Audigy Announces Changes to Executive Team
Audigy, part of the GN Group, announced key changes to its executive team as founder and CEO Brandon Dawson retires from the company after nearly two decades of innovation.
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Author: Stefani Kim
Study Estimates Global Cost of Untreated Hearing Loss
A study by researchers at the London School of Economics, that was published in the “International Journal of Audiology” earlier this year, estimated the economic consequences of untreated hearing loss and proposed ways to avert these costs.
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Researchers Study Link Between COVID, Hearing Loss
“The Dallas Morning News” recently published an article that discusses research presented at the national conference of the Acoustical Society of America, on the potential link between hearing loss and COVID-19, by Colleen Le Prell. Le Prell is the Emilie and Phil Schepps Professor of Hearing Science at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Starkey CEO Writes Letter to Biden Addressing ‘OTC Law’
On July 9, 2021, President Biden unveiled an executive order unveiling 72 initiatives that included, among other things, plans to allow hearing aids to be sold over the counter at pharmacies.
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Hearing Loops and The Hard-of-Hearing Traveler
Some inventions, like the telephone, just seem to stick around and evolve. Hearing loops and the telecoils that use them fall into that category.
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UMSOM Launches Portal to Access Hearing Studies
The tool enables easy access to genetic and other molecular data from hundreds of technical research studies involving hearing function and the ear. The research portal called gene Expression Analysis Resource (gEAR) was unveiled in a study last month in “Nature Methods.”
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‘Forbes’ Article Ponders Hearables Market
In an article discussing the future of hearables, “Forbes” writer Frank Fitzpatrick ponders the future of the market once the FDA releases its guidelines for OTC hearing aids.
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Signia Student University Event to take Place Aug 2-6
The program is free to register for all students in audiology doctorate programs, “immersing them in in-depth, interactive sessions and empowering them with knowledge and insights as they prepare for careers in the hearing care industry,” according to Signia.
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Trends in Hearing Aid Styles
This month we’ll look at US hearing aid style preferences and selection trends, as reported in Hearing Industries Association (HIA) historical statistics, along with estimates by “The Hearing Review.”
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MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Cochlear Implants and Bone-anchored Devices
Cochlear’s Smart Hearing Alliance allows your patients the ability to stream directly to both ears from a compatible iOS or Android device using their Nucleus 7 or Kanso 2 Sound Processor and a compatible ReSound hearing aid.
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MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Assistive Devices and Captioned Telephones
CapTel From T-Mobile was the nation’s first FCC-certified captioned telephone service and has since connected millions of captioned phone calls for people with hearing loss.
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MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Hearing Aid Fitting and Diagnostic Equipment
A mid-year review of hearing aid verification and real-ear measurement systems, audiometry, live speech mapping,
otoscopes, and modular fitting systems. Also featured are tympanometers, OAE and ABR test equipment, cognitive assessment, and pediatric VRA equipment.
MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Hearing Aid Accessory Products and Patient Financing & Warranties
Redux is a professional in-office drying system to proactively treat and prevent moisture damage to hearing aids and implants.
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MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Business & Marketing Software/Services
At Sycle, our mission is to facilitate the delivery of better hearing to the world. It started as an idea to help audiologists better connect with their patients.
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MID-YEAR PRODUCT REVIEW: Hearing Aids
The latest in hearing aid technology, including new innovative products from Widex, Oticon, Signia, Starkey, Phonak, Whisper, Unitron, Rexton, Earlens, NewSound, and Miracle Ear.
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