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Signia Launches Pure Charge&Go X Hearing Aid

Signia Launches Pure Charge&Go X Hearing Aid

Nov 13, 2019 | | 0 |

Pure Charge&Go X is a receiver-in-canal (RIC) device that includes “the world’s first acoustic-motion sensors,” according to the company’s announcement. Since a hearing aid wearer’s sound environment can change suddenly, this technology can reportedly adapt to changes in their soundscape and detect when the wearer is in motion, responding automatically to “deliver natural and personalized sound from any direction, in any situation—even when moving.”

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Asymptotic Hearing Loss: When Is a Metaphor Just a Metaphor?

Asymptotic Hearing Loss: When Is a Metaphor Just a Metaphor?

Nov 8, 2019 | , , , , , | 0 |

Like all healthcare fields where the clinician needs to explain complex concepts to the lay public, metaphors are used. In the optical field, “nearsighted” and “farsighted” are actually good metaphors despite their simplicity and academic inaccuracy. In the field of audiology, we have the description of the audiogram with the piano keyboard across the top; a good explanation, but limited in that it’s only the right hand side of the keyboard and musical notes are not pure-tones.

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A Comparison of Direct Audio Streaming Quality in Hearing Aids

A Comparison of Direct Audio Streaming Quality in Hearing Aids

Nov 7, 2019 | | 0 |

In a test conducted by an independent laboratory, 16 hearing aid users who are part of a trained panel of sound quality assessors evaluated individualized recordings of streamed speech and music samples through ReSound LiNX Quattro, ReSound LiNX 3D, and 5 other premium hearing aids. ReSound LiNX Quattro and ReSound LiNX 3D were preferred for different types of streamed content. The influence of various attributes of sound quality are discussed.

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