Formlabs, a 3D printing company based in Somerville, Mass, and audio specialist Sennheiser’s AMBEO division, announced their partnership to develop a production method that enables customers to “affordably and easily customize their earphones to fit their unique ears.”
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In the fields of audiology, sound recording, and engineering audio design, a commonly held adage or golden rule is that the frequency response should be as flat or as “smooth” as possible.
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Sound quality plays a key feature for overall hearing aid satisfaction as well as in everyday moments of real-life hearing. A large international survey of hearing aid users confirms the importance of sound quality, showing higher satisfaction with the WIDEX MOMENT™ hearing aids for overall sound quality, for specific situations of real-life use and for hearing aid users’ ability to participate in daily life.
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Surveys suggest that 4.5% of American adults, and an even greater percentage of American youth, openly identify as LGBTQ. About one-sixth of LGBTQ adults say they have experienced healthcare discrimination. Unacknowledged implicit bias has detrimental impacts in our interactions in the clinic and the larger venues of our lives, even when we believe ourselves to be nondiscriminatory. Here are some ideas and guidelines for making your practice more welcoming and comfortable for everyone.
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I often quip that I know how it feels to give birth because I saw my wife do it twice. The point is you can’t truly empathize with someone who is going through such an extremely difficult and painful ordeal. However, I feel inspired by the tenacity and courage exhibited by my patients who suffer from tinnitus. As a professional, it is important to realize we play an important role in providing empathy, hope, and support in bolstering their optimism, persistence, and hard work in trying times.
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Aligning effective approaches and benefit for the psychosocial needs of adult patients.
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The results show that elderly singers had better verbal flexibility than those in the control group, who did not have choir singing as a hobby. Verbal flexibility reflects better cognitive flexibility.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that they can facilitate walking, relieve dizziness and improve quality of life in patients with BVH by surgically implanting a stimulator that electrically bypasses malfunctioning areas of the inner ear and partially restores the sensation of balance.
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Bose Venture—the corporate venture capital arm of Bose International—has contributed $3 million along with South African VC firm HAVAÍC ($1.3 million), Futuregrowth Asset Management ($3 million), and Sphere Holdings ($1 million), to provide startup hearX with an $8.3 million Series A funding round, according to articles on the Afrikan Heroes and ITWeb sites.
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Signia announced the launch of its newest lineup of Motion Charge&Go X hearing aids, which includes the Motion Charge&Go SP X – said to be the “first-ever rechargeable super power hearing aid that delivers uncompromised hearing with up to 61 hours of run-time per charge.”
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The program offers genetic testing to eligible individuals with auditory neuropathy at no cost to participants, their insurance, or their healthcare providers, according to the company’s announcement.
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Sensorion announced the addition of a new gene therapy target, GJB2 coding for the Connexin 26 protein, to its development portfolio. The target is the third candidate to emerge from Sensorion’s R&D collaboration with Institut Pasteur, according to Sensorion.
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The latest UK and Irish hearing instrument data for Q4 2020 shows significant NHS recovery in the final months of the year, despite a second national lockdown in December, according to an announcement from the British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA).
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The Speak Freely Study is for adults who were diagnosed with a stuttering disorder as a child and who still struggle with speaking clearly. It examines the safety of ecopipam and whether it may help improve a person’s ability to speak without stuttering.
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The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACI Alliance) announced that it has opened registration...
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