In August 2021, Starkey introduced a vaccination incentive program for employees in the US to provide education on COVID-19 and encourage vaccinations. The program encouraged employees to watch and acknowledge online educational information and report their vaccination status.
According to the article, technology has caused our brains to be “rewired” in an unhealthy way and the author provides several suggestions for optimizing a healthy brain including the avoidance of sensory overload, increasing face-to-face social interaction, and protecting your hearing.
Hearing aid specialist Paul Saxby writes, "Count me among those outraged, and absolutely not contrite, about the US Preventative Services Task Force's (USPSTF) second erroneous conclusion in 8 years regarding hearing screening for adults.”
Signia has announced the debut of what it calls the world’s first setting for a hearing device which specifically improves audibility for those communicating with someone wearing a face covering. Built within the company’s proprietary app, Signia’s Face Mask Mode is reportedly the most complete solution on the market, requiring no in-person adjustments with a hearing care professional.
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A new “Future Ear” podcast by Dave Kemp of Oaktree Products features great ideas and perspectives from six audiologists in different parts of the United States. The podcast highlights the uniqueness of some of the individual work situations and regions, and includes several excellent tips about how to adapt a practice in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery.
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Starkey’s new website is designed to offer turnkey solutions as hearing healthcare enters the recovery phase of economic downturn.
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A new webinar featuring Drs Douglas Beck and Clifford Olson addresses how Covid-19 is changing hearing healthcare private practice and the hearing industry. The webinar, recorded on Friday, June 19, 2020, is now available on demand.
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A new paper in the ‘Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research’ summarizes key findings related to hearing loss and cognition for use by audiologists, ENTs, and other hearing care professionals.
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The MLHS enrolls about 30 students, ages 3-5 with hearing loss, and peers with typical hearing and focuses on speech, auditory, and language skills.
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The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), along with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), have announced their support of “Communication at Work,” the theme for this year’s Better Hearing and Speech Month.
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Using recommendations from the CDC, audiologist A.U. Bankaitis Smith, PhD, provides practical advice (in writing and in a short video) about safe alternatives when infection control supplies are in short supply.
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During a crisis, it’s more important than ever that people stay connected. Hearing healthcare professionals must adapt to a world with Covid-19. They must begin to provide care in a different, but responsible, way.
Read MoreUS hearing aid unit sales dropped off the table after the first week of March. However, even with the “Great Lockdown,” first-quarter US hearing aid unit sales still came in about 1% above the same period last year, according to HIA statistics.
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A survey on how audiologists and hearing aid specialists are coping with the Covid-19 pandemic in their practices during April-May 2020.
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The Center for Audiology treats patients of all ages with a range of hearing and balance-related problems, including tinnitus. The center provides testing for hearing loss, balance problems, and communication impairments.
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Hearing healthcare professionals across the country are in a tough spot regarding how they should operate their practices during the punishing Covid-19 pandemic. David Smriga provides his perspectives and advice about the question, “Is hearing healthcare an ‘essential service’?”
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An article on the “Arch Daily” website discusses several ways in which interior designers can make an environment more inclusive for those with hearing loss.
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This study shows that each type of medical mask essentially functions as a low-pass acoustic filter for speech, attenuating the high frequencies (2000-7000 Hz) spoken by the wearer by 3 to 4 dB for a simple medical mask and close to 12 dB for the N95 masks. In the era of Covid-19, Alexander Goldin, Barbara Weinstein, and Nimrod Shiman also explain how some of these problems might be overcome.
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