According to the article, technology has caused our brains to be “rewired” in an unhealthy way and the author provides several suggestions for optimizing a healthy brain including the avoidance of sensory overload, increasing face-to-face social interaction, and protecting your hearing.
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American green treefrogs are able to pinpoint a mating call from a potential mate by inflating their lungs to reduce their eardrums’ sensitivity to other noise — including muffling other species’ mating calls — according to new research from the University of Minnesota and St Olaf College.
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In a new study published in the journal “Development,” USC Stem Cell scientists describe how adult flies can regenerate sensory hearing cells in their antennae, and how studying flies can provide a new way to understand and develop treatments for the hundreds of millions of patients worldwide who live with hearing and balance disorders.
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Mark Sparrow, a technology journalist, recently tested Widex Moment hearing aids and wrote about his experience in an article published March 7 on the “Forbes” website.
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A survey of 56 patients who compared the performance of the Signia Xperience Pure 312 7X hearing aids with their previous hearing aids found satisfaction ratings significantly higher for the Signia devices and also considerably higher than a recent (2018) EuroTrak survey that utilized many of the same survey questions. Wearer preference for Xperience was strong across common listening demands: speech understanding, listening effort, and overall preference. The results demonstrate Xperience wearers can expect high levels of satisfaction, a critical component of long-term success.
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First proposed by Wallace Sabine, critical distance is the physical distance where the sound arriving directly from the source would equal the reverberant or reflected sound level in the room. This critical distance is proportional to the physical size of the room and inversely proportional to the reverberation time which can vary depending on the acoustic qualities of the room. This article looks at the concept of critical distance for choir members and musicians, and debuts a new amplification device, HearHooks, as a possible strategy for addressing spacing concerns.
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The IQbuds² PRO has received FDA classification as a Class 2 medical device. “Utilizing Nuheara’s connected hearing technology platform, the company’s aspiration is to create an end-to-end hearing healthcare company by efficiently delivering hearing products, accessories, and services across the Hearables, Medical Device, and OTC markets,” says Nuheara CEO Justin Miller.
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Creighton University’s Translational Hearing Center has been awarded “the largest National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant in the university’s history,” according to an announcement from the Nebraska-based school.
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Tel Aviv University researchers have opened the door to sensory integrations between robots and insects: the ear of a dead locust was connected to a robot that receives the ear’s electrical signals and responds accordingly. The result is extraordinary: When the researchers clap once, the locust’s ear hears the sound and the robot moves forward; when the researchers clap twice, the robot moves backwards.
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Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s clearance of the new Cochlea Baha 6 Max Sound Processor, designed to “improve hearing outcomes for people with SSD (single-sided deafness), conductive or mixed hearing loss.”
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Neanderthals — the closest ancestor to modern humans — possessed the ability to perceive and produce human speech, according to a new study published by an international multidisciplinary team of researchers.
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A new Google Alphabet project codenamed “Wolverine” aims to develop sensor technology to improve hearing while in a noisy environment, according to an article on “The Verge.”
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“Evaluating and Conducting Research in Audiology” by Manchaiah, Beukes & Roeser is reportedly “the first research methods text specific to the field of audiology and designed to serve as an academic textbook for audiology graduate students.”
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Dr Amy Sapodin said the kidney and the ear are structurally, functionally, and biologically similar, so conditions that affect one may affect the other. Some of these issues can begin as early as in utero.
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Two bills compelling health insurance companies to cover the cost of hearing aids for children in Missouri and Florida, received support from lawmakers, articles in the “Missouri Times” and “Florida Politics” reported.
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