The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan dismissed a lawsuit filed by the ADA that would have blocked the Tinnitus Care Provider Certificate Program initiated by IHS.
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Sycle has released of their second eBook of 2017, “Growing Your Practice: Five Pieces of Patient Information You Need to Capture.”
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Niels Jacobsen, long-time president and CEO of William Demant Holding (WDH), has decided to step down after 25 years as member of the Executive Board in WDH to become CEO of William Demant Invest A/S. Søren Nielsen, the current COO of WDH, will become the Group’s new president and CEO, with the management changes taking effect April 1.
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The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association reminds hearing care professionals to get the word out about World Hearing Day on Friday, March 3.
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Phonak has incorporated its Belong platform into the Bolero family of BTE hearing aids, including the anticipated lithium-ion rechargeable Bolero B-PR and the introduction of the new Virto™ B-Titanium, a discreet custom aid whose construction from titanium makes it the tiniest and most discreet custom instrument the company has ever produced.
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Unitron has introduced a new hearing aid platform called Tempus, designed to offer more accurate and significantly faster locating of the primary source of speech. The company is also launching its new Moxi Fit R rechargeable hearing aid, as well as a new patient insights data screen designed to provide a single snapshot view of the wearer’s listening lifestyle using Patient Ratings and Log It All.
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The Texas Hearing Aid Association (THAA) will hold its 70th Annual Convention & Southwest Regional Trade Show on June 23-24, 2017 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston.
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This special supplement of The Hearing Review, which focuses on the Widex BEYOND hearing aid, provides an overview of the research, engineering, and clinical testing behind Effortless Hearing—and why Widex believes it represents a landmark achievement in hearing aid design.
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The British and Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) has announced its support for the campaign calling for state-funded hearing checks for everyone when they reach age 65.
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Oticon Opn, reportedly the world’s first internet-connected hearing aid, has been named a 2017 Edison Awards Finalist in the Health & Wellness category.
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Salus University’s Osborne College of Audiology will be offering workshops in July 2017 for audiology practitioners, educators, and clinicians. The 4-day workshop, “Diagnosis and Management of External and Middle Ear Function” takes place on July 22-25, led by James Hall III, PhD, and Lisa L Hunter, PhD. The second 4-day workshop, “Technology and Clinical Best Practices for 2017”, takes place on July 27-30, led by George Lindley, PhD, and Jason Galster, PhD. Additionally, a daylong workshop on Cerumen Management is offered July 25.
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As the “new normal” becomes less personal face-to-face service in many aspects of our lives, we will need to determine how to best prepare our patients for success. The fact is that today’s hearing aids, as sophisticated as they are, still have the fundamental requirements that hearing aid users have dealt with for decades. The question is how will we provide the service, and set up a system where the patient feels that they are receiving appropriate value for the money they invest in us?
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This review of clinical studies from three leading hearing aid research centers shows a consistent trend for the Signia primax features to significantly reduce listening effort. Moreover, research from one site revealed that speech recognition performance for hearing-impaired listeners (pure-tone average 35-60 dB) using the primax Narrow Directionality algorithm was equal to that of normal-hearing individuals for the same speech-in-noise task.
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Nicotine exposure—before and after birth—may cause a child to have hearing problems due to abnormal development in the auditory brainstem, according to a new mouse model study published in the February 12 edition of The Journal of Physiology.
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Discussing the opinions of a person with hearing loss whose perception about their hearing differs significantly from their family’s perceptions can be awkward. However, these situations can be used to positively share experiences and change perspectives when addressed in a supportive environment. Authors Gabrielle Saunders, PhD, Jill Preminger, PhD, and Nerina Scarinci, PhD show you how.
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