Beltone has announced the launch of Beltone Ally, a line of hearing aids that use 2.4 GHz direct wireless technology and advanced sound processing features. According to Beltone, the full product line offers a selection of hearing aid models that can fit more than 90% of all patients with hearing loss, ranging from mild to severe.
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The British Academy of Audiology (BAA) has announced that North Staffordshire CCG, a local health authority in the United Kingdom, will be making hearing aid cuts through a new regulation, effective October 1, 2015, that denies free hearing aids or follow-up care to thousands of people with hearing loss who are currently covered by the country’s National Health Service (NHS).
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Benson Medical Instruments, which designs and manufactures audiometers, spirometers, and software to manage hearing conservation and occupational spirometry programs for companies, has announced a new ID masking feature in its software for occupational hearing tests that helps protect employees’ private data.
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Clarity has launched ClarityLife, a new platform for the company’s Ensemble home phone that allows family members to check on seniors living alone. The platform keeps family members up-to-date with their older loved one’s activities through check-ins, medication and appointment notifications, compliance monitoring, and the ability to share social messages, photos, and videos.
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In a September 21, 2015 article for The Dallas Morning News, writer Thor Christensen discusses the annoying decibel levels and potential harm caused by modern hand dryers in public places. The noise produced by many of these new hand dryers can reach 100 decibels, and the machines are a growing nuisance for millions of people with tinnitus or hyperacusis.
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Turtle Beach Corporation, an audio technology company based in San Diego, Calif, has announced a new partnership with Beltone New England, which will carry HyperSound Clear in their locations across the east coast when it becomes available this fall.
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The FDA announced that it is allowing the marketing of a new hearing aid that uses a laser diode and direct vibration of the eardrum to amplify sound: the EarLens Contact Hearing Device (CHD), which is manufactured by EarLens Corp, Menlo Park, Calif.
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In a new study, linguists investigated intonation–a key part of prosody–in American Sign Language (ASL) and found that native ASL signers learn intonation in much the same way that users of spoken languages do.
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Otoharmonics Corporation, Portland, Ore, has announced that a new peer-reviewed study using its Levo System for tinnitus showed a reduction in tinnitus symptoms and improvement in daily outlook for many study participants.
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Anthropologists from Binghamton University in New York conducted research into the sensory perception of early humans using several two-million-year-old fossil hominins to reveal how the human hearing pattern resembles chimpanzees, but with some slight, important differences.
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Thieme Publishers is introducing 10 new titles at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO taking place in Dallas, Texas on September 27-30, 2015. Featured among the new titles are “Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery” and “Geriatric Otolaryngology.”
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A September 24, 2015 article published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, proposes that, based on analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), hearing impairment has been associated with various negative health issues, and possibly earlier death for older adults.
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The US Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have released a joint policy statement stating that all young children with disabilities should have access to inclusive high-quality early childhood programs, where they are provided with individualized and appropriate support in meeting high expectations.
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UCSF reports that new intracranial and electroencephalogram (EEG) research, published in a September 23, 2015 online article in The Journal of Neuroscience, supports the neural noise hypothesis that the signal-to-noise ratio in nerve circuits diminishes with aging, leading to diminished performance.
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The range of rechargeable options in electronic products has been amazing…except in hearing aids, says the author. He predicts that we are approaching a technological tipping point where this will change, bringing an array of rechargeable hearing devices to our market.
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