This event is suitable for audiologists and other healthcare professionals who are involved in assessment and/or management of patients with tinnitus and hyperacusis/misophonia. This conference brings together studies of audiology, mental health, neuroscience, psychoacoustics, neurology, and other areas.
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Unlike a buying group, the concept behind the Audiology Exclusive system has been compared to discount sites like Groupon. On the company’s website, hearing professionals will find short-term promotions each week from a variety of different hearing healthcare businesses—supplies, equipment, hearing devices, software, etc.
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This is the fourth consecutive year that Oticon has been recognized by this international awards program. The two newest awards bring to 10 the number of times Oticon has received CES Innovation Awards, including three top-ranked Best of Innovation category wins.
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Researchers at the Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC) have created a Dutch version of the Balance Retraining interactive website and researched its effectiveness. This builds on the success of an English version of the site which has been running for over two years—helping 3,500 patients to date.
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Matlin will present on the topic of addiction and recovery, based on her 2009 book “I’ll Scream Later.” Her talk is one of several events celebrating the 40th anniversary of RIT/NTID’s Substance and Alcohol Intervention Services for the Deaf. A question-and-answer session will follow Matlin’s remarks.
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The discovery offers new hope that engineers may one day devise hearing aids, now notoriously poor in restoring sound direction, to correct this deficit.
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The results suggest that facilitating exposure to sounds during early age can restore communication between brain cells that have been altered by the gene mutation that leads to FXS.
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The grant opportunity is being made available to hearing healthcare providers who are aligned with philanthropic work in their community and abroad.
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Like all healthcare fields where the clinician needs to explain complex concepts to the lay public, metaphors are used. In the optical field, “nearsighted” and “farsighted” are actually good metaphors despite their simplicity and academic inaccuracy. In the field of audiology, we have the description of the audiogram with the piano keyboard across the top; a good explanation, but limited in that it’s only the right hand side of the keyboard and musical notes are not pure-tones.
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Dr Flexer is an expert in the development and expansion of listening, speaking, and literacy skills in infants and children, including those with all degrees of hearing loss.
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Identification of acoustic scenes using an enhanced signal classification system and motion sensors has been recently employed in the Signia Xperience hearing aids. This study evaluates the effectiveness of these systems in both the laboratory and real-world environments.
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In a test conducted by an independent laboratory, 16 hearing aid users who are part of a trained panel of sound quality assessors evaluated individualized recordings of streamed speech and music samples through ReSound LiNX Quattro, ReSound LiNX 3D, and 5 other premium hearing aids. ReSound LiNX Quattro and ReSound LiNX 3D were preferred for different types of streamed content. The influence of various attributes of sound quality are discussed.
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A differentiation strategy does not occur by accident. This discussion focuses on differentiating a practice with screening for comorbid conditions related to hearing loss, using close and regular monitoring of your patients’ status, and the use of an up-to-date and evidence-based approach to diagnostic assessment.
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As more and more of the hearing industry pursues digital transformation as a business strategy, practice owners are taking more time to educate themselves about the importance of data security and privacy.
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In a new book called “Volume Control,” author David Owen argues that a lifetime of exposure to noise—including small appliances, rock concerts, and earbuds, among other things—in today’s modern world have led to greater rates of hearing loss in old age, according to an article on the “NPR” website.
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