Clinically we all need to walk the fine line between the “values” of our clientele and the “facts” that we need to impart upon them as professionals. Marshall Chasin discusses this in relation to his own patients, as well as the OTC hearing aid debate.
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Clear Digital Media (CDM)—a provider of custom digital signage and educational programming for the hearing health care industry—will be partnering with the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) to launch the Patient Content Review Panel.
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In the past 15 years, research has suggested that people with hearing loss might benefit from either fast or slow compression depending on their cognitive status. This article reviews the concept of compressor speed and its possible relationship to cognitive capacity and also looks at how the Variable Speed Compressor (VSC) used in the BEYOND hearing aid may allow optimal speech understanding for people with all cognitive backgrounds.
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Language People—a company that provides interpretation and translation services—has named Newport Beach, California, the first “Deaf-Friendly City” in the United States, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times.
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World Wide Hearing (WWH), a Quebec, Canada-based non-profit organization that provides access to affordable hearing aids to children and youth in developing countries and underserved communities, is one of the 10 finalists competing for a $750,000 grant in the 2017 edition of Google.org Impact Challenge, Canada. Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has pledged to donate $5 million to 10 non-profit organizations utilizing technology to help effect social change.
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Williams Sound announced its 2016 Exceptional Sales Award winners at ISE 2017 AV systems integration show in Amsterdam.
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The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) along with the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), sent a letter to Tom E. Price, MD, the newly appointed Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ASHA announced in a press release. The joint communication communicated the organizations’ need to ensure patient access to services provided by occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists in future health reform efforts.
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Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet, together with colleagues from the European research network TINNET, recently published a study in Genetics in Medicine showing evidence that tinnitus may have genetic causes.
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Sennheiser Electronics announced the Flex 5000, a digital wireless audio system for headphones that intensifies TV sound.
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Hearing loss among Indigenous Australians may hamper the effects of government programs like Close the Gap—a set of targets developed by the Australian government to reduce health inequalities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Phonak announced the release of the second generation of TargetMatch with corresponding software, Phonak Target 5.1, in a press release. According to Phonak, this enhanced functionality demonstrates more accuracy and precision than traditional verification standards by matching targets within 3dB of the calculated targets across the frequency range.
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Phonak’s in-ear monitors played a role in the movie La La Land. The monitors were used to assist the director with providing sound cues to actors, particularly during live scenes.
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Gus Mueller, PhD, will facilitate the 7-hour FittingNOW! Expert Series on May 12, which will provide information on tools and techniques to facilitate the decisions hearing care professionals make in assisting their patients with selecting the appropriate hearing instruments as well as the choices and decisions about correct protocols to use for assessments, fittings, and follow-up.
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The Interacoustics Academy, the technological knowledge center at Interacoustics specialized in audiological and vestibular training, announced that they will host a new series of free, live webinars in Spring 2017. The five planned webinars cover the latest diagnostic insights and clinical trends in audiologic and vestibular technologies and their applications.
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Unionized employees of the Canadian Hearing Society—a nonprofit that provides services, programs, and products to the deaf community—are on strike, effective March 6, the nonprofit announced in a press release.
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