Most Adult Britons Struggle to Hear in Noisy Environments
Most U.K. adults struggle to hear conversations in noisy environments, a phenomenon known as the "cocktail party effect."
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Oticon Expands Polaris Platform with New MiniBTE Solutions
Oticon announces the expansion of the potential of Polaris to its newest portfolio of solutions to “offer more patients a life full of sound.” The addition of two new miniBTE solutions helps give hearing care professionals “the ability to meet the diverse needs and preferences of more patients with the superior sound quality of Oticon More,” according to the company.
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Oticon More Receives CES 2021 Innovation Award
Oticon announced that the Consumer Electronics Association has named Oticon More an honoree in the CES 2021 Innovation Awards. The world’s “first hearing aid with an on-board Deep Neural Network (DNN)” has received honors in both the Health & Wellness and Wearable Technologies categories.
Researchers Find Possible Link Between Hearing Loss, Poorer School Performance, and Behavioral Problems
A new study of almost 5,000 Dutch children found a link between poorer school performance and...
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Signia Launches Pure Charge&Go X Hearing Aid
Pure Charge&Go X is a receiver-in-canal (RIC) device that includes “the world’s first acoustic-motion sensors,” according to the company’s announcement. Since a hearing aid wearer’s sound environment can change suddenly, this technology can reportedly adapt to changes in their soundscape and detect when the wearer is in motion, responding automatically to “deliver natural and personalized sound from any direction, in any situation—even when moving.”
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Sonion Joins Global Qualcomm Extension Program
The company will offer the Sonion Voice Pick Up Bone Sensor on the Qualcomm Ultra-Low Power QCC5100 Bluetooth SoC series in Q1 2020.
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Amazon Releases Echo Buds
The Bose Active Noise Reduction feature can help minimize external noise from a crowded restaurant or office, and can be activated by tapping double tapping the earbud. To turn on Passthrough Mode—which will allow noise in again—users can double tap the earbuds again.
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Study Examines Hearing Loss Among Mining, Oil and Gas Extraction Workers
Researchers at NIOSH found that in many industries within these sectors, at least 25% of the workers had hearing loss.
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Speech Processing is Complex Before Reaching Cerebral Cortex, Researchers Find
Previously, it was assumed that all auditory information was equally transmitted via the auditory pathways from the ear to the cerebral cortex. The current recordings of the increased activity of the vMGB show that the processing of the auditory information begins before the auditory pathways reach the cerebral cortex.
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Phonak ABCs of eAudiology #8: 10 Steps to Client Selection & Other Considerations for eAudiology
In order to select appropriate clients for eAudiology, there are some things to consider with regard to WHO the person is, or who will benefit most from this form of service delivery.
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Phonak Launches Sky Marvel for Children
The Sky M was designed and engineered to provide pediatric wearers “the best hearing solution possible for optimal speech and language development as well as speech intelligibility and ease of use,” according to the company’s announcement.
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Oticon Hearing Health Poll Shows Hearing Loss Among Woodstock Generation
According to the online survey of more than 1,000 US adults ages 65-80 conducted in June, the prevalence of hearing loss among those who listened to loud music when they were young (ie, in their teens and 20s) is 40% greater than the percentage of hearing loss indicated in studies of older Americans that don’t include questions about music listening habits.
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Teen Publishes Research on Harmful Noise Levels from Restroom Hand Dryers
Nora Keegan became concerned that the dryers were harmful to children’s hearing after she noticed others covering their ears while the dryers were running. She found the loudest of the dryers tested exceeded 100 dB.
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University of Arkansas Professor Studies Face Mask that Enables Lip Reading
Dr Samuel Atcherson, a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, is researching a prototype transparent surgical face mask that allows those who are deaf or hard of hearing and non-native English speakers to read lips.
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Teen Publishes Research on Harmful Noise Levels from Restroom Hand Dryers
Nora Keegan became concerned that the dryers were harmful to children’s hearing after she noticed others covering their ears while the dryers were running. She found the loudest of the dryers tested exceeded 100 dB.
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University of Arkansas Professor Studies Face Mask that Enables Lip Reading
Dr Samuel Atcherson, a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, is researching a prototype transparent surgical face mask that allows those who are deaf or hard of hearing and non-native English speakers to read lips.
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Finnish Researchers Develop Guidelines for Using Music to Develop Spoken Language Skills
The guidelines are suitable for the parents of children with hearing impairments, early childhood education providers, teachers, speech therapists, and other rehabilitators of children with hearing disabilities, as well as the hearing-impaired themselves.
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Finnish Researchers Develop Guidelines for Using Music to Develop Spoken Language Skills
The guidelines are suitable for the parents of children with hearing impairments, early childhood education providers, teachers, speech therapists, and other rehabilitators of children with hearing disabilities, as well as the hearing-impaired themselves.
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