Speech Is Not a Broadband Signal…But Music Is
We tend to be biased, both in our training and in our technologies we use. We tend to look at things based on spectra or frequencies.
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A Novel Technique to Improve Amplified Sound Quality for Both Music and Speech
Recently there have been some technical innovations by some manufacturers that involve both reducing the input (such as with a compressor before the A/D converter) and also post 16-bit architecture.
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More is Not Necessarily Better…
Custom hearing aids—whether they are in-the-ear (ITE), in-the-canal (ITC), completely-in-the-canal (CIC), or invisible-in-the-canal (IIC)—have acoustic pathways between the receiver and the end of the bore that are on the order of 10 mm or less. This is also the case with occluding RIC style hearing aids. And this is also the case with in-ear monitors that musicians use.
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Bragi Releases the Dash Pro Tailored by Starkey and the Dash Pro Hearables
The two new members of the Bragi family include The Dash Pro tailored by Starkey, “The World’s First Custom-Made Wireless Ear Computer,” featuring a unique, personalized experience, and The Dash Pro, a polished, reloaded, re-engineered sequel to The Dash that continues to press innovation forward.
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Sensaphonics Offers Product Giveaway in Honor of Better Hearing Month
Sensaphonics is running a Facebook giveaway contest for the month of May, the company announced. In celebration of Better Hearing Month, the company will award one winner with a pair of classic 2X-S custom in-ear monitors and a dB Check In-Ear Sound Level Analyzer.
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Drummer Danny Patterson Utilizes Sensaphonics 3D AARO In-Ear Monitoring System
Based in Houston, drummer Danny Patterson plays a lot of gigs. Whether he’s playing in a local bar, out on tour, or in church, he depends on his Sensaphonics 3D AARO in-ears with Active Ambient technology, Sensaphonics announced.
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Williams Sound Announces PCM Marketing as New Manufacturer’s Rep
Williams Sound announced PCM Marketing as its new manufacturers’ representative in Northern California, Northern Nevada, and Hawaii.
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Sensaphonics Announces ‘New Product Release’ on April 1
Sensaphonics announced on April 1 the Perceptuator IEM plug-in accessory, the latest advancement in safe sound for musicians. Designed to make 65 dB sound like 100 dB, Sensaphonics says the Perceptuator plugs directly into your brain, and uses your own powerful sense memories to make you feel like you’re rocking your brains out while delivering studio reference sound quality at safe levels.
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Expert Roundtable: Music & Hearing on the 100th Anniversary of Recorded Jazz
The guest-editors of this special Hearing Review Expert Roundtable provide a background for this special issue about music and hearing loss on the 100th anniversary of the first jazz recording.
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Jazz: An Acoustical Revolution
Author Bethany Ewald Bultman commemorates the 100th anniversary of the world’s first jazz in February 2017, reflects upon its acoustical impact, and describes how people like Buddy Bolden revolutionized music.
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A Historical Perspective on Hearing Protection
Patricia Johnson, AuD, offers a perspective on the history and development of hearing protection and earplugs for musicians.
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Promoting Safe Sounds in the Birth City of American Music
Hearing loss prevention helps maintain lifelong musical enjoyment. According to authors John Hutchings, MD, and Bethany Ewald Bultman, when performing or listening to music, one should always employ high-quality earplugs, avoid undue direct exposure to the sound, and limit alcohol intake which can lessen awareness of the pain of louder sounds.
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Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS) Is NOT So Temporary
Marshall Chasin, AuD, asserts that temporary hearing loss can no longer be considered to be a benign temporary audiometric characteristic. Although it has not been established that TTS can be a predictor of future hearing loss, its presence does point to sometimes subtle neural pathologies that may result in future communication degradation.
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Jenna Paley Joins Sensaphonics
Jenna Paley, AuD, is the third audiologist on the Sensaphonics staff. She will be organizing and presenting at educational events to promote hearing wellness with outreach to industry organizations, as well as visiting touring and local artists at venues and rehearsal facilities.
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Blog: Editor’s Top-10 Picks of 2016 Articles (and More!) in Hearing Review
Here are some excellent articles and columns that you shouldn’t miss from The Hearing Review during 2016.
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