For Whom the Decibel Tolls: The dBA vs dB SPL War – January 2013 Hearing Review
The dBA vs dB SPL War… for music.
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Staff Standpoint: Start Your Engines… – January 2013 Hearing Review
Premium products are back. With a few notable exceptions, the last 2 to 3 years have been marked by less sexy and more prudent mid- to low-end hearing aid product launches.
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GN ReSound Releases Industry’s First “Made for iPhone” Accessory and App
The new ReSound Unite Phone Clip+ works with the ReSound Control app to control hearing aids from an iPhone, and streams stereo music to hearing aids.
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Panasonic Announces Wireless Bone Conduction Headphones
Panasonic has introduced the Panasonic RP-BTGS10 Bone Conduction Headphone model for the 2013 line-up of headphone products at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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HR Editor’s Top-10 Article Picks for 2012 (And Other Must Reads)
The following are HR editor Karl Strom’s Top 10 article picks for 2012, as well as a dozen more “must reads” in cased you missed them in 2012.
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University of Cambridge Develops Software to Improve Hearing Aid Sound Quality
A new software product developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could greatly improve sound perception for users of hearing aids.
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New Bluetooth Hearing Aid Device for Linking to Landline Phones
A new hearing aid adapter for landline phones has been introduced by Business Telecom Products (BTP). BoostEar, marketed toward office workers with hearing aids, connects Bluetooth enabled hearing aid streamers with a desktop phones.
Read MoreSecond International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication
The second International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication will be held June 16-19, 2013, in Linköping, Sweden.
Read MoreJohns Hopkins Scientists Developing New Insights About Timbre that Could Improve Hearing Devices
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University are developing new ways to help the makers of hearing aids and cochlear implants to improve timbre and how those with hearing loss hear music through their devices.
Read MoreNearly 850 Attend Audigy Group’s 2012 Team Summit
Nearly 850 hearing professionals attended Audigy Group’s 2012 Team Summit, recently held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The featured theme of this year’s summit was teamwork.
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Should All Hearing Aids Have a -6 dB-per-octave Microphone?
An argument for why we might want to use these special microphones on a fairly wide range of patients.
Read MoreA New Laser May Help Improve Cochlear Implant Effectiveness
Under a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), researchers are developing a new laser that stimulates human nerve tissue. The project, developed by Vixar, includes evaluating the devices for incorporation into optically based neuroprostheses, such as cochlear implants.
Read MoreNew Findings on Stereocilia and How the Inner Ear Works
It has long been known that stereocilia move sideways back and forth in a wave-like motion when stimulated by a sound wave. After designing a microscope to observe these movements, a research team at Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden, has discovered that the hairs not only move sideways but also change in length.
Read MoreResearch: Children with Dyslexia Can Benefit from FM Hearing Systems
For children with dyslexia, FM systems not only allow them to hear better while the device is in use, but it also can mean long-term improvement in phonological awareness and reading skills, even beyond the use of the device, according to a recent study published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Manufacturers’ Preview of Products – Fall 2012 Edition
We asked manufacturers about the latest product offerings that they will be featuring this fall.
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