A Scoping Review 2019: OpenSound Navigator
A review of foundational publications, as well as the outcomes-oriented benefits, related to the first generation of Oticon OpenSound Navigator (OSN) and Multi-Speaker Access Technology (MSAT).
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NY Times Lists Best Kids’ Headphones for Safer Listening
Buyer Beware: If this holiday season you are searching for safer headphones to protect the ears of the kids in your life, you might first consult an article in The New York Times, which reveals that many purportedly "safe" headphones on the market may actually cause noise-induced hearing loss due to unsafe volume levels.
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Back to Basics: Hearing: Is It 7 dB, 3 dB or 0 dB?
Marshall Chasin, AuD, discusses the Minimal Audible Field (MAF), or the softest sound that normal-hearing people can hear in the normal diffuse sound field at 1000 Hz, and explains why sometimes less is more.
Negative Feelings About Aging Can Impact Hearing, Memory
A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto revealed that when older adults feel negatively about aging, they may lack confidence in their abilities to hear and remember things, and perform poorly at both.
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Studies Uncover Hidden Brain Pathways of Communication
New studies from Penn Medicine have uncovered hidden brain pathways of communication and clarified how crucial features of audition are managed by the brain. The researchers discovered how different neurons work together in the brain to reduce responses to frequent sounds, enhance responses to rare sounds, and recognize speech.
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Scientists Identify Molecular Motor Protein Necessary for Hearing
A research team led by scientists at the NIDCD has discovered that a protein essential for building key hearing structures in the inner ear also plays a critical role in maintaining them throughout life. This discovery could open up new approaches to preserving hearing and preventing common forms of hearing loss.
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ID Masking Software Protects Privacy of Occupational Hearing Records
Benson Medical Instruments, which designs and manufactures audiometers, spirometers, and software to manage hearing conservation and occupational spirometry programs for companies, has announced a new ID masking feature in its software for occupational hearing tests that helps protect employees’ private data.
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Analysis of Research Confirms Cardiovascular Health Affects Hearing
Audiology neuroscience researcher Ray Hull, PhD, has analyzed 70 scientific studies to confirm that cardiovascular health affects hearing and the ability to understand speech. One of those studies found that improved cardiovascular fitness can “turn back the clock” and improve auditory function.
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Scientists Closer to Generating Sensory Hair Cells for Hearing
A new, simpler protocol for generating inner ear hair cells to restore hearing has been developed by researchers from the Molecular Medicine Institute in Lisbon, Portugal, and the University College London Ear Institute in the UK.
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The Final Word: Altruism and Not Worrying About the Motivation to Help Others
Dr Van Vliet explores how the work of hearing healthcare providers may not always stem from altruism, though it provides a service that can bring back a connection to others and the world through hearing, which is very rewarding.
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Pilot Program Provides Multisensory Screenings for Veterans
Several organizations were involved in the Salus Veterans Readiness Initiative Multisensory Screening and Care pilot program, which offered free multisensory screenings (vision, hearing, balance) and rehabilitation to student veterans.
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Huffington Post Video Shows People Hearing for First Time
Watch The Huffington Post’s Facebook page video footage, which shows the moment when patients with cochlear implants or other hearing implants first hear sound.
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Listen Technologies’ ListenLoop Systems Installed at NIDCD
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) has outfitted two conference rooms and two multi-use spaces with ListenLoop systems, including CLS2 Loop Driver amplifiers, from Listen Technologies.
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Blind People Don’t Always Hear Better
Science News has reported that, contrary to a popular notion that blind people have keener hearing than sighted people, a new study shows that many blind people don’t necessarily hear well in every direction.
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Sikka Receives $5.5 Million in Support Funds
Sikka Software announced that the company has received $5.5 million in Series B funding from Sierra Ventures, with participation from its Series A investor, ATA Ventures.
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BrainHearing: Maximizing Hearing and Listening
BrainHearing endeavors to help the brain orient, separate, focus, and recognize sounds in order to apply meaning through the use of modern and highly sophisticated technologies and improved hearing aid fitting protocols to maximize hearing and listening.
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Popular Book on Hearing Aids Goes Digital for Download
A book that was first published in hardcopy through The Oticon Foundation, Fading Sounds: About Hearing and Hearing Aids, by Kirsten Worsoe and Claus Elberling, has become available as a free download in PDF format.
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Mapping HRTFs: Acoustic Cues for Three-dimensional Spatial Hearing Across Hearing Aid Styles
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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