A new case study published by the LeadingAge Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)—a coalition of 400 technology companies, businesses, and aging service organizations, that are focused on technology to transform the aging experience—reveals that residents in senior living communities who use captioned telephones are less likely to experience the adverse effects of loneliness.
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In the third quarter of 2017, private sector unit sales of hearing aids increased by 2.8%, VA dispensing fell by 1.3%, and the total market gained 2.0% in unit volume compared to the same period last year.
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Now that the political hay has been harvested, the real business of affordable and accessible hearing care is on the table and at your mercy.
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The measurement of subjective visual vertical (SVV) can serve as a diagnostic indicator of utricular otolith (dys)function, and involves an individual’s ability to adjust a vertical line to be parallel with gravity in the absence of visual cues.
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A new otoblock has been designed to provide deeper impressions with greater comfort and safety. This field study compares impressions taken with the new EasyView OtoBlock (EVOB) to standard otoblocks.
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The new Signia Nx hearing aids contain Own Voice Processing (OVP™) technology designed to identify when the wearer is speaking. In this way, OVP can employ dual processing for either speech or own-voice conditions.
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The authors have developed a Question Prompt List (QPL) that can be used by audiologists to encourage families to engage in both fact-based and adjustment-based questions during audiology appointments. The impetus for developing this QPL was to facilitate more family-centered practices in early intervention.
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We tend to be biased, both in our training and in our technologies we use. We tend to look at things based on spectra or frequencies.
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Would you want a spider web inside your ear? Probably not. But if you’re able to put aside the creepy factor, new research shows that fine fibers like spider silk actually improve the quality of microphones for hearing aids.
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Prior to his current role as an industry expert and audiology consultant, he was vice-president, government services and professional relations for Sivantos, Inc.
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Rupert conducted some of the initial research on how individual nerve cells respond to sound. He published numerous studies throughout his career that advanced science on how the brain interprets auditory information.
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Recognized internationally for his pioneering work in the field of pediatric audiology, Richard Seewald, a professor emeritus in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science.
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A trio of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found mutations in a master-switch protein called Epithelial Splicing Regulatory Protein 1 (ESRP1) in individuals with SNHL.
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The researchers were able to postpone the onset of hearing loss and associated hair cell degeneration by about a month, providing enough time to inject normal copies of the Clarin-1 gene into the ear before the onset of hearing loss to see if the treatment was effective.
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Under the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act, the Commission is required to establish rules that ensure access by people with hearing loss to telephones manufactured or imported for use in the United States.
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