Sennheiser Launches Flex 5000 Digital Wireless Audio System
Sennheiser Electronics announced the Flex 5000, a digital wireless audio system for headphones that intensifies TV sound.
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Phonak’s In-Ear Monitors Used in ‘La La Land’
Phonak’s in-ear monitors played a role in the movie La La Land. The monitors were used to assist the director with providing sound cues to actors, particularly during live scenes.
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MED-EL Celebrates 20 Years of Cochlear Implantation in US with Special Reunion
In the fall of 2016, Robert Zurga, who was the third US patient to receive a MED-EL cochlear implant, returned to Duke University for a reunion with his surgeon, Debara Tucci, MD, and his CI audiologist, MED-EL North America CEO, Raymond Gamble—Zurga was the first cochlear implant that Gamble had ever programmed while on an audiology rotation at Duke.
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Two Studies Detail Improved Gene Therapy for Hearing Restoration in Mice
Two new papers published in Nature Biotechnology on February 6 detail research by scientists at Boston Children’s Hospital—a pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School—on an improved gene therapy that helps restore hearing to genetically deaf mice.
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Going BEYOND: A Testament of Progressive Innovation
This special supplement of The Hearing Review, which focuses on the Widex BEYOND hearing aid, provides an overview of the research, engineering, and clinical testing behind Effortless Hearing—and why Widex believes it represents a landmark achievement in hearing aid design.
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Auditory Brainstem Development Problems Linked to Nicotine Exposure
Nicotine exposure—before and after birth—may cause a child to have hearing problems due to abnormal development in the auditory brainstem, according to a new mouse model study published in the February 12 edition of The Journal of Physiology.
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Jazz: An Acoustical Revolution
Author Bethany Ewald Bultman commemorates the 100th anniversary of the world’s first jazz in February 2017, reflects upon its acoustical impact, and describes how people like Buddy Bolden revolutionized music.
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The Evolution of Hearing Conservation Guidelines and Standards in the United States
Confused by the wide assortment of hearing conservation standards? Here’s a short guide from retired NIOSH research audiologist and well-known hearing conservation expert Mark Stephenson, PhD.
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A Historical Perspective on Hearing Protection
Patricia Johnson, AuD, offers a perspective on the history and development of hearing protection and earplugs for musicians.
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Ear Infections Over the Ages
Whenever the topic of hearing, music, and children are discussed, it’s essential to also consider acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME). Kenneth Einhorn, MD provides an overview of ear infections through the ages.
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Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS) Is NOT So Temporary
Marshall Chasin, AuD, asserts that temporary hearing loss can no longer be considered to be a benign temporary audiometric characteristic. Although it has not been established that TTS can be a predictor of future hearing loss, its presence does point to sometimes subtle neural pathologies that may result in future communication degradation.
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Have We Really Come That Far?
The hearing conservation message to date has been a polite one. Long-time music industry executive Dan Beck suggests that maybe it’s time that changed.
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15th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children to Be Held in July
The CI2017 Pediatric Symposium will be held July 26-29, 2017 in San Francisco. Co-organized by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, the Stanford University School of Medicine, and University of California San Francisco, the Symposium features a multi-specialty group of clinicians, educators and scientists exploring current topics having the greatest impact on improving pediatric cochlear implant outcomes. This year’s central topics will focus on music, technology, cognition, outcomes, indications, and delivery.
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ZPower and Starkey Collaborate on Muse RIC Rechargeable Option
ZPower and Starkey have announced a collaboration to bring a new rechargeable option to Starkey’s Muse micro RIC 312t.
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Jenna Paley Joins Sensaphonics
Jenna Paley, AuD, is the third audiologist on the Sensaphonics staff. She will be organizing and presenting at educational events to promote hearing wellness with outreach to industry organizations, as well as visiting touring and local artists at venues and rehearsal facilities.
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