I was pleasantly surprised at how the content of this meeting captured and held my attention, introducing me to a broader scope of information and overlap with hearing aids.
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Today’s hearing aids make up a part of what can be considered a communication system. Assistive devices are designed as an integral part of this system.
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This paper is about raising consciousness about a topic that society does not yet spend enough time discussing: cumulative noise exposure from childhood into adulthood.
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Starkey Hearing Technologies—an Eden Prairie, Minn-based hearing technology company—is launching a new line of hearing aids based on the company’s research in virtual reality, advanced neuroscience, and audiology and signal processing.
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The developer of Clementine Wear is Samplified Audio—an Ontario, Canada-based company—that was founded by hearing industry veterans Mario Augustyniak and Mark Kaal.
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Around 3.6 million Australians are affected by hearing loss, costing the Australian economy an estimated $15.9 billion (approximately $12.4 billion USD), with more than a third (37%) of cases being preventable.
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Although there was an increase in the percentage of US youth ages 12 to 19 reporting exposure to loud music through headphones from 1988-2010, researchers did not find significant changes in the prevalence of hearing loss among this group
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The Nucleus Cochlear implant will allow users direct streaming of music, calls, and movies, similar to the features that modern hearing aids are equipped with.
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The areas of speech mapping, probe-microphone measurements, and the verification of prescriptive targets continue to be important topics in hearing aid dispensing and hearing healthcare.
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Researchers showed that limiting the supply or the function of the neuromodulator adenosine in a brain structure called the auditory thalamus preserved the ability of adult mice to learn from passive exposure to sound.
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#HearTogether, launched in mid-May, has already amassed wearer stories on both the website and social media. What was first designed as a one-month feature to celebrate Better Hearing Month has now turned into a year-long event due to its success.
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This year’s Sound Reinforcement Conference offers abundant opportunities for attendees across five days of workshops, demonstrations, paper presentations, engineering briefs, tutorials, and social events.
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The Hear the World Charity Gala on June 24, 2017 raised over CHF 375,000 (approximately USD $389,731) in donations.
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Cochlear implants that have electrodes designed without wire perform better than those with wires for long-term hearing preservation, according to a paper published in the June 23 online edition of The Laryngoscope. The research also suggests that the best surgical approach for cochlear implant procedures did not involve drilling into the bone around the ear (cochleostomy).
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As we continue to support the needs of the tinnitus patient and practitioner—from sound generators to therapy approaches—it is important to maintain flexibility in treatment. This article looks at the three most-common tinnitus treatment approaches used within a clinic or with an individual patient. Recent evidence suggests the therapist is 9 to 10 times more important to the outcome of therapy than the specific treatment approaches, and new tools like Oticon’s Tinnitus SoundSupport are providing better options in the treatment of tinnitus patients with hearing aids.
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