In a neuroimaging study, a team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics, the Donders Institute, and the University of Zurich applied electrical stimulation to participants’ brains during a listening task. The stimulation affected the connection between the two hemispheres, which in turn changed participants’ listening behavior, according to a summary on the Max Planck website.
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Currently, E.A.R. has three CAOHC courses scheduled for Occupational Hearing Conservationists. CAOHC courses are designed for those that maintain onsite industrial hearing conservation programs.
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A recent study led by Idaho State University (ISU) faculty members Elizabeth Schniedewind and Ryan Lindsay, along with Steven Snow from the Idaho Council for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, found that deaf patients often face discrimination in access to healthcare.
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Most of the time, our brain receives different input from each of our ears, but we nevertheless perceive speech as unified sounds. This process takes place through synchronization of the areas of the brain involved with the help of gamma waves, neurolinguists at the University of Zurich (UZH) have now discovered
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Deafmetal, a jewelry line designed for hearing-impaired people who want to personalize their hearing devices, has just launched its “Hope Collection” in the US
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The approval “paves the way for Cognivue’s technology to be implemented across the healthcare spectrum in Canada, including in audiology, optometry, neurology, retail pharmacy, employee wellness, and general practice,” according to the company’s announcement.
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One process is particularly vulnerable to lead exposure: vocal learning, a trait shared by humans and songbirds. This is because this form of learning occurs at an early age, when the brain is undergoing a significant amount of growth and reorganization.
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It was on February 10, in 1961, that Austin started his career in the hearing industry. Six years later, in August of 1967, he bought Starkey Labs. Today, Starkey is a global company with more than 5,000 employees doing business in more than 100 markets worldwide.
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When designing the event, Signia chose The Second City due to its “world-renowned reputation in the comedy space and its ability to connect with attendees of all ages.”
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Ten months into COVID-19 living, people are adapting to speaking from behind, and understanding others who are wearing a cloth face mask, University of California, Davis (UC Davis), researchers suggest in a new study.
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst announced that Associate Professor and Acting Chair of Communication Disorders Sarah Poissant has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee on Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants.
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Dr Franck will lead pre-commercial strategy and launch planning for Frequency’s clinical pipeline, including its lead program aimed at developing a restorative treatment for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), the most common form of hearing loss.
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According to the article, binaural beats are an “illusion” that are caused by the “frequency mismatch” of two pure tones separated in each ear.
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The masks, which have a design patent and federal OSHA approval pending, are meant to supplement or even replace cloth masks, according to the article.
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Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH) announced the winners of the 19th Annual Graeme Clark and the 10th Annual Anders Tjellström Scholarships. The scholarships, named after two pioneers of the hearing implant industry, recognize Cochlear Nucleus Implant, Cochlear Baha System, and Cochlear Osia System recipients in the United States and Canada who are said to uphold “the Cochlear ideals of leadership, humanity, and demonstrate high academic achievement.”
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