Do You Know How Loud Balloons Can Be?
This paper is about raising consciousness about a topic that society does not yet spend enough time discussing: cumulative noise exposure from childhood into adulthood.
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Author: Stefani Kim
Starkey Hearing Technologies Launches IQ Product Lines
Starkey Hearing Technologies—an Eden Prairie, Minn-based hearing technology company—is launching a new line of hearing aids based on the company’s research in virtual reality, advanced neuroscience, and audiology and signal processing.
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Get More from a Neglected Resource!
Segmenting your patient database into smaller actionable groups is a powerful technique for increasing hearing aid sales.
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Speech-In-Noise Test Results for Oticon Opn
A discussion of signal-to-noise ratio problems and solutions, and a summary of findings of a study involving Oticon Opn hearing aids.
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New Zealand National Party Announces Additional Investment in Adult Cochlear Implant Program
Health Minister for Sport and Recreation in the New Zealand Parliament, Jonathan Coleman, said $6.5 million (approximately $4.71 million USD) will be invested into the adult cochlear implants program to increase access, the National Party announced on its website.
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CDC Examines Gaps in Newborn Screening for Hearing Loss and Critical Congenital Heart Disease
The August 24 version of the ‘Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report’ from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlights the benefits of and gaps in assessing point-of-care newborn screening for hearing loss (HL) and critical congenital heart disease (CCHD).
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Age-Related Hearing Loss Can Cause Communication Failures in Medical Settings, Says ‘JAMA’ Study
The prevalence of medical errors is higher among older patients with failures in clinical communication considered to be the leading cause of medical errors, according to ‘JAMA.’
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GN Hearing Launches Rechargeable Battery Option for ReSound Linx 3D
The rechargeable battery solution, available in North America and other major markets from September 1, gives ReSound users more options to choose from.
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Arizona Pilot Program Makes ASL Interpreters Available for Wildfire Season
Interpreters and captioners participate in all critical wildland fire messaging, including community meetings, where hundreds attend presentations by firefighting experts to receive the latest fire information.
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SSRIs May Worsen Tinnitus, Oregon Health and Science University Study Shows
The study, published Aug. 22 in the journal ‘Cell Reports,’ focused on the action of serotonin, an important neuromodulator in the brain.
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Clementine Wear Audio Platform Wins 2017 National Science Foundation’s Hearables Challenge
The developer of Clementine Wear is Samplified Audio—an Ontario, Canada-based company—that was founded by hearing industry veterans Mario Augustyniak and Mark Kaal.
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Organizations Release Statements Reacting to OTC Hearing Aid Act Law
Following the announcement of the passage of the legislation into law, several organizations released statements supporting the bill.
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‘CNN’ Profiles Inventor of HearGlass
Sprague was frustrated by how standard hearing aids “distorted audio” and has incorporated directional microphones, Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities, and a discreet design into his fourth-generation prototype.
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Sensorion Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Chemotherapy-Induced, Hearing Loss Treatment
The drug is a therapy in development for the treatment of hearing disorders, for the prevention of Platinum-Induced Ototoxicity in pediatric patients.
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Unitron Expands Tempus Platform with Insera ITE and Stride M R
The new products further extend the Tempus platform’s conversation capabilities to wearers of custom hearing instruments and to those patients seeking a greater variety of rechargeable options.
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