Improving the Real-World Conversation Experience With a Multi-Stream Architecture
This article discusses how the conversation experience can be affected by hearing loss, and what hearing care professionals can do to improve it.
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‘NY Times’ Article Breaks Down Hidden Hearing Loss
The term “hidden hearing loss” can refer to a person's inability to discern and understand conversation in a noisy setting, such as a bar or restaurant. Also known as the “cocktail party effect,” it can be difficult to diagnose as people who go to an audiologist complaining of hearing loss often score normally on an audiogram, the standard way of measuring hearing function. In a recent “New York Times” article, writer Emma Yasinski discusses the science behind hidden hearing loss as well as potential treatments.
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Cochlear Ltd Obtains FDA Approval to Lower Age of Cochlear Implantation
This approval “helps ensure children born deaf have earlier access to a cochlear implant which can provide them with the hearing capabilities to develop speech and language at a trajectory similar to their hearing peers.”
Brain Waves in Older Adults Compound Hearing Problems
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences have discovered that changes in brain waves compound hearing problems in older adults.
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Improvement in Speech Intelligibility and Subjective Benefit with Binaural Beamformer Technology
New adaptive behavior of Phonak binaural beamformer StereoZoom provides significant benefit in speech intelligibility and subjective rating as compared to static or monaural beamformers. This benefit is most evident in difficult listening environments such as when noise is predominantly present from the sides.
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