The Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults held its second of three open meetings on June 30 at the National Academies in Washington, DC. Here’s a perspective on the IOM meetings from HR Editor Karl Strom.
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Jay McSpaden borrows lessons from golf to propose the “perfect” formula for providing the best hearing care possible, while also highlighting the complementary skill sets of the three professions involved.
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Advanced Style, a high-fashion blog and media brand aimed at glamorous seniors, and Audicus, an online hearing aid company, collaborated on a collection of limited-edition fashionable hearing aids in vivid patterns.
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A look at what the most recent scientific literature says about tinnitus treatment, as well as a review of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Progressive Tinnitus Management (PTM), and Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT).
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Head-related transfer functions, or HRTFs, represent the location-dependent information about sound sources used by the brain. This article describes extensive sets of head-related transfer functions for different styles of hearing aids that have recently been made available for researchers, developers, and any interested clinicians.
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A letter to the editor about RIC/RITE history from Natan Bauman, inventor of the Vivatone RIC/RITE hearing aid.
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Learning to play a musical instrument or to sing can help disadvantaged children strengthen their reading and language skills, according to research presented by Nina Kraus, PhD, at the American Psychological Association’s 122nd Annual Convention.
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A three-year-old is the first child in the United States to undergo an auditory brainstem implant surgery in an FDA-approved trial supported by a National Institutes of Health clinical trial grant.
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Marshall Chasin, AuD, provides some innovative and practical tricks and tips for trouble-shooting common problems associated with the performance of hearing aids when listening to (and playing) music.
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Larry Revit, MA, a performing musician, sound engineer, and audiologist, reports on an audio system built around a unique wide-band, high-fidelity in-ear-monitor system that has binaural microphones imbedded in the earpieces.
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Siemens’ Aspire Rewards Program now offers HearingFUSION Cloud-Based Office Management System as a membership benefit.
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More than 100 hearing care professionals from across the country learned innovative, actionable marketing strategies at the 2014 Oticon Advanced Marketing Boot Camp.
Read MoreHow might we break the self-perpetuating negative perception associated with hearing healthcare and amplification? It’s time we all become committed to establishing a new social norm in hearing care—one that focuses on “maximal hearing and listening.”
Read MoreResearch in the February 20 in the journal Stem Cell Reports reveals that supporting cells in the ear can turn into hair cells in newborn mice.
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A survey involving customers of one of the largest and longest-established US direct-mail hearing aid companies reveals surprising data on benefit, satisfaction, and value.
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