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TOP NEWS and HEADLINES in January Researchers Discover Inner Ear Cells Resistant to Notch Signaling Sensaphonics Founder Earns AuD, Joins AAA Foundation Board Chemotherapy Can Cause Hearing Loss Sonomax Inks $2 Million
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Focus on: Otoscopes
In this new feature we tap our readers into what distributors and practitioners nationwide are saying about products in the marketplace. This month we spotlight an indispensable tool: otoscopes.
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Pseudosensorineural Hearing Loss
Bone conduction tests are performed on a routine basis within dispensing offices. This article describes a phenomenon called pseudosensorineural hearing loss caused by a loading effect on the middle ear and reviews previous literature that describes this effect.
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Spatial Hearing and Understanding Speech in Complex Environments
A discussion about interaural time differences (ITDs), interaural level differences (ILDs), and spectral peaks and notches, and how these elements influence speech understanding in difficult listening environments.
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Extended Bandwidths in Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are now offering larger bandwidths, with extended frequencies out to 10,000 Hz. It is expected that qualitative and quantitative improvements in quiet and in noise with respect to speech, music, and spatial cues will be realized—leading to better speech understanding, listening enjoyment, and customer satisfaction.
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Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to Alan Ruskin’s feature on how the military is dealing with record hearing loss, tinnitus in its personnel, an HBO documentary on cochlear implants, and more.
Read More165 Attend Oticon Marketing Boot Camp
Intensive two-day gathering equips hearing care professionals with knowledge, skills needed to success in a competitive marketplace.
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Attenuation Values of a Noise-Cancelling Headphone
A study that looks at the attenuation value provided by a popular noise-cancelling headphone in the presence of high-level white noise, and a discussion of what this means in recommendations for hearing conservation.
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Growing Up Noisy: The Sound-exposure Diary of a Hypothetical Young Adult
About one-fifth of the workforce between the ages of 17 and 25 years entering industries already have notches consistent with noise exposure. This literature review, in the form of a sound-exposure diary of a hypothetical high-school graduate waiting to enter college, along with relevant research findings, sheds some light on why.
Read MoreArthritis Foundation Commends Duracell Battery
EasyTab hearing aid battery recognized for ease of use, makes living with arthritis simpler.
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Turn It to the Left
Prevention is the best method for dealing with noise-induced hearing loss.
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The Precision of Comfort
Established in 1975, Precision Laboratories has built a strong reputation by offering its clients quality, custom-made ear molds that are handmade by industry craftsmen. All the research and design ingenuity in the world does a hearing aid no
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Incorporating Style and Innovation
With the acknowledgement that risks are necessary for progress, the HITEC family will embrace the challenge of manufacturing in 2004. Enter the offices and showroom of HITEC Group International Inc in Burr Ridge, Ill and it is likely that you
Read MoreLeading the Marketplace
Improving functionality of hearing aid microphones has been at the core of Knowles Electronics’ success. In the large and growing market of hearing microphones and receivers, Knowles Electronics is a giant, generating in excess of $100 m
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3-in-1 Digital Circuit
3-in-1 Digital Circuit Magnatone, Casselberry, FL, introduces the TruVoice® 3-in-1 multi-channel 100% digital circuit for custom instruments. TruVoice® digitals offer a single-channel AGC-O, 2-channel WDRC and 4-channel WDRC, embedded into one ci
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