USound, the Austrian micro-speaker company known for its MEMS audio solutions, announced it has partnered with the European distributor Colsan Audio Ltd to “revolutionize the hearing aid market,” effective March 2021.
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Walgreens announced that, as part of the expansion of its digital health platform Find Care, it will be collaborating with Lexie Hearing, a DTC hearing care solution owned by hearX.
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New research published in the journal Psychological Science shows that people who were taught to read by receiving explicit instructions on the relationship between sounds and spelling experienced a dramatic improvement compared to learners who discovered this relationship naturally through the reading process.
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The Apple Hearing Study is sharing new data from thousands of participants across the US in an effort to help people better understand their hearing health, according to an announcement on the company’s website.
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Earlier studies have shown that even newborns are able to distinguish different languages, like German or French, using prosodic cues, particularly melody. With the help of these musical elements, infants recognize the respective language long before they are able to perceive its special features such as consonants, vowels, or syllables, according to an article on the Würzburg University website.
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The American Academy of Audiology (AAA), the Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA), and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) announced that they have endorsed this legislation as a “top priority to ensure expedient and optimal hearing and balance health care for the older adult population in the United States.”
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While tinnitus has no known cure, one science-based app, Diapason, can help offer relief to some of the 50 million people suffering in the US. Beginning on World Hearing Day, March 3, Diapason announced that it will offer $25,000 worth of free subscriptions during March.
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On World Hearing Day, March 3, Oticon joins with the World Health Organization (WHO) in a global call for action to address hearing loss that underlines the importance of hearing health throughout a lifetime.
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New research announced by the Hearing Industries Association (HIA) reveals that 4 out of 5 Americans consider hearing loss serious, but ignoring the problem is more common than you may think. Fewer than 16% of adults ages 20-69 who need a hearing aid use one. That number almost doubles to 30% for adults over age 70 who need a hearing aid but don’t use one, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).
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Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide ─ or 1 in 4 people ─ will be living with some degree of hearing loss by 2050, warns the World Health Organization’s (WHO) first World Report on Hearing.
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This year’s award for innovation in hearing loss prevention goes to Vertical Lift, AH-64 Apache Helicopter of the Boeing Company in Mesa, Arizona.
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Researchers at Uppsala University have created the “first 3D map of the hearing nerve showing where the various sound frequencies are captured,” according to an article on the university’s website. Using what is known as synchrotron X-ray imaging, they were able to trace the fine nerve threads and the vibrating auditory organ, the cochlea, and find out exactly how the frequencies of incoming sound are distributed.
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Heuser Hearing Institute, a Louisville nonprofit, announced that Dr Ingrid Edwards has been chosen as a 2021 Health Care Hero from Louisville Business First. These annual awards recognize professionals who have made an impact on healthcare in their community through their concern for patients, research and inventions, management skills, innovative programs for employees, and service to the poor and uninsured.
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Phonak announced that Joseph Brisco from Hastings, Michigan was recently fitted with Sky Marvel hearing aids at no cost to his family through a HearStrong and Lemon(aids) 4 Hearing Aids partnership.
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Nuheara has announced a “406% increase in invoiced revenue to $6.9 million for H1” due to sales of its IQBuds MAX, according to an article in the Australian business news website “Stockhead.”
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