Widex Utilizes True Input Technology for Accuracy in Sound Reproduction
True Input Technology enables Widex BEYONDTM and Widex UNIQUETM to capture the most soundscape of an environment.
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Author: Stefani Kim
UK Church Appoints New Chaplain to Lead Deaf Church Services
Baptist Minister the Reverend Susan Myatt has been appointed as the new Deaf Chaplain for Lichfield Diocese. She will lead and coordinate monthly Deaf Church services at St Michael and All Angels in Penkridge.
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Oticon’s ‘Hear in Pink’ Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Celebrates 10 Years
During September and October, Oticon will donate a portion of all sales of the special edition pink Oticon Opn™ and all Oticon Opn hearing aids to NBCC to help find a cure for the most common cancer in American women.
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Fennex Launches Hearing App for Use with Apple AirPods
The app is marketed for people with mild to moderate hearing loss that occasionally struggle in noisy situations, according to the company’s CEO.
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Oticon Audiology Summer Camp Marks Two Decades of Student Education
The 2017 summer camp, held from July 29-August 3 in Keystone, Col, brought together 104 future professionals representing a cross section of US universities.
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IotaMotion Receives $2 Million in Seed Financing for CI Surgery Technology
IOTA-Soft—the company’s robotic-assisted insertion device—will reportedly allow surgeons to advance cochlear implant electrodes with the precision of robotics.
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University of New Mexico’s Speech and Hearing Sciences Department to Offer Hearing Aid Services
Michael Flores, an audiologist and clinical instructor at SHS, is heading up the new initiative. It’s an extension of an already existing program which provides students, staff, faculty, and alumni with audiological exams.
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NEW Webinar: Four Things You Can Do to Improve Your Website
In this free 23-minute webinar, online marketing expert Edward Smelser details four simple ways to boost your online presence while getting the results you want from your practice website and online marketing.
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HHTM Releases Results of ‘Audiologist OTC Hearing Aid Survey’
The online survey was conducted between August 1 and August 8, 2017, reportedly for the purpose of exploring the views of audiologists on the subject of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. A total of 566 US-based audiologists completed the survey.
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HCIA Report Projects 7.8 Million Australians Will Have Hearing Loss by 2060
Around 3.6 million Australians are affected by hearing loss, costing the Australian economy an estimated $15.9 billion (approximately $12.4 billion USD), with more than a third (37%) of cases being preventable.
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Lip Reading May be Beneficial to Hearing Ability for CI Users, NIHR Researchers Find
The study reportedly found that, in contrast to existing theory, the more a person’s brain became responsive to lip reading the more it also became responsive to sounds delivered through their CI, and the better they were able to hear.
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NIH Researchers Find DNA ‘Fingerprint’ Associated with Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct
The variants lie near a known EVA-linked gene called SLC26A4, but their connection to EVA had evaded scientists until now.
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Audigy Hosts Fundraiser to Benefit Creations for Cures
The car wash raised $1,517, which was matched by Audigy, for a total of $3,034.
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William Demant May Enter OTC Hearing Aid Market if US Demand Increases, Says ‘Reuters’ Article
William Demant—parent company of Oticon, Sonic, and Bernafon—said it would start producing over-the-counter hearing aids if customer demand increases after passage of the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act.
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US Embassy Employees in Havana Have Hearing Problems After Possible ‘Acoustic Attack,’ Says ‘CNN’
Several employees at the US embassy in Havana, Cuba were flown back to the US for hearing treatment after a possible “acoustic attack” with a sonic device.
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