In the 2017-18 financial year, the Hear the World Foundation supported 25 aid projects around the world benefiting people in need with hearing loss, and particularly children, by providing CHF 3.51 million (about $3.51 million USD).
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New research from The Ohio State University has found that young people with subtle hearing loss—the kind they aren’t even aware of—are putting demands on their brains that typically wouldn’t be seen until later in life.
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SoundSense Learn is a feature that uses machine learning to apply user input for easy and efficient optimization of hearing aid parameters. This article describes a test in a double-blind paradigm with recordings made of individual SoundSense Learn parameter settings. Significant increases in sound quality and comfort were found when compared to both the Not Active and Active Classifier conditions. The feature consistently improved sound quality and listening comfort across all test samples.
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The development of an enhanced screening battery for NIHL can allow for earlier detection that could, in turn, prevent further hearing decline.
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Once in a while, something comes along so interesting that it qualifies as a “Eureka moment” without even being directly related to hard science or clinical topics. One such instance is the recent TED Talk by Justin Osmond titled “Embracing Our Limitations.” Watch the TED Talk and get the inside scoop on its creation from Osmond in this interview by Douglas Beck, AuD.
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The campaign, timed to coincide with Better Hearing Month, offers links to noise-level apps, access to free earplugs, and educational information at HearingAtWork.org.
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I receive many questions from instrumental musicians, vocalists, and performing artists about issues relating to how they should practice. A particularly common question is “How can I modify a room in my house so that my vocal practice doesn’t drive my dog crazy?”
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The Expo brought 3,200 dispensing professionals and their guests—one of the largest congregations of hearing healthcare business owners in the world—from over 40 different countries for four days of learning, inspiration, and fun.
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A trip back to Denmark in the late 1970s shows the extent to which adult aural rehabilitation was considered essential in the care of those with severe to profound hearing loss.
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From our experience as clinicians who serve the age-80+ population and the emerging scientific evidence about this patient group, it is older patients who are most likely to benefit from aural rehabilitation (AR) programs, and therefore, more eager to attend AR classes. Future studies on AR and auditory training should focus upon this important population.
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The AAA 2018 Convention—the world’s largest gathering of audiologists—will be held April 18-21 in Nashville, where the Academy will celebrate its 30th Anniversary.
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According to a note posted on the band’s Twitter account, Lewis said he lost “most of his hearing” two months prior, before a show that was scheduled in Dallas.
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In a side-by-side listening demo, hearing care professionals can discover for themselves how Enchant compares to the competition in noisy environments.
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The new ambassador for conscious hearing supports the nonprofit’s hearing loss prevention campaign.
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing atomically thin ‘drumheads’ able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater than what we can hear with the human ear.
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