Pitch perception is not a skill unique to humans, say scientists from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), where a recent research study reveals that marmosets, considered to be “ancient” monkeys, appear to use auditory cues to distinguish between low and high notes associated with melody.
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Dr Steve Aiken joins Dr Marshall Chasin in a discussion of differing definitions of sound. Together they explore the scientific facts that help to answer the philosophical question: If a tree falls in the forest, but there is no one there to hear it, does it produce a sound?
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Doug Beck, AuD, interviews Dr David M. Baguley, head of Audiology/Hearing Implants at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in England, and the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications. This interview focuses on Dr Baguley’s newest 2015 book, Tinnitus: Clinical and Research Perspectives, co-edited by Prof Marc Fagelson.
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MED-EL has released a new publication called Explore Magazine, which explores hearing loss-related topics. The latest issue focuses on hearing loss and children, while earlier editions focused on Music, and Ingeborg and Erwin Hochmair, the couple behind MED-EL. Readers can sign up for a free subscription or download a free digital version on the MED-EL website.
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A licensed hearing aid dispenser and owner of Syracuse Hearing Aid Centers in New York was recently arrested on charges that he operated a criminal scheme in his insurance billing practices. According to reports, the business fraudulently billed more than $1.6 million by selling public employees custom fit earbuds, then billing the state insurance for hearing aids.
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Plural Publishing announced the publication of a new book, Tinnitus: Clinical and Research Perspectives, which summarizes findings from basic and clinical research regarding tinnitus mechanisms, effects, and interventions. The text features international authors, clinicians, and researchers.
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A recent study assessed the capability of Phonak AutoSense OS to provide optimal and preferable listening in three complex, real-life listening environments: 1) A highly echoic room with presentation of speech from behind and noise interference, 2) a running car, and 3) a busy coffee shop. The findings suggest that AutoSense OS not only provides significantly greater ease of use than a manual program, but can also provide optimal hearing in challenging, realistic listening environments.
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Save the date: The 14th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies (CI2016) is May 11-14, 2016, in Toronto, ON, Canada. CI2016 features speakers and international podium and poster sessions on research of cochlear implants and other implantable technologies across the age continuum.
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Dr Chasin discusses how most audiologists (himself included) tend to sweat upon hearing the word “impedance.” Although “admittance” is a much less nuanced word, it can be just as scary. Most audiologists and hearing care professionals would rather hear about the phrase “equivalent volume.”
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Penn State acoustical engineers have used functional MRI scans, which measure brain activity by sensing changes in blood flow in the brain, to better understand our emotional responses to sound reverberation and room acoustics.
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The Hear the World Foundation has released a newly completed 2016 calendar featuring star portraits, which will be available this holiday season as gifts for a good cause. The Hear the World 2016 Calendar is a powerful collection of shots photographed by Canadian singer Bryan Adams.
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At EUHA 2015, held October 14-16, 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany, Sivantos presented three new families of Siemens hearing aids in the Essential segment. The Intuis 2, Sirion 2, and Orion 2 product series are all equipped with a range of current technologies. They can be remotely controlled depending on the model–also via free apps for Apple and android smartphones–and can be connected to modern communication and consumer electronics.
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Sonic released its Cheer hearing aids in three technology levels plus new power instruments to accommodate a range of hearing loss needs and preferences. Cheer aids have features that improve sound performance built on Sonic’s Speech Variable Processing platform. Many Cheer models include wireless connectivity as a standard feature.
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The UNIQUE, a new hearing aid from Widex, is designed to provide effortless hearing by addressing the nuances hearing aids need to capture and process for patients’ unique, individualized listening needs.
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The authors take issue with recent reports about the performance of Musicians Earplugs, and show that the ways in which data were graphically displayed explain the differences in interpretation.
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