UConn Professors Receive $30K Grant to Study Early Stages of NIHL
The development of an enhanced screening battery for NIHL can allow for earlier detection that could, in turn, prevent further hearing decline.
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A Vocalist Wants a Quiet Space at Home to Practice
I receive many questions from instrumental musicians, vocalists, and performing artists about issues relating to how they should practice. A particularly common question is “How can I modify a room in my house so that my vocal practice doesn’t drive my dog crazy?”
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Bruce Springsteen becomes an Ambassador for Hear the World Foundation
The new ambassador for conscious hearing supports the nonprofit’s hearing loss prevention campaign.
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Hayley Schultz Announced as 2018-19 Judith Gravel Fellow in Pediatric Audiology
Schultz was selected for participation in a federally funded grant that allowed her to complete additional pediatric coursework, clinical experiences with children, and the opportunity to create parent-focused learning modules.
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These Hearing Aids Make Everything Sound Digital!
It is conceivable that the modern digitization process reduces the extraneous hearing aid (microphone) noise too much and a clinical strategy would be to reprogram the hearing aid with minimal expansion implemented in the hearing aid software.
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Etymotic Research Merges with Lucid Hearing/Lucid Audio
Two well-known names and company owners in hearing device manufacturing are joining forces. Etymotic Research Founder Mead Killion announced that his company has merged with Lucid Hearing/Lucid Audio, a prominent hearing aid and PSAP manufacturer owned by Henry Smith, founder of Authorized Hearing Systems (AHS), America Hears, and more recently Liberty Hearing Aids and Lucid Audio.
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Registration Open for 2018 AES Conference on Music-Induced Hearing Disorders in Chicago
The conference will focus on strategies and technologies for safer long-term hearing outcomes in the music industry, and includes two days of papers and presentations augmented by lively panel discussions.
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ACI Alliance to Host Premiere of ‘The Listening Project’
The American Cochlear Implant Alliance will host the premiere of ‘The Listening Project’, a documentary co-created by audiologist and frequent ‘Hearing Review’ contributor Jane Madell, and Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky. The film profiles 15 young adults who were born deaf but can now hear, thanks to cutting-edge technologies, including cochlear implants.
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ADM Tronics to Begin Advertising Tinnitus Shield in ‘Tinnitus Today’
Tinnitus Shield has been designed to protect against damaging sounds shown to cause tinnitus for individuals at risk of acquiring this condition.
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A Cold-Weather Experiment
The issue is that in perception we rarely need to hear the exact frequency (or frequency spectrum) of speech or of music. However, we do need to hear the relative differences in spectral cues.
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Hearing Charities of America’s ‘Hearing Aid Project’ Connects Low-Income Individuals with Hearing Aids
Since its launch, the Hearing Aid Project has collected hearing aids that have sat in drawers or have been discarded after users purchased new hearing aids.
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Real-Ear Measurement is Not Just for Verification
Verification of a hearing aid (or hearing protection) fitting is an obvious usage, but it can be quite instructive about some general acoustic principles.
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2018 ‘Hear the World’ Calendar Available From Hear the World Foundation
One hundred percent of the proceeds benefit the Hear the World Foundation, a global nonprofit that aids disadvantaged people, particularly children, with hearing loss.
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Research on the Effect of Musical Experience on Vocoded Speech Presented at ASA Annual Meeting
The applications of this research span beyond the understanding of vocoded speech to a variety of acoustical interpretation patterns.
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Study Compares Levo System to Traditional Tinnitus Masker
The study was led by James Henry, PhD, recognized for his work in treating and managing tinnitus.
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