Patients Prefer Professional-Looking Backgrounds for Telehealth
Researchers were surprised at how much a patient’s perception of a physician changed with different virtual backgrounds for telehealth appointments.
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Author: Melanie Hamilton
Phonak Announces Musician as Newest Global Brand Ambassador
Phonak has announced a legendary guitarist as its newest global brand ambassador to promote hearing health and the use of hearing devices.
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2025 NIOSH Hearing Loss Prevention Award Nominations Open
NIOSH is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award, recognizing efforts in preventing occupational noise-induced hearing loss.
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ReSound ‘Gift of Hearing’ Reaches Hearing Aid Donation Milestone
ReSound partners with hearing care professionals in the annual Gift of Hearing campaign to donate care and technology to people with hearing loss who are experiencing financial hardship.
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Earways Medical Patent for Cerumen Removal Innovation Approved
Earways Medical’s patent approval for its cerumen removal technology paves the way for the launch of a new product.
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Ceretone Offers Small, Discreet OTC Hearing Aid
Ceretone’s Core One OTC hearing aid is designed to be extremely small and discreet while offering dynamic audio quality, intuitive customization via a smartphone app, all-day wear comfort, and a long battery life.
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Noah ES Minimum Subscription Requirements Reduced
Starting in May, a Noah ES subscription with two users will be available for small businesses with a yearly subscription.
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Hearing Aid Innovations Help Silence Stigma of Hearing Loss and Treatment
After years of research, technological advances, and dedicated awareness campaigns, there’s been a notable shift in the social perception of hearing aids: reduced stigma.
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Masking for Audiometry: Robert Turner’s Optimized Method
This excerpt from The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry) by Duncan Floyd details how and why to use Robert Turner’s Optimized Method of masking to complete masked, threshold testing when the hearing between a patient’s ears is asymmetrical.Â
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AAA 2024: Building a Better Future for Hearing Care
HCPs attending the AAA 2024+HearTECH Expo in Atlanta had opportunities to deepen their knowledge to provide better hearing care now and in the future.
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Book Review: The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry)
The Masking Handbook (For Audiometry)Â by Duncan Floyd is a good resource for students and for experienced clinicians wanting to brush up on masking and learn new, evidence-based information.
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Sennheiser Hearing Offers OTC Hearing Devices with Optional HCP Programming
Jessica Dancis, senior marketing manager at Sonova, answers questions about Sennheiser Hearing’s early-entry hearing device offerings and where they fit in a hearing care professional’s practice.Â
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CMS Giving Providers Affected by Change Cyberattack Assistance
To alleviate problems caused by the cyberattack on Change Healthcare in February, CMS is offering financial assistance to providers who were affected.Â
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Synchrotron Imaging Informs Customized Cochlear Implant Programming
The maps the research team created using the synchrotron could make a huge difference to the sound quality of cochlear implants.
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Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT) Testing in MedRx Audiometers
The Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT) test is a new audiological test that helps determine the patient’s ability to understand in noise with hearing aids on. This is a novel approach to speech understanding in noise as ACT uses the patient audiogram to custom generate a signal to approximate aided speech results.
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