A new study commissioned by Siemens Hearing Instruments suggests that teen hearing loss may be on the rise, with 1 in 6 teens showing hearing loss symptoms often or all of the time, and nearly 9 in 10 engaged in activities that could place them at risk for hearing loss.
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The Hearing Review asks three audiologists associated with GN Otometrics and Audiology Systems—Clément Sanchez, AuD, Wendy Switalski, AuD, and Clint Keifer, AuD—for their thoughts on the benefits of tinnitus assessment. They also provide advice to hearing care professionals who are interested in adding tinnitus assessment to their practice.
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Telecoils and hearing loops deserve the attention of the hearing industry and hearing care professionals, as these simple devices dramatically increase multiple environmental listening utility (MELU). The findings of this study, presented by 9 experts in the field, clearly demonstrate hearing loop systems dramatically improve consumer experiences with their hearing aids or CIs for nearly all participants. Users reported looped venues significantly improved their speech intelligibility and the sound quality of their hearing device.
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A look at what the most recent scientific literature says about tinnitus treatment, as well as a review of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Progressive Tinnitus Management (PTM), and Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT).
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BrainHearing combines four features—Speech Guard E, Spatial Sound, YouMatic, and Free Focus—that are designed to work together continuously to provide the brain with the input needed to hear more clearly, with reduced listening effort.
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Marshall Chasin, AuD, shows why assymetric hearing loss does not necessarily rule out a noise-induced component.
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How does the brain determine if a sound source is in motion? New research from Duke University recently looked into this question using cutting-edge methods in electrophysiology, optogenetics, and behavioral analysis.
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Head-related transfer functions, or HRTFs, represent the location-dependent information about sound sources used by the brain. This article describes extensive sets of head-related transfer functions for different styles of hearing aids that have recently been made available for researchers, developers, and any interested clinicians.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has included Oticon Inc in its new hearing aid national contract.
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In terms of customer loyalty, hearing care professionals must find ways to eliminate saboteurs from their practice and substantially increase the number of apostles so that the latter comprise the majority of customers in a given practice. Here’s how you can do it.
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Killion and Revit wanted to examine the repeatability of insertion gain measures as a function of angle of incidence of the loudspeaker and of the angle of elevation of the loudspeaker. In the September 2014 Back to Basics, Marshall Chasin shares his takeaways.
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The 2014 Oticon Focus on People Awards honors 12 individuals whose courage, vision, and commitment are helping to change the perception of what it means to have a hearing loss.
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The right background music can affect how you construe information and your willingness to take initiative.
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Sensaphonics has added two more audiologists to its Gold Circle listing—a group of audiologists who have been specifically trained to meet the hearing needs of music industry clients.
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Thieme’s Cochlear Implants, 3rd Edition by Waltzman is now available.
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