Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) and Wireless Devices
What are those T1 through T4 mobile phone ratings and how are they derived?
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Critical Factors in Ensuring Efficacy of Frequency Transposition Part 2: Facilitating Initial Adjustment
Understanding the efficacy of frequency transposition and how to initially adjust the devices to allow for exceptional outcomes.
Read MoreInteractive Hearing Exhibit Will Appeal to Children
Virtual exhibit features five computer-game stations, demonstrations and interactive educational activities.
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The Middle-Ear Implant: New Solutions for Complex Challenges
The Vibrant Soundbridge recently received an expanded indication for use in adults who have moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss and desire an alternative to acoustic hearing aids.
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Uniform Attenuation Hearing Protection Devices
A flat-attenuation earplug preserves the tonal balance of music and the clarity of speech, resulting in sound that has the same quality as the original, only quieter.
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Earmuffs: A Primer
Earmuffs offer some tremendous benefits for the workplace as well as recreational and non-occupational applications. The innovations in design continue to make earmuffs a vital tool in hearing loss prevention.
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Acoustics for Hearing Protection Devices
By envisioning three fairly straightforward physical laws, one can become an expert (or at least well-versed) in the acoustic properties of HPDs.
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Introduction: Occupational Hearing Conservation and Hearing Protectors
An introduction to the topic of occupational noise-induced hearing loss by this month’s guest editors.
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Remembrances
In January, the hearing care field lost two 90-something pioneers in audiology, as well as a fairly young industry inventor. John Duffy, PhD, died of a series of strokes at age 93 after suffering a fall late last year. Duffy was a sometime
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Hearing Care for Adults: An International Conference
About 400 dispensing professionals—almost 200 of whom were from 27 countries outside the United States—attended this conference held near Chicago.
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HR 2007 Marketplace
A look at some of the exciting products available to hearing health care professionals.
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Upgrading Children to Super-power MCNL Aids: A Clinical Trial Using an A-B-A Test Method
An A-B-A study design, in which the child’s old hearing aids were refitted at the end of the study so that direct comparisons could be made, indicates that improvements using multi-channel non-linear (MCNL) super-power aids are not due to learning or test effects, but rather the effects of the device’s advanced technical features.
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Understanding Transitions: Between Then and Now
An examination of traditional fitting philosophy shows that we should examine the “glass half full” the residual auditory area) rather than the “glass half empty” (hearing loss or hair cells that cannot be restored). Filling the auditory area or dynamic range is at the heart of all modern fittings.
Read Morejodi-vac Co-Inventor Richard “Dick” Vessella Passes Away
Richard “Dick” Vessella, co-inventor of the jodi-vac hearing aid cleaner, passed away January 7, 2007. He was 53.
Read Morejodi-vac Co-Inventor Richard
Richard “Dick” Vessella, co-inventor of the jodi-vac hearing aid cleaner, passed away January 7, 2007. He was 53.
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