The Starkey Hearing Foundation is joining forces with recording artist and actress Miley Cyrus to promote the “Listen Carefully” campaign for May’s “Better Hearing and Speech Month.”
Read MoreWith June named as Men’s Health Month, Oticon is encouraging men to consider their hearing health with a 2-month awareness campaign called “Let’s Hear It for His Health.”
Read MorePurple Communications has launched a new campaign to promote awareness of its free Purple Video Relay Services (Purple VRS).
Read MoreSonic Innovations Inc is partnering with One-Trak Development Group to offer business development services to its customers.
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When taking things into a historical industry context, recent media coverage on hearing health care has been both abundant and positive—despite one rather shocking April 21 USA Today article (see AudiologyNOW! convention coverage in the s
Read MoreThe Tinnitus Practitioners Association is offering an Associate Tinnitus Education course on June 10-11, 2011, at the Westin Detroit-Metropolitan Airport Hotel in Detroit.
Read MoreThe First International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication will take place on June 19-22, 2011 in Linkping, Sweden. The deadline for registration is May 10.
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The ACAM 5 audiological measurement system from Acousticon is designed to provide advanced fitting solutions via integrated percentile analysis. In particular, the percentile analysis function analyzes real speech, music, or any sound—as well as the output of the hearing device over every frequency and loudness level—for objective, data-driven, target gain settings.
Read MoreEtymotic Research has announced the addition of Microsonic to its list of partners, expanding its CUSTOM*FIT network of authorized custom ear impression centers.
Read MoreHearing Healthcare Management (HHM) has named Joseph W. Neve, AuD, CCC-A, PhD as its new Minnesota regional director of Avada Audiology & Hearing Care Centers. He was previously president of HHMs subsidiary, Neve Inc.
Read MoreBritains Rayovac Batteries, a subsidiary of Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc, has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise, an official recognition by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Most hearing care professionals can talk to their patients about the issue of noise exposure and even provide them with generalities that include OSHA guidelines and/or advice about hearing protection. But is there a way for professionals and laymen alike to assess their “hearing load”? The authors propose an easy-to-remember and easy-to-perform calculation designed to yield a guideline of hearing loss risk and comparison with OSHA, NIOSH, and EPA limits.
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Why do people who fail a hearing screening at a health fair or open house choose not to get a comprehensive hearing assessment when it’s clearly recommended? Similarly, why do people who fail a comprehensive hearing assessment choose not to follow recommendations for hearing aids? Here are some answers.
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Much of the sea change in BTE hearing aids—a style that increased in usage from about 20% in 2000 to over 60% today—is due to open-fit and feedback suppression technology. What have we learned relative to fitting methods since the widespread introduction of open-fit devices in 2003? Here are some dos and don’ts to keep in mind…
Read MoreReSound has announced the release of Digital Feedback Suppression (DFS) Ultra technology, a new approach to feedback cancellation.
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