Of the 3,316 children who participated in the study who wore headphones once or twice per week, 14% (443) had difficulty hearing at high frequencies, when compared to children who didn’t use headphones at all.
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The study showed that STS administered six hours after Cisplatin could reduce the severity of hearing loss without affecting the chance of cure for the cancer.
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Due to an identified genetic predisposition, some babies can develop irreversible hearing loss when exposed to gentamicin, an antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections.
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About 80% of physical exam participants had hearing loss, compared to the 15% norm for Americans. In addition to engine noise while fishing, most fishermen reported exposure to noise during off-season activities, such as snowmachining, hunting, and construction jobs.
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To continue ensuring accurate results when testing is performed outside a traditional sound booth, version 5.0 adds patent-pending Response and Environment Adaptive Control Technology (REACT) to the system.
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Now, in a collaboration between Manchester-based geneticists and a molecular diagnostics company, a rapid test for distinguishing those infants who will have an adverse reaction to the antibiotic gentamicin has been developed.
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The newest award represents the third time that Opn has been honored by the Stevie Awards, a business awards program. In 2017, Opn earned top honors in two award categories, Consumer Electronics and Health & Pharmaceuticals.
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The changes are expected to enhance Unitron’s responsiveness to hearing healthcare professionals while strengthening the company’s commitment to their success.
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A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) shows glaring disparities in their treatment by the US Department of Education.
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The research provides new evidence for how the brain creates perceptual illusions when speech is degraded at cocktail parties, in song lyrics, or for older listeners.
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Like the AQ sound SHD, a rechargeable RIC hearing system released in Spring 2017, HANSATON’s AQ jam SHD behind-the-ear model has a lithium-ion battery
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Researchers found that speech comprehension can sometimes actually improve by as much as 10% when sound is delayed relative to vision, and that different individuals consistently have uniquely different optimal delays for different tasks.
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Dillon is the former director of the Australian National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) and co-creator, with Denis Byrne, of the Client Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI), a NAL questionnaire designed to evaluate client needs, goals, and improvements in hearing ability.
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Each year, up to $10,000 in funding is awarded by the Ida Institute to three projects that develop evidence related to Ida Institute methods and tools and aim to demonstrate the effectiveness of person-centered care in hearing rehabilitation.
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This Agreement will allow the Company the ability to offer self-fitting hearing aid devices direct-to-consumer through its www.nohasslehearing.com eCommerce store.
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