With two new miniBTE styles, a full range of performance levels, and hands-free calls for iPhone and iPad users, the expanded Radiant family offers hearing care professionals “more opportunities to provide personalized solutions with the exceptional sound quality, listening comfort, and speech intelligibility that Radiant delivers.”
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This phenomenon, previously noted in other marine animals such as dolphins and fish, was not widely understood for reptiles and underscores another potential risk for aquatic turtles. This high volume of sound, referred to as underwater noise pollution, can be caused by passing ships and offshore construction.
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New research has found that people with mild cognitive impairment may not inevitably develop dementia and, in fact, having higher education and advanced language skills more than doubles their chances of returning to normal.
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Hearing aid algorithms are often used to improve human speech recognition. To evaluate such algorithms, researchers perform experiments that aim to determine the signal-to-noise ratio at which a specific number of words (commonly 50%) are recognized.
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“Forbes” profiled a new initiative to provide low-cost hearing aids to children in Jordan by utilizing 3D printing technology, which aims to help meet a profound need for hearing care in the developing world.
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Shultis will be responsible for defining, planning, and executing a customer-centric road map and implementing best practices to deliver simplified and meaningful experiences to Oticon’s customer segments, according to the company’s announcement.
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Like many hearing loss sufferers, Hagen initially resisted hearing aids because of a perceived stigma—a stigma some of his own patients had about glasses.
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Demant announced that it has completed the acquisition of 20% of the shares in ShengWang, a network of hearing aid clinics in China with around 500 shops across the country. The investment allows Demant to “further strengthen its position in the large, fast-growing Chinese hearing aid market where ShengWang has high ambitions for continued expansion.”
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This marks the formation of a fourth business unit, which will ”further broaden Sonova’s attractive portfolio of products and expand its channel presence and customer base,” according to the company’s announcement.
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The Global Standard for Safe Listening at Venues and Events highlights six recommendations for implementation to ensure that venues and events limit the risk of hearing loss to their patrons while preserving high-quality sound and an enjoyable listening experience.
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Q4 in the UK private market saw a slight dip in sales of 1% compared to Q3 of 2021, which had been a “record quarter,” but the market still saw an overall annual increase in sales of 130k units in 2021, compared with 2020, up by 46% and up by 20% on 2019, according to an announcement from The British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers (BIHIMA).
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The report highlights what Amplifon says is “strong revenue growth and best-in-class profitability.”
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More than 2,000 hearing care professionals joined Oticon for the 2022 OticonNext virtual event, broadcast live from Miami on February 24.
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In this new book, written by Shari Eberts and Gael Hannan, a skills-based approach to hearing loss centered not on hearing better but on communicating better, is offered.
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Through this year’s campaign, WHO will focus on the importance of safe listening as a means of maintaining good hearing throughout a person’s life, emphasizing the important message that hearing care – combined with safer exposure to loud sounds – can mitigate the risk of developing hearing loss.
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