A gift from Starkey Cares, Starkey’s Corporate Social Responsibility program, will make it possible to provide life-changing health services and hearing instruments to Special Olympics athletes around the world and help train more healthcare professionals to make healthy hearing more inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities.
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With a free software update to the hearing aid, Beltone Imagine users will now be able to make and answer phone or FaceTime calls simply by tapping a button, using them like any other earbuds to listen and talk with friends, family, or co-workers.
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February is American Heart Month. Did you know that your heart health is linked to your hearing health? There’s an important connection between your ears and your heart, and neglecting your cardiovascular system could spell trouble for your hearing. Starkey Chief Health Officer Archelle Georgiou, MD, offers insights on this connection and proactive tips to keep in mind.
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MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that lights up when we hear singing, but not other types of music. These neurons, found in the auditory cortex, appear to respond to the specific combination of voice and music, but not to either regular speech or instrumental music. Exactly what they are doing is unknown and will require more work to uncover, the researchers say.
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Ashi 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.
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A team of researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is using sonification – the use of sound to convey information – to depict biochemical processes and better understand how they happen.
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This includes the Virto P Black—the fully-connected in-the-ear (ITE) hearing device that resembles a modern earbud, and the Virto P-Titanium—the “world’s only custom hearing aid made from titanium.”
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Beltone announced the upcoming availability of the Jabra Enhance Plus earbuds that will bring “hearing enhancement in a sleek design to help address the hearing needs of those with mild-to-moderate hearing loss” starting February 25 at select Beltone Hearing Care Centers nationwide.
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GN announced availability of the “first-of-its-kind innovative Jabra Enhance Plus earbuds engineered for hearing enhancement” in the US on February 25.
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Podcaster Richard Pocker announced the availability of a book of the transcripts of 25 interviews form his website, cochlearimplantbasics.com
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Mimi announced a new partnership with Circulr Sound, the creator of personal AI audio devices called Hybrid Neckphones. Circulr Sound will bring Mimi Sound Personalization to its Smart Audio Wearables.
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In Part 2, Suzanne Carr Levy, PhD, and Drew Dundas, PhD, discuss the perceptual benefits to naturalness and overall sound quality of the direct drive approach used in the Earlens system.
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Douglas L. Beck, AuD, Vice President of Academic Sciences for Oticon, Inc, has announced he will retire in March 2022. Beck is a global presence in the world of hearing care. In more than 17 years of contributions to Oticon’s academic, clinical, and education efforts in the US and around the world, he developed into one of the hearing industry’s most in-demand speakers.
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The input-related dynamic range of modern hearing aids is important to know in order to prevent distortion and input-clipping of louder sounds in the environment. Typical loud input sounds are music and the level of a hearing aid consumer’s own voice.
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With the amount of sound exposure that comes with being a touring musician, Ross has come to realize how critical it is to keep his volume levels in check – especially with the long shows that Dave Matthews Band is known for.
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