Sonova Presents New Phonak and Unitron Products
Sonova presented several new products from its Phonak and Unitron brands at the International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Australian Researchers Show Tele-audiolgy Effective for the Outback and Remote Islands
New telecommunication technology that delivers specialist hearing health services to Australia’s outback and its nearby pacific neighbors has been successfully trialed by researchers from the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre (HEARing CRC).
Read MoreSiemens Hearing Instruments Unveils Micon Platform
Siemens Hearing Instruments has just unveiled Micon, a new platform behind its BestSound Technology. The new microprocessor is designed to enable listening with ease, even in the most challenging situations. It will be available in the new Ace, as well as Siemens’ Pure, Aquaris, and Siemens Life models.
Read MoreHamilton CapTel Introduces New Captioned Telephone Technology
At the 2012 LeadingAge conference, Hamilton CapTel is demonstrating the CapTel 840i Captioned Telephone in LeadingAge’s 3,000-sq-ft "Idea House."
Read MoreBeltone Debuts micro-Invisa, a New Virtually Invisible Hearing Aid
Beltone recently announced the introduction of micro-Invisa, a new virtually invisible hearing instrument and the smallest custom product ever manufactured by Beltone.
Read MoreNearly 850 Attend Audigy Group’s 2012 Team Summit
Nearly 850 hearing professionals attended Audigy Group’s 2012 Team Summit, recently held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The featured theme of this year’s summit was teamwork.
Read MoreOticon Medical Scientific Meeting Explores Bone Anchored Hearing Research and the Future
Oticon Medical recently held its first scientific meeting, where international clinicians, researchers, and opinion leaders in otology, neurotology, and audiology gathered to discuss the latest advances and the future of bone anchored hearing solutions.
Read MoreEPFL and Harvard Create New Imaging Technique to Diagnose Hearing Loss
Researchers at Ecole polytechnique fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Harvard Medical School have developed a new imaging technique that can provide in situ observations of the internal ear, which has until now been inaccessible. The technique may finally make it possible to understand the mechanisms underlying hearing loss.
Read MorePehratek Products Releases Headphone Docking Pod
Pehratek Products has released its new Headphone Docking Pod for storing testing transducers near patient testing areas.
Read MoreNext Ida Seminar: Is Patient-Centered Care Just “Fluff?”
The Ida Institute’s newest seminar series, “Patient-Centered Care: Fluff, Fact, or Fiction,” will address feedback from previous Ida seminars, workshops, and conversation at professional meetings by many audiologists who perceive patient-centered care as an intangible, time-consuming, “fluffy” add-on to their current practice procedures and routines.
Read MoreNetflix Agrees to 100% Closed Captioning by 2014 After NAD Lawsuit
Netflix Inc and the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) have submitted a joint consent decree to a federal court in Springfield, Mass. In the agreement, Netflix states that 100% of its streaming content will have closed captions within 2 years.
Read MoreA Touching Video Documentary Produced by a Cochlear Implant Recipient
Many third person documentaries have been produced about cochlear implant recipients. Now, an Oxford University student in the United Kingdom has produced a first person documentary that shares her experience of hearing the world through a cochlear device.
Read MoreResearchers Connect Hearing Effectiveness to Hands and Motor Skills
New research from Georgetown University Medical Center links motor skills and perception, specifically as it relates to what the left and right brain hemispheres “hear.”
Read MoreUnitron Introduces Max Super Power Hearing Instrument
Unitron is introducing Max, a new Super Power hearing instrument designed for those with severe to profound hearing loss. Max includes Power Adaptation Manager, a new feature that addresses over-amplification, while maximizing speech intelligibility.
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I saw the article "Hearing Instrument and Fitting Technology: Tech Topic Hearing Aids for Severe-to-Profound Losses: Business as Usual?" by Francis Kuk, PhD, Hanne Andersen, PhD, and Lars Baekgaard, MSc. As a lay...
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