Author: Stefani Kim

HIA Reasserts Position on Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

HIA Reasserts Position on Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Jun 7, 2017 | , , , | 0 |

The Hearing Industries Association (HIA)—the national trade association for manufacturers of hearing aids—believes that if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) creates an Over-the-Counter (OTC) hearing aid category as required by legislation now under consideration in Congress (S.670/H.R.1652), such medical devices should meet the same FDA standards as existing hearing aids and should be offered only to people with mild hearing loss, HIA announced.

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Hearing Aid Programming Practices in Oregon: Fitting Errors and Real Ear Measurements

Hearing Aid Programming Practices in Oregon: Fitting Errors and Real Ear Measurements

Jun 6, 2017 | | 0 |

This study shows that 97.7% of subjects showed deviations from the NAL-NL2 in excess of 5 dB in both ears—well in excess of the nearly two-thirds of hearing aid fitting errors reported by the now-famous Consumer Reports article of 2009. Research continues to show that hearing aids that provide more real-ear verified aided speech audibility result in better outcomes than hearing aids that do not provide as much aided speech audibility.

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“Whattage”: A Hypothetical Construct in Hearing Healthcare

“Whattage”: A Hypothetical Construct in Hearing Healthcare

Jun 6, 2017 | | 3 |

“Whattage” represents the frequency with which a listener uses “What?”, cognate words, or behaviors that prompt repetitions by a communicatively significant other. The concept of “Whattage” has broad implications for marketing the value of hearing correction to the general public, as well as individual members of the communicative dyad.

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Do Wireless Hearing Aids Present a Health Risk?

Do Wireless Hearing Aids Present a Health Risk?

Jun 6, 2017 | | 8 |

As public awareness of wireless hearing technology grows, hearing healthcare professionals may notice an uptick in long-term safety concerns being expressed. Consumers should be confident knowing that wireless hearing aids are safe and strictly regulated medical devices that meet governmental wireless communication standards in addition to those set forth for medical devices.

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Harris Communications to Attend HLAA2017 Conference

Harris Communications to Attend HLAA2017 Conference

Jun 2, 2017 | | 0 |

Harris Communications, Inc, Eden Prairie, Minn—a supplier of hearing loss solutions—is bringing its latest hearing loss solutions to the Hearing Loss Association of America’s HLAA2017 Conference, June 22-25 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, the supplier announced. Look for Harris Communications in Booth 215.

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‘NPR’ Profiles Research of Brain Mechanisms Involved in Processing Speech in Noisy Environments

‘NPR’ Profiles Research of Brain Mechanisms Involved in Processing Speech in Noisy Environments

Jun 1, 2017 | | 0 |

An ongoing study at the Science of Music, Auditory Research, and Technology Lab—SMART Lab—at Ryerson University in Toronto, is exposing older adults to music—both through listening and participation in a choir—and then testing to see if these experiences change the way their brains process speech in noisy environments, according to an ‘NPR’ article.

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