Researchers identified common challenges these users face in their interactions with smart assistants, such as the default higher-pitched female voices used on many smart assistants being incompatible with hearing aids, and difficulty of use in public places with background noise that competes for their attention, such as nearby conversations or the average commotion in a grocery store.
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The results of the study show that the area of the ear canal called the “first elbow” is closely linked to noise attenuation by earplugs.
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The study of 81 babies, assessed at three to seven months and again at seven to 21 months, shows hearing aid use was low compared to the number of hours an infant is expected to be awake. Mean hearing aid use as a percentage of waking hours was 73% in the first few months of life falling to 44% when the babies were a little older, reported the study, published in “Ear and Hearing.”
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Grason-Stadler announces a three-part CEU webinar series around the latest advancements in testing with the release of the Audera Pro.
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The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) announced its free Townhall Webinar “How to attend NHCA Virtual Conference” to take place Friday, January 8, 2021 at 10:30-11:30 MT / 11:30 CT/ 12:30 ET.
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O’Neil assumed this role in October 2020 and has complete responsibility for the management and growth of Signia.
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SAMBA 2 is compatible with both versions of the BONEBRIDGE Bone Conduction Implant, the BCI 601 and BCI 602. BONEBRIDGE bone conduction implants are also engineered to be compatible with future generations of audio processors.
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The Ida Institute announced that it’s kicking off January with a 50% offer on all course badges. The badges are awarded to professionals who complete the Ida Institute’s CEU/CPD-accredited Learning Hall courses in personalized hearing care.
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Starkey announced that Livio Edge AI has won a Good Design Award. Good Design represents the world’s critical mass of the design and manufacturing industry, representing “the best consumer design ranging from electronics to transportation.”
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There were several audiology-related provisions included in the Act, which include Medicare payments and billing.
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The Hearing Restoration Project (HRP) is an international consortium of researchers dedicated to finding cure(s) for hearing loss and tinnitus. HRP scientists work to understand how to regenerate dead or inactive inner ear hair cells in the mouse with the ultimate aim of replicating this process to restore hearing in humans.
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The company says that the KIWY Masks “have gotten huge interest from seniors who wear hearing aids and struggle with traditional masks with ear loops that can knock out hearing aids.”
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In her term, Williams will work to advance the objectives of ASHA and its more than 211,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students in communication sciences and disorders.
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The researchers used a machine learning algorithm to map which brain regions are activated when the different music-induced emotions are separated from each other.
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A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) presents an innovative treatment for deafness, based on the delivery of genetic material into the cells of the inner ear. The genetic material “replaces” the genetic defect and enables the cells to continue functioning normally.
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