The Hearing Loss Association of America launched the 2016 Walk4Hearing program, the largest event of its kind in the US. Thousands of people come out each year to walk in support of those with hearing loss. Spring Walks occur in 22 cities across the country through June, and Fall Walks begin in September.
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Frequency compression can be useful to avoid dead regions in the cochlea for speech, but this does not follow for music. The difference is that in damaged regions—typically in the higher frequencies—speech has a “continuous” spectrum, whereas music is always a “discrete” or “line” spectrum regardless of frequency.
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Sonova reports that its film, “Life without Limitations,” received a gold award at the International Commercial Film Festival. Based on the story of a young soccer player with profound hearing loss, the film shows how his Phonak hearing aids enable him to live a life without limitations.
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Oticon Hearing Foundation and the American Academy of Audiology Foundation (AAAF) are calling for applications for Project Amazon 2016. Costs will be covered for one licensed audiologist and one AuD student to travel to Brazil and work side-by-side with staff from the Oticon Clinic. Applications are accepted through June 15.
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Thieme announced the publication of The Audiogram Workbook – the first guide to provide comprehensive practice in the administration of audiograms. It lets students work through 100 clinical cases covering a range of audiologic disorders, writing their own clinical evaluations based on presenting symptoms and test results.
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The WCA2016 program includes plenary roundtable sessions; an exhibit with opportunities to learn about the latest advances in the hearing industry; pre-conference workshops on cutting-edge topics; networking opportunities with delegates from many countries, and special sessions.
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When exposure to noise or music occurs, the Temporary Hearing Loss Test app addresses the important issue of whether there has been a temporary threshold shift (TTS) or not, and if so, how much, providing invaluable long-term prevention information.
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This study examines the effectiveness of the Widex Unique™ wind noise attenuation algorithm. The data suggests the WNA algorithm significantly reduces annoyance and at the same time increases speech understanding.
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Northwestern University researchers have found that even before infants understand their first words, they have begun to link language and thought. Listening to language boosts infant cognition, and new evidence provides insight into the role of early language exposure.
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By creating a Tinnitus Toolbox based on best-practice solutions, hearing care professionals can use tinnitus evaluation results to tailor management plans that best suit each patient with tinnitus. This is Part 2 of a 2-part series.
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Wayne Staab, PhD, explores challenges posed by ear hair and problems with earwax. Ear hair, for example, can prevent earwax from being released naturally from the ear canal, and an overgrowth of hair may also prevent hearing aids from making a good seal.
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HR Editor Karl Strom considers what the FDA can do in the wake of its recent GMP workshop, the PCAST recommendations, and impending report from the IOM. Would these proposals lead to more innovation, affordability and accessibility for consumers…or represent a giant step backward?
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At AudiologyNOW! 2016, The Hearing Review and CareCredit offered data from two recent surveys and hosted a panel of four experts from audiology, dentistry, and private practice.
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This year’s AudiologyNOW! AAA event, said to be the largest annual gathering of audiologists in the world, attracted 3,408 audiologists and featured a wealth of instructional sessions and workshops at the Phoenix Convention Center.
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Oticon is introducing a paradigm shift in hearing aid amplification with regard to how to facilitate better understanding of speech in noise. The new Oticon OpenSound Navigator (OSN) is designed to exceed and supplant traditional directionality and noise reduction protocols.
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