It is almost as if music has something in common with everything—psychology, physiology, acoustics, engineering, most areas of the arts, and now the lowly spondee.
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Two studies that analyze the capabilities of a new system designed to fully utilize the performance of today’s microphone and analog-to-digital converter technology.
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Loudness is a subjective attribute of sound that allows us to place it on a scale going from soft to loud without relation to any physical measure. As such, loudness can be affected by background noise, the nature of the noise or music spectrum, the degree of vibro-tactic response, and even your mood.
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Modern hearing aid technology has the capability to be responsive to varying levels of inputs.
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The data from this study indicate that the raising the A/D converter bridge is a valid strategy that has been shown to be useful in both laboratory and real-life listening environments.
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Westone has added a new impression material to its cartridge line. SiliClone® X-act combines the accuracy and dimensional stability of Westone’s S-50 cartridge material with clean and easy flow characteristics.
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Hearing Review’s compilation of interesting hearing-related research items.
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Here is Hearing Review Products annual product review, as well as a look at featured products and services at this week’s ADA Convention in Bonita Springs, Fla.
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“With cochlear implants, we’ve always been oriented more toward speech sounds,” says Jay Rubinstein, MD. “This strategy represents a different way of thinking about signal processing for music.”
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New study provides further evidence that horn players are at risk for noise-induced hearing loss. Correcting for age, the number of French horn players with an apparent hearing loss is between 17% and 33%.
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Did we throw out the baby with the bathwater? The limitations and benefits of flared tubing
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The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) has named Cara James as its new executive director; she has a background in fundraising for international causes.
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The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is collaborating with Bach to Rock (B2R) music school to help foster hearing protection education in B2R’s network of schools.
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“We’re now one of the largest—if not the largest—hearing aid distributors in the market, but I really don’t want anyone to know that,” said Costco VP Richard Chavez in a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Widex has introduced a new hearing aid family, DREAM, that offers a dynamic range of approximately 17-113 dB SPL, rather than the conventional range of under 10 to less than 100 dB SPL in the older generations of converters.
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