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Hear and Beyond: An Interview with Gael Hannan

Hear and Beyond: An Interview with Gael Hannan

Apr 7, 2022 | | 0 |

Gael Hannan is an advocate, author, and speaker who grew up with a progressive hearing loss that is now severe-to-profound. She is a past director on the national board of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) and has served as a speechreading instructor and volunteer for many hearing-related programs. She developed the Hearing Foundation of Canada’s “Sound Sense” hearing awareness program which is delivered to elementary students across Canada, and created a national awareness campaign on infant hearing screening for the same organization.

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Amplifon Joins WHO Global Campaign on World Hearing Day

Amplifon Joins WHO Global Campaign on World Hearing Day

Mar 3, 2022 | | 0 |

Through this year’s campaign, WHO will focus on the importance of safe listening as a means of maintaining good hearing throughout a person’s life, emphasizing the important message that hearing care – combined with safer exposure to loud sounds – can mitigate the risk of developing hearing loss.

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Signal Processing and Sound Quality

Signal Processing and Sound Quality

Mar 2, 2022 | | 0 |

Hearing aid signal processing is central to the sound that surrounds the user every day. This article lays out different possible signal-processing strategies, focusing on the choice of filter bank and sampling rate, and how these relate to sound quality. Although both time- and frequency-domain filter banks have their advantages, the sound-quality benefits of a time-domain filter bank outweigh other considerations.

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Survey Shows ‘Noise Sensitivity’ Impacts Daily Life

Survey Shows ‘Noise Sensitivity’ Impacts Daily Life

Mar 2, 2022 | | 0 |

The culprit sound may be surprising: nearly two-thirds of the UK adults surveyed said the sounds of children – whether they are playing or crying – were the sounds they are most sensitive to hearing. This was true for the majority of respondents whether they were hearing the sounds from inside or outside.

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