Researchers at Columbia University say that cochlear implants can be adjusted to process speech, but the device poses challenges for music listening. They are investigating how to reengineer music for implant users by simplifying original compositions.
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In this blog post, Michele Ahlman explains how to use your camera phone and a tripod to take professional-looking staff images for your hearing care practice website and waiting room television network screen.
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Signia, the new hearing aid brand from Sivantos, has unveiled primax, described as the company’s most advanced hearing aid platform to date, and the first technology clinically proven by independent studies to reduce listening effort throughout the day while providing “better than normal” hearing in challenging listening environments.
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GN ReSound announced the global launch of ReSound ENZO2, with LiNX2, for people with severe to profound hearing loss in need of a “Super Power” solution. The ENZO2 is a Smart Hearing aid for Super Power users, offering greater audibility, better speech understanding, and improved spatial awareness.
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WHO and Hear the World Foundation have announced that this year’s World Hearing Day on March 3 is dedicated to the theme of “Childhood hearing loss: act now, here is how!” They say 60% of childhood hearing loss could be prevented. An online campaign aims to raise awareness and share information.
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Starkey released a new group of hearing solutions, powered by a new platform and the Acuity OS operating system. The “Made for Life” launch includes Halo 2 Made for iPhone hearing aids; Muse hearing aids, and the SoundLens Synergy wireless platform.
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A new book covers selecting and fitting hearing aids and the outcome procedures and measures that follow. Drs Ruth Bentler, H. Gustav Mueller, and Todd A. Ricketts provide guidance for fitting approaches, protocols for behavioral measures, and real-ear speech mapping to verify fitting and assess aids.
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Audigy Group and Audigy Medical’s leadership and staff joined nearly 200 of their members in Orlando, Fla, for the kickoff of their annual Member Summit. Audigy members responded positively to several announcements made by Audigy Group leaders that forecast a new era of growth for the organization.
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Betty DeKraker, AuD, the owner of a small hearing clinic in Ontario, is one of five small business owners receiving an AMFB 2016 Small Business Achievement Award. DeKraker’s clinic achieved exponential growth within its first 18 months, with sales numbers she hadn’t forecasted reaching until year five.
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Two audiology students received scholarships from AuDConnex. This is the second year the audiology network/buying group has offered the scholarship to doctoral students nationwide. Recipients were awarded a $500 scholarship and a two-year membership to the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA).
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VARTA Microbattery donated hearing aid batteries from its power one brand to the Hearing Without Borders Initiative in Jordan. These batteries are considered to be one of the optimum power sources for cochlear implants, which the Initiative provides to Jordanian people who need them.
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Plural Publishing has released the second edition of the Comprehensive Handbook of Pediatric Audiology, edited by Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD, and Richard Seewald, PhD. The Handbook is considered to be the most complete work of its kind, and has become a popular reference for pediatric audiology.
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Mobile Communications rolled out a next-generation Xperia line of products with the first Xperia X series smartphones, along with ambient connected devices. Part of the rollout is the new Xperia Ear, a next-generation wireless ear-piece, or hearable.
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Almost all mammals, including humans, localize sound sources via the delay in time at which sound signals arrive at each ear. Geckos, frogs, many reptiles, and birds cannot do this since the distance between their ears is too short. Researchers have shown how these animals use “coupled ears” to process and localize sound waves for directional hearing.
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Since the introduction of real ear measurement systems, real-ear-to-coupler difference (RECD) measurements have become a clinical reality. Understanding the RECD and how it is used in hearing aid fitting software allows clinicians to better define fitting protocols for individual listeners.
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