Sensaphonics announced on April 1 the Perceptuator IEM plug-in accessory, the latest advancement in safe sound for musicians. Designed to make 65 dB sound like 100 dB, Sensaphonics says the Perceptuator plugs directly into your brain, and uses your own powerful sense memories to make you feel like you’re rocking your brains out while delivering studio reference sound quality at safe levels.
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For deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals, Amber Galloway Gallego provides visual and emotive cues at concerts as an interpretation of the artist’s performance, according to an article in Vox. Gallego is an American Sign Language (ASL) interpretor who has worked with 400 artists, many of them hip-hop performers.
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Hearing care professionals can now deepen their audiology knowledge through the new e-learning platform from Phonak, the company announced. The manufacturer of hearing instruments and wireless communication solutions is aiming to help its customers refine their understanding of relevant topics related to products, audiological background, and counseling techniques.
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Interacoustics has received FDA approval for vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) testing with their Eclipse hardware.
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A team of researchers from the University of Washington, University of Michigan, and Yale University recently carried out a NIOSH-funded study of hearing loss prevention program (HLPP) effectiveness. The team studied HLPPs at 14 US facilities operated by a single multinational metals manufacturing company, and based on the results of this research, created two self-evaluation tools for use by HLPP managers.
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Using data from brain imaging techniques that enable visualizing the brain’s activity, a neuroscientist at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and a Parisian ENT surgeon have managed to decipher brain reorganization processes at work when people start to lose their hearing, and thus predict the success or failure of a cochlear implant among people who have become profoundly deaf in their adult life. The results of this research may be found in Nature Communications.
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David Owen, a well-known staff writer for The New Yorker, investigated some of the newest innovations in hearing aid technology to help treat his own hearing loss and tinnitus in an April 3 article in the magazine. In “High Tech Hope for the Hard of Hearing,” Owen details his experience being tested and fitted for a pair of Muse hearing aids at Starkey Hearing Technologies in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
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Australia-based DTI Group announced it has secured an order from Bombardier Canada for the supply of hearing-aid loop communication systems for Bay Area Rapid Transit Commission (BART) in San Francisco.
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A research team at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia is working to develop an app called GetTalking, to help children with cochlear implants learn to talk, according to an article in The Register.
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In a first-of-its-kind study published in the March 1, 2017 edition of Molecular Therapy, researchers from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine showed that gene therapy was able to restore balance and hearing in genetically modified mice that mimic Usher syndrome.
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Steve Mahon joined Sivantos as the CEO and president of Sivantos US, and Eric Timm has been appointed as the company’s new COO.
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EarVenture—a company that offers products, technology, and resources for audiologists—is happy to support this legislation, with the hope that it will improve the access to hearing care, the company announced. With information from HLAA, earVenture feels confident that this legislation will positively affect the hearing impaired population.
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Clear Digital Media, a provider of custom digital signage and educational programming for the hearing health care industry, announced that they will be introducing MDEmails as their newest service.
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Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have identified the genetic underpinnings of a rare disorder that causes children to be born with deafness, blindness, albinism, and fragile bones, NEI announced. The newly recognized syndrome, COMMAD, affects children who inherit two mutations of a gene—one from each parent—each of whom is deaf due to another rare, genetic disorder called Waardenburg syndrome 2A.
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In December, Widex released the BEYOND made-for-iPhone hearing aid, which is designed to provide clean sound and crisp connectivity. Now, the company announces that BEYOND offers even more choices, with an app available both for Android and iPhone.
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