Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia have joined forces with Isora Solutions to test a new approach to language learning: resetting your ears with the goal of recreating the critical period of language learning in childhood.
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Neuromonics, a distributor of medical devices designed for tinnitus relief, is introducing a downloadable product for mobile devices. The Neuromonics Tinnitus Alleviator will work on iOS 9-enabled devices, and uses a proven tinnitus treatment protocol.
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Westone will become the provider of custom-fit earphones for the Levo System in North America. The earphones are designed to ensure comfort during sleep and allow for optimal positioning and controlled delivery of sound therapy through the Levo System.
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The Hearing Review makes it a little easier for convention attendees to get the information they seek by providing this guide to the 2016 AudiologyNOW! Convention, April 13-16, which includes a schedule of events and a list of exhibitor booths in the exhibit hall.
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Findings of a field-trial study on how an advanced hearing aid improves the overall real-life satisfaction in various listening situations over the wearers’ own hearing aids. Results show effortless listening in various situations.
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A look at signal processing options for the contralateral ear in a bimodal hearing aid fitting, and individual patient considerations that may indicate when a certain feature or signal processing choice is advantageous.
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Despite a well-attended history, there is little agreement on the definition, diagnosis or treatment of auditory processing disorders (APDs) in 2016. APDs remain universally ill-defined and poorly understood. In this article, co-authors Beck, Clarke and Moore tackle contemporary APD issues, and more.
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Dr Chasin argues that the PCAST category of a “basic” hearing aid for mild-to-moderate hearing loss was misnamed, and should be “hearing aids for conductive hearing loss.” With a conductive hearing loss, an OTC “reading glasses approach” might work, but a sensorineural hearing loss is entirely different.
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New research findings have the potential to change the way patients with hearing loss are assessed and treated. HR Editor Karl Strom looks beyond recent findings on limitations of the audiogram to other research discoveries.
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Researchers in the University of South Florida’s Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research (GCHSR) have received a 5-year, $9 million grant from the NIH to study two unique ways to treat age-related hearing loss (ARHL).
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Signia, the new hearing aid brand from Sivantos, has unveiled primax, described as the company’s most advanced hearing aid platform to date, and the first technology clinically proven by independent studies to reduce listening effort throughout the day while providing “better than normal” hearing in challenging listening environments.
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Starkey released a new group of hearing solutions, powered by a new platform and the Acuity OS operating system. The “Made for Life” launch includes Halo 2 Made for iPhone hearing aids; Muse hearing aids, and the SoundLens Synergy wireless platform.
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Mobile Communications rolled out a next-generation Xperia line of products with the first Xperia X series smartphones, along with ambient connected devices. Part of the rollout is the new Xperia Ear, a next-generation wireless ear-piece, or hearable.
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Marshall Chasin, AuD, looks at how the Speech Intelligibility Index, or SII, can provide information on the various speech sounds or phonemes, but does not provide information on word-level and sentence-level cues that may be very important as well, particularly for bilingual patients.
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There are a lot of things that might be changed in hearing assessment, treatment, and hearing aid fittings. Here are opinions from 5 long-time hearing care professionals who address some of their pet peeves…frequency lowering, speech in noise, the value of the audiogram and first fits, and more. Read the rants from Marshall Chasin, Laurel Christensen, Doug Beck, Calvin Staples, and Wayne Staab.
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