Researchers at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a portion of the brain responsible for determining how far away a sound originates, a process that does not rely solely on how loud the sound is. The study was recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Read MoreThe Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging people to use earplugs when celebrating the 4th of July, America’s noisiest day of the year, warning that the single bang of a firecracker at close range can permanently damage hearing in an instant.
Read MoreEditorial Advisory Board (The Hearing Review) Sugata Bhattacharjee Contributing Writer, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Marshall Chasin, AuD Owner, Musicians Clinics of Canada, North York, Ont Jay B. McSpaden, PhD, BC-HIS...
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This article originally appeared in the Hearing Health blog written by Judy Huch, AuD, and Christine Diles, AuD, that can be found at: http://hearinghealthmatters.org/hearinprivatepractice — David H. Kirkwood, HearingHealthMatters.org
Read MoreSetting an example to her UK subjects, and perhaps the world, Queen Elizabeth II has reportedly worn hearing protection during an all-star rock concert celebrating her 60-year Diamond Jubilee.
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Psychologist Michael Harvey provides guidelines for helping clinicians to assess when a patient’s repeated requests for hearing aid adjustments are potentially related to the need for psychological counseling.
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A thug named “John Smith” is looking for his lost C# and wants to find it—now. Just another night and case to solve—with some help from Hallowell Davis and the audiological literature.
Read MoreOn May 16, the Friends of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus (FCHHC) hosted a hearing forum and reception for representatives, congressional staff, and others interested in hearing health. The event was organized by the Hearing Industries Assn (HIA) and sponsored by leading hearing advocacy organizations.
Read MoreAccording to a new study conducted by House Research Institute (HRI) researchers, 72% of teenagers participating in a study experienced temporary reduced hearing ability following exposure to a pop rock performance by a popular female singer.
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We speak to Sycle.net about the advantages of its new eDocs cloud-based document management feature.
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A loudness scaling technology has been designed to quickly and accurately measure how a patient perceives loudness, making it possible to more precisely calculate and provide the most comfortable hearing aid fitting.
Read MoreWendy Kupfer’s new picture book, Let’s Hear It for Almigal, is the story of a happy little girl who feels unlucky because she can’t hear everything she wants to hear due to hearing loss.
Read MoreA group of researchers at The John Hopkins University in Baltimore is trying to understand how the brain makes sense of complex auditory environments, such as a cocktail party. The team is testing how humans track sound patterns over time, and under what circumstances the brain registers that the pattern has been broken. The preliminary findings were presented at the Acoustics 2012 meeting in Hong Kong in May.
Read MoreNew findings from a Canadian research team investigating the link between blindness and enhanced hearing suggest that not only is there a real connection between vision and other senses, but that the connection is important to better understand the underlying mechanisms that can quickly trigger sensory changes.
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