Category: Fitting Equipment

Fitting Equipment

Why It’s a Good Idea to Stick Around Bass Players

Staying close to the bass player—or otherwise enhancing bass audibility—helps musicians and listeners, especially those with hearing loss, maintain pitch and better appreciate music.

Fitting Equipment

Widex Unveils Widex Allure Hearing Aids and Cloud-Based Fitting Software

Widex has introduced the Allure hearing aid platform, designed to balance clear speech with natural awareness, as well as its Compass Cloud cloud-based fitting software solution.

Fitting Equipment

An Affordable Way To Take Control Of The Fitting Process

Audioscan’s Axiom offers the highest quality in standard verification. It is for clinics that need only the essentials in verifying hearing instruments. Simply connect to your laptop or an external monitor and your Axiom is ready to go to work!

Audioscan Announces Software Updates

by Stefani Kim | Jul 19, 2021 | Fitting Equipment, Testing & Diagnostics, Testing Software | 0

Audioscan announced that its equipment software updates can now be confirmed and completed from a networked-connected PC via the Audioscan Noah Module. Verifit2 software version 4.26 or Axiom software version 1.32 software must first be installed on the equipment, along with Audioscan Noah Module software version 2.22, according to the announcement.

Medico-legal Considerations with 3D Digital Ear Scanning

by Stefani Kim | Jun 3, 2021 | Fitting Equipment, Testing & Diagnostics | 0

From a practice management and marketing standpoint, 3D-scanning technology has become a no-brainer in terms of convenience, patient comfort, risk and liability, and product quality—truly differentiating premier clinics from those still operating with 20th-century procedures.

Jacoti Launches ‘OTC Ready’ Hearing Software Platform

by Stefani Kim | Jun 2, 2021 | Fitting Equipment, Testing & Diagnostics | 0

According to the company, OTC Ready helps enable headphone/earbud manufacturers using the Qualcomm 51XX SoC to address the “likely requirements of the upcoming US over-the-counter hearing aid market.”

Audioscan Announces Software Update for Verifit2, Axiom

by Stefani Kim | Mar 30, 2021 | Fitting Equipment, Testing & Diagnostics | 0

Audioscan announced new software updates for its Verifit2 and Axiom hearing instrument verification systems. These benefits are said to include “significant enhancements to Speechmap verification capabilities and the Audioscan Noah module, among other improvements.”

Comparing MPOs from Six Different Hearing Aid Manufacturers: Headroom Considerations

by Stefani Kim | Mar 29, 2021 | Fitting Equipment, Testing & Diagnostics | 2

Using 2-cc coupler measures, MPO values for different programmed settings were compared for the premier hearing aid products from six major manufacturers. Large differences were observed, and these differences were not directly associated with the product’s OSPL90. In general, at least for the sample audiogram used, it appears that the MPO is limited by the gain setting and the aggressiveness of the wide dynamic range compression (WDRC), often restricting useable headroom.

Inventis Launches E-commerce Platform

by Stefani Kim | Mar 19, 2021 | Fitting Equipment, Pediatric Testing, Testing & Diagnostics, Testing Software | 0

Inventis, a company that develops and manufactures audiology equipment, announced the launch of its US-wide e-commerce platform, www.inventis.shop. According to Inventis, the platform was built to make it “easier and faster for any customer to shop.”

Lantos Technologies Relaunches So Professionals Can “Own the Ear” with Custom ITE/RIC Fittings

by Karl | Feb 3, 2021 | Fitting Equipment, Industry News, Videos | 0

Lantos Technologies wants hearing care professionals to “own the ear” by providing better technology for the 3D scanning and replication of the dynamic ear canal–for improved sound quality, reduced feedback, and better comfort and retention for the wearer. Learn more about the Lantos relaunch and watch a short interview of company CEO Paul Harkness who provides his perspectives on customizing hearing aid fittings for enhanced patient-centered care and greater customer satisfaction.

Audioscan Releases New Software Updates for Verifit2

by Stefani Kim | Aug 20, 2020 | Fitting Equipment, Testing & Diagnostics, Testing Software | 0

According to the company, the benefits include significant enhancements to client counseling and the ability to measure Real-Ear-to-Dial Difference (REDD).

Using autoREMfit for Hearing Aid Fitting and Verification: Evidence of Accuracy and Reliability

by Karl | Aug 3, 2020 | Fitting Equipment, Patient Fittings | 0

This clinical study by John Pumford, AuD, and Gus Mueller, PhD, examines the new autoREMfit application of Audioscan VerifitLINK as integrated into Signia Connexx hearing aid fitting software. The results reveal good fit-to-target accuracy (RMSE ~2 dB; 65 dB SPL input) for two different audiograms and coupling systems. Test-retest reliability was excellent with values no greater than 1 dB at any frequency. Clinical benefits of this autoREMfit collaboration are discussed.

Empowering the Wearer: AI-based Signia Assistant Allows Individualized Hearing Care

by Stefani Kim | Jul 15, 2020 | Evaluation, Fitting Equipment, Patient Fittings | 0

Results of this study show the Signia Assistant smartphone app ensures the end-user safely gets the best possible solution for any given situation, marking an important step in going from assumption-based to data-driven knowledge—and moving away from a “one-size-fits-all approach” to precisely tuned hearing for each individual via artificial intelligence.

Cochlear Announces FDA Approval of Three New Products

by Stefani Kim | Jul 6, 2020 | Bone-Conduction Solutions, Cochlear Implants, Fitting Equipment, Middle-Ear Implants | 0

The approval of the Cochlear Nucleus Kanso 2 Sound Processor, Nucleus 7 Sound Processor for Nucleus 22 Implant recipients, and Custom Sound Pro fitting software reflects Cochlear’s “ongoing commitment to innovation in hearing technology, providing access to smartphone connectivity and helping to improve hearing performance, and enhancing the cochlear implant fitting experience for hearing health professionals.”