A Community College Puts Hearing Instrument Science on Wheels in Missouri
Lawrence Brethower, ScD, BC-HIS, director of Ozarks Technical Community College’s Hearing Instrument Science program, is putting his classroom on wheels.
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Staff Standpoint: Top HR News Stories in 2012 – December 2012 Hearing Review
HR December 2012’s Staff Standpoint: Top Hearing Industry News Stories in 2012
Read MoreOver 100 Attend Oticon’s Marketing Boot Camp
More than 100 hearing care professionals from across the United States participated in Oticon’s 2012 Advanced Marketing Boot Camp, held June 22 to 24 in San Jose, Calif.
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Setting the Score for Music and Hearing Aids
A review of some of the inherent issues when listening to music via hearing aid processing, and how the processing affects sound quality.
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The Case of the Missing C#
A thug named “John Smith” is looking for his lost C# and wants to find it—now. Just another night and case to solve—with some help from Hallowell Davis and the audiological literature.
Read MoreEmory Researchers Experimenting with Regenerating Hair Cells
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta have shown that introducing a gene called Atoh1 into the cochleae of young mice can induce the formation of extra sensory hair cells. Their results show the potential of a gene therapy approach to regenerating sensory hair cells to treat hearing loss, but the research also demonstrates its current limitations.
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Three Known Factors That Impede Hearing Aid Adoption Rates
Improved accuracy in reporting the hearing aid adoption rate, promoting hearing aid features using evidencebased data in language that the layman can understand, and unbundling prices are three things that our industry needs to improve upon.
Read MoreVideo: A Deaf Military Cadet’s Campaign to Enlist in the Army
Deaf since a child, Keith Nolan was told that he couldn’t enlist in the United States armed forces because he was deaf, but Nolan didn’t take no for an answer.
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The Web Being Weaved
This weekend I watched Super 8, the J.J. Abrams a la Spielberg horror film that pits a group of teenagers against a spooky, massively powerful, unknown entity and the seemingly capricious rules of adults. Without spoiling it for you, the
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A Bit of Perspective Please…
With UnitedHealth (UNH) Group’s entry into the hearing aid market by leveraging their considerable access to physicians and At-home hearing test at www.hihealthinnovations.com, it brings the inevitable anxious question: “What does this m
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Combining Phase Cancellation, Frequency Shifting, and Acoustic Fingerprint for Improved Feedback Suppression
Automatic and adaptive acoustic feedback reduction is one of the most beneficial algorithms offered in today’s digital hearing aids. This article describes a new transient frequency-shifting technology, which is designed to provide an additional 7 dB of added stable gain, making the maximum added stable gain as high as 25 dB.
Read MoreSona Offers Comprehensive Business Solutions
The hearing instrument manufacturer, Sona Hearing, has entered the US market with some novel business concepts designed to improve the logistics between manufacturers and dispensers, while providing consumers with a new way to select product features.
Read MoreResearchers Probe Restoring Hearing Loss From Nerve Damage
Early in life, cell signals that tell where sensory organs will form inside the ear disappear, but could possibly be recharged to restore hearing loss.
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A Working-person’s Guide to Quality and Productivity:Part 1: How to Measure and Improve Quality in Your Practice
A two-part series geared toward those busy hearing care practice owners and managers who unquestionably want to do the right thing for their patients and practice, but lack the time to analyze the details of countless business reports or the resources to implement complex strategies.
Read MoreOlympic Gold Medalist Endorses Health Enterprises AfterSwim & Swim-Fit
Megan Jendrick uses the products as a regular part of her training regimen for the London 2012 Summer Olympics and her participation in the Swim Champions Fitter & Faster Tour.
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