Hearing Technology Innovator Awards 2024 Winners Announced
The Hearing Technology Innovator Awards 2024 competition attracted submissions from a diverse range of pioneering companies worldwide.
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MED-EL Named ‘Innovator of the Year’ at HHTM Hearing Technology Innovator Awards
Through the annual awards program, HHTM recognizes technological innovation and achievement in the hearing industry. This year’s awards program saw dozens of innovative technologies, submitted from companies across the globe.
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Measuring Peak Noise Exposure…While Outrunning the Cops
The peak sound pressure really has no value in the estimation of the sound exposure dose whether this is music, industrial noise, or recreational noise.
Audigy Announces Amyn Amlani as Director of New Business Development
Amlani has joined the Audigy team to strengthen its footprint within audiology and the industry through audiology expertise and market knowledge in creating new hearing solutions, services, and partnerships.
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CVS to Close About 30 Hearing Centers
CVS made the decision to close the locations because of the evolution of the hearing healthcare market since 2015, when CVS started offering audiology services.
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HHTM Releases New Book, ‘Interpersonal Audiology,’ by Brian Taylor, AuD
In the ”New Age” of patient autonomy—as persons with hearing loss increasingly have the ability to self-direct their care by testing and purchasing hearing devices over-the-counter—counseling and customization are components that still require a human element, and at the heart of this human element is Interpersonal Audiology.
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Hearing Health & Technology Matters Releases 2018 Hearing Professional Dispensing Survey
One of the most striking responses from the survey revealed that over half of all respondents said they believed hearing aids are not affordable and accessible for most Americans today.
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Are Polaroids Needed All Over Again?
Are we now at the point where audio files—whether they are MP3, WAV, or any other format—would come under suspicion of being altered and, therefore, not of any great forensic use? In his “Back to Basics” column, Marshall Chasin, AuD, explains why this may be so.
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Using Audiology To Extend a Musician’s Career
Recently there have been news reports about famous musicians who can no longer perform their music and have chosen to retire. “By hook or by crook, that should not happen,” says Marshall Chasin, AuD.
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What Do Spondees and Music (and Math) Have In Common?
It is almost as if music has something in common with everything: psychology, physiology, acoustics, engineering, most areas of the arts, and now, the lowly spondee.
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Speech Is Not a Broadband Signal…But Music Is
We tend to be biased, both in our training and in our technologies we use. We tend to look at things based on spectra or frequencies.
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HHTM Releases Results of ‘Audiologist OTC Hearing Aid Survey’
The online survey was conducted between August 1 and August 8, 2017, reportedly for the purpose of exploring the views of audiologists on the subject of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. A total of 566 US-based audiologists completed the survey.
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Never Take Pictures In the Men’s Washroom–Even for Hearing Science!
After seeing a movie over the holiday season, I was almost chased out of the movie theater…NEVER TAKE PICTURES IN THE MEN’S WASHROOM!
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Blog Page: How Do We Increase Hearing Aid Adoption Rates?
In this blog post, Drs Holly Hosford-Dunn and Amyn Amlani analyze the influence of price on the hearing aid market–specifically, the connection between price and hearing aid adoption rates.
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Blog Page: Wow, That’s Some Ear Hair!
Wayne Staab, PhD, explores challenges posed by ear hair and problems with earwax. Ear hair, for example, can prevent earwax from being released naturally from the ear canal, and an overgrowth of hair may also prevent hearing aids from making a good seal.
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Blog Page: iPhones and Hearing-Aid Compatibility: Re-Defining Accessibility?
Apple recently faced scrutiny over its iPhone, hearing aid accessibility, and the FCC. Here is a look at wireless hearing aid compatibility rules, and Apple’s request to be exempt from putting telecoils in its iPhones.
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Hearing Aid Dispenser Arrested Over Fraudulent Billing Scheme
A licensed hearing aid dispenser and owner of Syracuse Hearing Aid Centers in New York was recently arrested on charges that he operated a criminal scheme in his insurance billing practices. According to reports, the business fraudulently billed more than $1.6 million by selling public employees custom fit earbuds, then billing the state insurance for hearing aids.
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Blog: Meclizine – Condensed
Dr Desmond explains when the drug Meclizine is helpful for dizziness, and when it should be withdrawn in favor of other therapies. He also covers why it is not recommended for complaints of lightheadedness, loss of balance, and other symptoms or conditions.
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