Two PSAPs are evaluated vs. a hearing aid for listeners with mild-to-moderate hearing loss. For speech intelligibility, the hearing aid performed significantly better than both PSAPs, and was preferred for sound quality.
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Over 400 hearing care professionals converged on the Chicago Hyatt Regency on September 8-10 for the 65th Annual International Hearing Society (IHS) convention—featuring 3 days of educational sessions, events, issues, and new products and services.
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Editor Karl Strom explains how the October 2016 edition of The Hearing Review, guest-edited by Brian Taylor, AuD, outlines for hearing healthcare professionals a clear path to a more prominent position in the future of general healthcare as the hearing care market undergoes rapid changes.
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We can provide the latest clinical research about hearing loss to primary care physicians to actively engage patients in seeking care for their hearing loss.
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NHS England, which leads the NHS and sets the priorities for improvements in healthcare, has launched the “Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: A Framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups,” the first major deliverable from the Action Plan on Hearing Loss in England.
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In his August blog, Karl Strom argues that we don’t always have the right to complain about policy changes in our profession unless we are actively involved in our professional organizations.
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iHear® Medical has announced the launch of an online hearing solutions platform. The company is now taking orders for its invisible iHEARHD® hearing aid, and the iHearTest™, which recently received FDA approval as the first home hearing screener.
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The HIA submitted a comprehensive Addendum on June 30, 2016 to the FDA in response to questions the Agency posed in its April 21, 2016 Workshop regarding hearing healthcare and devices in the US.
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The NIH announced that Amy Donahue, PhD, deputy director of the NIDCD’s Division of Scientific Programs, received the James B. Snow, Jr, MD, Award at the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA)’s annual convention in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2016.
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This study evaluates 11 low-end and high-end hearing aids and PSAPs, and shows that all high-end hearing aids were able to fit most audiometric configurations, and 2 high-end PSAPs and 1 app were able to fit up to a moderate loss configuration.
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In response to a new report issued by the National Academies, the HIA has announced its support of national efforts to increase the accessibility and affordability of hearing healthcare in America.
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The NAS recommendations for a new OTC class of hearing devices and the removal of the hearing aid “waiver system” may dominate the headlines, but Hearing Review Editor Karl Strom hopes they don’t overshadow the 10 other important recommendations in the report.
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The Hearing Loss Association of America applauds a new report issued by the National Academies, which documents the critical nature of hearing loss and provides 12 recommendations that underscore hearing loss as a significant public health concern.
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The authors describe the methodology associated with the world’s largest consumer market surveys on hearing aids and hearing loss, and report their findings with a focus on the “non-auditory benefits” of hearing aids, including quality of life, relationships at home and work, independence, and mental health.
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When exposure to noise or music occurs, the Temporary Hearing Loss Test app addresses the important issue of whether there has been a temporary threshold shift (TTS) or not, and if so, how much, providing invaluable long-term prevention information.
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