New balance mobility equipment on St. Augustine University’s Texas campus is the first to be easily accessible to patients in the Austin community who have balance problems from a stroke, spinal cord injury, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, or traumatic brain injury, as well as geriatric patients who are at risk for injury from falls.
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Williams Sound, based in Minneapolis, Minn, has introduced the new Digi-Loop™ Simulation Software – a custom tool the company created to provide in-depth, realistic modeling and simulation of a venue’s acoustics and loop system performance, even before building construction is underway.
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This pilot study indicates that individuals supported by a hearing care professional experienced significantly better participant outcomes across all metrics, including daily usage of the hearing solution, how well each solution met expectations, and overall satisfaction rates.
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Patient-generated health data is technology with a purpose, and holds great clinical and competitive opportunities. We are in a period of change and advancing technology, when manufacturers and hearing care professionals can work together to embrace and integrate patient-generated health data to improve patient outcomes and practice success.
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Based on principles of person-centered care, a new suite of online tools engage people in the self-management of their hearing loss and help structure the conversation between clients and hearing care professionals. The tools provide patients with strategies for everyday life with hearing loss and prepare them for their first appointment and follow-up.
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Electric Acoustic Stimulation (EAS) is a potential solution to help your underperforming patient take the next step to better hearing. Combining acoustic amplification in the low frequencies with electric stimulation in the high frequencies results in significant improvement for hearing in background noise.
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The science behind “vocal attractiveness,” or what makes a human voice sound pleasant is of increasing interest to acousticians and artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, who say men and women agree on the vocal attractiveness of how vowels are spoken, but disagree on the vocal attractiveness of how consonants are spoken.
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The degree to which you are disturbed by the noises of everyday life may be related to how your brain processes variations in the sound stream or sound environment, according to new research findings. Further, genetics may play a role in the degree of your sensitivity.
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Signia has introduced a nearly invisible hearing aid that’s ready-to-wear–Silk™, a CIC hearing instrument with a silicone sleeve. Silk offers high comfort, no waiting, and near-invisibility, which makes it a top choice for first-time hearing aid wearers.
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EAR Inc released the EAR MiniCanal™ Combo, a multi-functional alternative to traditional custom-fit electronic hearing protection. The MiniCanal Combo suppresses loud sounds, such as gunfire, while still providing situational awareness of ambient sounds.
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Research findings reported by the NIH, NIDCD reveal that hearing loss among US adults aged 20 to 69 has declined over the last decade, even as the population of older Americans continues to grow.
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Audigy Medical has announced a partnership with the Marion Downs Center to support its mission in delivering high-quality hearing care and speech-language development services to patients and their families in Colorado and beyond.
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When we listen to people speak, we hear the sounds they’re making and we also try to predict what they’re going to say. Research shows that even children use past experience with language to hear what we expect others to say, particularly in background noise.
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Hearing Charities of America (HCOA) launched a national program on August 1, 2016 titled the Hearing Aid Project. Since its release, the project has been providing low-income individuals of all ages with no-cost hearing aids across the United States.
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Video presentations from EUHA 2016–the 61st International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians, held October 19-21, 2016 in Hannover, Germany–are now available for viewing, thanks to EUHA TV. Some EUHA 2016 presentations are accessible free of charge, though most require a fee.
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