Chain Solutions (UPS SCS), a division of package delivery company United Parcel Service, will pay $95,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the United Sstates Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC had charged that UPS SCS unlawfully denied a reasonable accommodation to a deaf employee who required ASL.
Read MoreA new teleaudiology pilot program, funded by a grant from the US Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau, is enabling pediatric audiologists to remotely follow up with rural families and their newborns who fail initial hearing screenings.
Read MoreVARTA Microbattery GmbH, parent company of VARTA Microbattery Inc and the Power One battery brand, has appointed William Flanagan as the new president and CEO of VARTA. Flanagan had been retail national sales manager of the company since 2003.
Read MoreHR recently reported on Sight & Hearing Association’s 2011 Noisy Toy List. Now, researchers from University of California- Irvine’s Department of Otolaryngology have added to the list, measuring 10 popular toys for precise gauging in a soundproof booth. All exceeded 90 decibels or more when measured at the toy’s speaker.
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