A study using the MUSHRA protocol comparing Oticon More™ to two other premium hearing aids, combined with a recent UBS Evidence Lab report, suggests Oticon More offers top sound quality—a key element in customer satisfaction.
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Research shows that prolonged exposure to loud noise exceeding 85 dB can degrade hearing over time, and can occur in places that you might not expect, according to an article on the AARP website.
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For professional triathlete Lorcan Redmond, high performance is the name of the game. In a schedule that sees him training 30 hours a week, hearing is imperative – knowing exactly what his coaches and teammates are saying takes the stress and guesswork out of mastering three separate disciplines: swimming, running, and cycling.
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Canadian Hearing Services announced that it has been awarded Qmentum Accreditation with Commendation by Accreditation Canada with a 97% rating, becoming “the first national organization serving deaf and hard-of-hearing Canadians to achieve that accreditation distinction.”
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Redux is a professional in-office drying system to proactively treat and prevent moisture damage to hearing aids and implants.
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Eargo 5 is Eargo’s fifth-generation device and is a medical-grade, FDA Class II exempt hearing device designed to be “customizable by the user to their hearing preferences through all new Sound Match technology,” according to Eargo’s announcement. Through Sound Match, Eargo 5 “helps enable custom tuning with no clinic visits or waiting rooms.”
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Early in Dr Michael McKee’s career, one of his patients, who was deaf, died from a heart attack. It led him to study how to prevent it from happening to others. That tragic event might not have happened, he said, if there had been “accessible community health education programs to allow for deaf individuals to learn ways to improve their health and to recognize common danger signs of serious health conditions.”
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Aerosol generated by playing woodwind and brass instruments is less than that produced during vocalization (speaking and singing) and is no different than a person breathing, new research has found.
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Mead Killion, PhD, points out that, in churches and choirs, the risk of Covid-19 for people who remain unvaccinated appears to be greatly increased due to the dramatic increase in aerosol disbursement from loud singing.
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According to the conference organizers, the scientific program will combine “keynotes as well as featured and invited talks with scientific contributions to highlight the wide range of world-class research and hot topics in computational audiology.”
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Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) announced that it is launching a public health ad campaign on June 22 that will greet transit commuters in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago to drive the message—especially to young people—that playing music too loud on personal listening devices can permanently damage their hearing.
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Sonova announced that it has won a silver medal for in the Health and Living Environment category for its film at the 2021 Deauville Green Awards, an international festival celebrating film productions about social responsibility and eco-innovation.
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With life, comes noise. From the chorus of weed whackers and lawn mowers in the summer months, these background noises form the soundtrack to our daily routines. Though it may be easy to tune out the constant screech of a subway train or the incessant honking of car horns, at a certain sustained level, noise can potentially damage the sensitive structures within the ear.
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Widex USA Inc announced Widex My Sound, a portfolio of AI features including a new solution that “instantly enables intelligent customization of the company’s Widex MOMENT hearing aids based on a users’ activity and listening intent.”
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During its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 7, Apple announced new speech-in-noise enhancement capabilities in iOS 15 called “Conversation Boost,” which uses computational audio and beamforming microphones for use in Apple AirPod Pros.
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