How Does the Brain Understand Speech Through Noise?
Researchers are studying how the brain integrates visual speech cues with auditory signals, focusing on individuals with cochlear implants.
Researchers are studying how the brain integrates visual speech cues with auditory signals, focusing on individuals with cochlear implants.
This article discusses how the conversation experience can be affected by hearing loss, and what hearing care professionals can do to improve it.
Phonak expanded its Lumity portfolio to feature hearing aids that are designed to improve speech understanding in noisy environments.
Signia announced the launch of the Styletto AX hearing aid featuring two new capabilities for its Augmented Xperience (AX) platform – My WellBeing and CallControl.
Read MorePhonak, a global provider of hearing solutions, announced that its next generation of hearing aids will be powered by its latest Lumity platform.
Read MoreGN Hearing announced the launch of ReSound Omnia – a new hearing aid platform that will “set a new standard in hearing technology and improve how people interact with the world around them.” According to the company, ReSound Omnia provides “significantly better hearing in noisy environments than any previous ReSound hearing aid.”
Read MoreSignia announced the availability of its latest feature enhancements for its Augmented Xperience (AX) hearing aid platform: HandsFree, Auto EchoShield, and Own Voice Processing (OVP) 2.0 – which, together, help to “enhance hearing performance in a wide variety of situations.”
Read MoreOticon, Inc announced the expansion of the Oticon More family with two new Polaris miniBTE solutions that give VA audiologists “the ability to bring the superior sound quality of Oticon More to even more veterans.”
Read MoreThis study uses the electroencephalogram (EEG) and synchronous “alpha” activity over the parietal lobe of the brain to assess listening effort. The researchers find that the intelligibility advantages offered by Signia Augmented Focus hearing aids lead to less effortful listening across a range of SNRs typical of difficult listening environments.
Read MoreThe next-gen Olive Max features “cutting-edge adaptable sound settings and a sleek wraparound design that resembles today’s popular consumer earbuds rather than traditional hearing aids,” according to the company’s announcement.
Read MoreOticon announces the expansion of the potential of Polaris to its newest portfolio of solutions to “offer more patients a life full of sound.” The addition of two new miniBTE solutions helps give hearing care professionals “the ability to meet the diverse needs and preferences of more patients with the superior sound quality of Oticon More,” according to the company.
Read MoreAshi has upgraded to the latest Signia CROS Pure Charge&Go AX hearing aids, built on Signia’s Augmented Xperience (AX) hearing aid platform that uses two digital processors to intelligently understand which sounds should be pulled to the foreground and prioritized, and which should remain in the background.
Read MoreThis 3-part series is a high-level review of the data that has accumulated across more than 10 years of clinical research with the technology at the heart of the Earlens system. In Part 1, we dove into the speech understanding data to demonstrate how increasing the audible bandwidth of processed sound results in improved speech understanding performance from several perspectives. In Part 2, we discussed the perceptual benefits to naturalness and overall sound quality. Finally, in Part 3, we’ll deep dive into the restoration of audibility and how the Earlens approach to overall audibility improvement is reliably achieved in fittings via direct drive—as well as who may benefit from this.
Read MoreOne night, while wearing the old brand and watching sports at a local restaurant, Simons noticed he was having trouble separating the sound of the TVs from that of the conversations around him. He swapped to the Widex MOMENT pair for comparison and everything changed.
Read MoreOticon announced that users of Oticon hearing aids built on the Polaris platform technology will now be able to enjoy hands-free communication using iPhone and iPad*. In addition to streaming audio from iPhone and iPad, the Oticon More family can be used as a wireless headset so that users can speak hands-free on calls.
Read MoreSignia announced that its Augmented Xperience (AX) hearing aid platform will now support hands-free phone calls. The HandsFree feature upgrade will be available Spring 2022 for all new and existing AX hearing aids paired with iOS devices.
Read MoreSoundwave Hearing announced the launch of its new smart hearing aid and mobile app. The Sontro Hearing Aids (Model AI) are wireless, self-programming hearing aids that have been developed to amplify sound for individuals 18 years or older with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing impairment.
Read MoreIntroducing ‘full SuperPower strength in the smallest SuperPower device ever available, the Ponto 5 SuperPower also delivers significant advancements in sound processor technology – including a patented feature to prevent audible feedback – along with a sleek cosmetic design,” according to the company.
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