The event will feature a list of speakers who will provide analysis on the importance of communicating emotions and the implications for those with hearing loss, as well as the newest innovations in hearing solutions.
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On the website, Signia hearing aid wearers are encouraged to submit their picture and tell their personal hearing loss story.
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The NIDCD is dedicated to supporting research and initiatives to prevent, detect, and treat hearing loss in the United States and beyond.
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As the global health community prepares to mark World Hearing Day on March 3, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) announced that they are encouraging all Americans to prioritize their hearing health—starting today.
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Health care providers may be in the best position to identify older individuals who are at highest risk for social isolation or loneliness—individuals for whom the health care system may be their only point of contact with their broader community.
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The updates bring fully rewritten chapters, updated references, and access to accompanying PluralPlus companion websites with content such as videos and figures to supplement the texts.
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The goal of this position statement is to propose a model of well-being that would be easy to use in clinical audiology practice and considers the domains of socio-emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being as core dimensions of well-being. While hearing loss and its associated communication challenges can indeed impact these core well-being dimensions, growing evidence shows that hearing rehabilitation can provide benefits in the same three domains.
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Many moth species, however, cannot hear. The team of researchers from the University of Bristol wanted to investigate the alternative defenses against bats that some species of deaf moths might have evolved.
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After 18 months of hearing aid use, researchers found speech perception, self-reported listening disability, and quality of life had significantly improved for participants.
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Tailgate N Go is a portable, outdoor kitchen with boxes for utensils. The idea came to the Johnsons after a family camping trip with the goal of making cooking outdoors a little easier.
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Livio Edge AI is said to “combine the best of both worlds: industry-leading sound quality and sound processing for challenging listening environments.”
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Coach sends users notifications for when to change or charge batteries, clean their devices, usage details, what to expect and how to get the most from their hearing instruments.
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ReSound announced the launch of ENZO Q, a hearing aid that reportedly “sets a new standard in ‘Super Power’ hearing aids by solving one of the main challenges for people with severe-to-profound hearing loss: in-front speech recognition in noisy environments.“
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Two recent bills addressing deaf children’s educational needs have been addressed by legislators in South Dakota, according to an article on the Keloland website.
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The hearing aid information center compiles dozens of frequently asked questions about the hearing aid selection and fitting process, which can be “overwhelming” without guidance to those exploring how hearing aids can help. The site also answers common questions about tinnitus.
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