Achin Bhowmik, PhD, Named ‘Health Care Heroes’ Honoree
Starkey announced that Chief Technology Officer Achin Bhowmik, PhD, has been named a 2021 Health Care Heroes honoree by the “Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.”
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NIU Receives $430K Grant for Pediatric Hearing Aid
Northern Illinois University (NIU) announced that Mohammad Moghimi received the Early Career Research (ECR) Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to develop a novel pediatric hearing aid.
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Olive Union Closes $7M Series B Funding Round
With the current round and cumulative $20M in lifetime funding, Olive says it “plans to expand beyond its existing hearing aids product line into new digital therapeutics for tinnitus and overall hearing health, and begin laying the foundation for its next generation of smart hearing technology.”
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Children with DLD May Need Additional Classroom Support
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a condition where children have problems acquiring their own language for no obvious reasons. Unlike temporary language delay (which reflects the natural variation of age at which children learn to speak and communicate), DLD is a lifelong condition with significant impacts for individuals in childhood and in later life, in particular their mental health.
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Researchers Use Implant to Study Human Speech
Using an ultra-lightweight, wireless implant, a University of Arizona team is researching songbirds – one of the few species that share humans’ ability to learn new vocalizations – to improve scientific understanding of human speech.
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A Changing Audiology Landscape: Six Opportunities for Patients and Audiologists
Even before the worldwide pandemic, inevitable developments in our field were approaching, presenting both threats and opportunities. This article identifies six of the major developments and highlights the opportunities that could be nurtured for both patients and audiology practices.
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The Four Best Digital Marketing Techniques for Hearing Practices in 2021
Thanks to the pandemic, digital marketing has completely changed and will never be the same. This article will help you navigate these changes, learn what you need to know as a hearing care professional, and offer actionable items so you can move forward with your goals.
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RIT/NTID Founder D. Robert Frisina, 96, Has Died
The founding director of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) National Technical Institute for the Deaf, D. Robert Frisina, died in Florida on Monday, March 29.
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Measuring Brain Waves with Cochlear Implants
Cochlear implants enable people with severe hearing loss to hear again. An audiologist adjusts the cochlear implants based on the user’s input, but this is not always easy.
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Infants’ Language More Advanced Than First Words
Assessments in 11-12 month-olds show that infants at the cusp of talking are already processing multiword phrases such as ‘clap your hands’. Researchers say the study is the first to provide evidence that young children can pick up and understand multiword sequences before they can talk or begin producing such combinations themselves. An article summarizing the research appears on the University of Edinburgh website.
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Mikey Shaffer Named Listen Technologies Western Regional Sales Manager
Listen Technologies Corporation announced that it has named Micheline “Mikey” Shaffer as Western regional sales manager. Shaffer will lead the team selling Listen Technologies’ full suite of solutions.
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Brain Areas Work Together During Language Tasks
It was already known that the inferior parietal lobe (IPL) is one of these regions in the human brain. Nevertheless, it was unclear how this area is able to process such very different functions.
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Brain Activity Changes After Study of New Language
A study with first-time learners of Japanese has measured how brain activity changes after just a few months of studying a new language. The results show that acquiring a new language initially boosts brain activity, which then reduces as language skills improve.
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NASEM Report Recommends Update In Hearing Test
As cochlear implant technology has significantly improved, the US Social Security Administration (SSA) should use a more difficult test than the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) to make disability benefit determinations in adults and children after cochlear implant surgery, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).
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Audioscan Announces Software Update for Verifit2, Axiom
Audioscan announced new software updates for its Verifit2 and Axiom hearing instrument verification systems. These benefits are said to include “significant enhancements to Speechmap verification capabilities and the Audioscan Noah module, among other improvements.”
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