Built on the Velox S platform, the new power hearing aid features BrainHearing technology “proven to deliver better speech clarity and better short-term recall while reducing the listening effort people with severe-to-profound hearing loss struggle with in day-to-day listening situations.”
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Based on three simple terms—volume, clarity, and brain energy—the tool is a conversation guide that uses a playful visual with familiar icons to illustrate how hearing loss affects a person. The tool allows the professional to note what the patient hears, what they struggle with, and their most important communication situations.
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According to WAMU, the Office on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Establishment Amendment Act of 2019 will work alongside the Office of Disability Rights to review plans from DC-based agencies to ensure accessibility to the hard-of-hearing community.
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Drugs can be safely delivered to cancerous lymph nodes via the lymphatic system and then released...
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The Hear the World Foundation provides financial support, hearing care solutions (eg, hearing aids, cochlear implants, wireless microphone systems, spare parts, batteries), and on-site expertise to train local staff.
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In 2020, there will be an increase of 414 plans for consumers to choose from, an average of 28 plans to choose from for the average consumer. The number of Special Needs Plans will increase from 717 to 855 from 2019-2020.
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The new book explains the general principles of running a successful business for first-time clinicians.
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Family-centered Care (FCC) is an extension of patient-centered care, placing emphasis on the role of family and acknowledges the patient and their family members as the unit of care, rather than just the patient. Barbra Timmer, PhD, MBA, answers questions about FCC and discusses the research, outcomes, and economics behind why it is so important in hearing healthcare.
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Fifteen chapters encompass the broad spectrum of modern otological surgery practice—from commonplace procedures to complex tertiary-quaternary operative care. The appendix features educational handouts surgeons can give to patients.
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Using zebrafish as a proxy, scientists have shed light on how changes to specific genes alter the coordinated direction that these cells are laid out.
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Hi Auto’s audio-visual approach will help “eliminate all noise and will make a voice recognition platform work reliably under any noise condition,” according to the company’s announcement.
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Specifically, the “Medicare Hearing Act of 2019” (H.R. 4618), as amended, includes a “direct access” provision for audiologists to provide both diagnostic and treatment services and reclassifies audiologists as practitioners under Medicare providing better access for seniors.
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The speaker program and workshop series will demonstrate how “disruption” is a force to be welcomed, bringing challenge and generating innovation and positive change—from disruptive technology which leads to new products, to disruptive solutions for running a retail practice, to disruptive factors—such as new consumer trends—which change the entire audiology landscape.
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This newfound knowledge also stands to spur development of hearing-aid technologies and brain-computer interfaces that more closely resemble the brain.
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”The Medicare Hearing Act of 2019,” H.R. 4618, provides coverage for hearing aids and services for seniors under Part B of the Medicare program.
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