Op-Ed: Embracing the Hearing Care Professional’s Role in New Technology
Laurel Christensen, PhD, envisions a strengthened role for hearing care professionals as advances in the digital world offer new hearing technology.
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Author: Christa Nuber
Samsung Previews New Gear IconX Wireless Earbuds
Technology watch websites VentureBeat and Engadget report on Samsung’s preparations to launch Gear IconX, its wireless Bluetooth earbuds. Are these poised to shake up the hearables market?
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ACI Alliance Announces New Board Members
The ACI Alliance announced a new board chair and two new board members. Colin Driscoll, MD, was elected chair of the board; Daniel Choo, MD, and Meredith Holcomb, AuD, were elected as board members.
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Classical Musicians vs Rockers: Noise-induced Hearing Loss
Do you think rockers or classical musicians are more likely to get noise-induced hearing loss and related tinnitus? According to an audiologist at Baylor College of Medicine, it’s classical musicians who may be most at risk.
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Deaf Student Neil Maes Competes in National Spelling Bee
With support from AG Bell and Anderson Independent Mail in South Carolina, deaf student Neil Maes will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee held May 22-27, 2016, in National Harbor, Md. Fifth-grader Maes, who has bilateral cochlear implants, is speller #213.
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Smart Earplugs Help Tinnitus Sufferers Sleep
Hush Technology announced the availability of Hush, the first Smart Earplugs–a new kind of sleep wearable that combines noise isolation in the form of earplugs with access to 15 different soothing sound tracks to help tinnitus sufferers block out disturbing noises via a smartphone app.
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National Tinnitus Awareness Week, May 16-20
The ATA challenges the tinnitus community to “Make Some Noise” about tinnitus and hyperacusis during National Tinnitus Awareness Week, May 16-20, 2016. Share information and register for the Hyperacusis Webinar by Friday, May 13, 2016.
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Poll Results Provide Snapshot of Hearing Loss Struggles
Results from an independent Harris Poll, commissioned by Oticon in advance of Better Hearing and Speech Month in May, shed light on how millions with hearing loss struggle to hear conversations, strain to understand speech, and even have difficulty remembering parts of conversations.
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Brain Plasticity Study Provides Clues to Single-sided Deafness
A new discovery by scientists at the University of California could help find biomarkers for targeted drug therapies for people with single-sided deafness (SSD), and may also pave the way for the development of brain stimulation therapies to restore normal auditory processing.
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Some Birds Process Sound Like People Do
According to research from the University at Buffalo, humans and animals use similar cues to make sense of their acoustic worlds. The study, published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, fills an important gap in the literature on how animals group sounds into auditory objects.
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RIT/NTID Expert Recognized for Work with Deaf in Ethiopia
Catherine Clark, AuD, associate professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NTID), was honored for her “Outstanding Dedication to Service” by Visions Global Empowerment during its annual awards ceremony in April 2016.
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Public Release of Report on Accessible, Affordable Hearing Care
The public is invited to attend the release of the report by the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults, at 11:00 AM on June 2, 2016 at the Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC.
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Hear the World Foundation Partners with Vibes Hi-Fidelity Earplugs
Vibes and Hear the World Foundation have partnered to enable access to hearing care for children in need. Vibes will contribute part of its revenues to Hear the World projects, while also providing hi-fi earplugs to concert goers.
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MED-EL Ramps up Outreach Programs with Interview Series
MED-EL is launching its “Inside Story” interview series to provide consumers with an inside look at the latest cochlear implant (CI) research news. The series, premiering at CI2016 in Toronto, May 11-14, joins EXPLORE Magazine as part of MED-EL’s outreach.
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Williams Sound Names Vision2 as New Representative
Williams Sound, Minneapolis, Minn, has welcomed Vision2 Marketing as its new US manufacturer’s representative in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Vision2 Marketing has offices in Nashville, Atlanta, and Charlotte.
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