Making All Phones Hearing Aid Compatible
While it's a step in the right direction, the FCC shouldn't lean too heavily on Bluetooth to improve accessibility for hearing loss patients.
While it's a step in the right direction, the FCC shouldn't lean too heavily on Bluetooth to improve accessibility for hearing loss patients.
Phonak announced that the Roger On remote microphone solution will be available to hearing aid and cochlear implant wearers via hearing care professionals as of June 15, 2021.
With Phonak Remote Support, VA audiologists can now extend care beyond the walls of their clinics to patients who are social distancing, have mobility challenges, or to those who prefer virtual follow-up sessions.
Sensaphonics announced the introduction of the 3DME Music Enhancement IEM system. A new concept...
Read MoreNavilution Wi-Fi works on tour operators’ wireless networks and enables them to offer multiple audio sources to visitors so they can listen to tour narration in different languages, no Internet required.
Read MoreBuilt on the Velox S platform, the new power hearing aid features BrainHearing technology “proven to deliver better speech clarity and better short-term recall while reducing the listening effort people with severe-to-profound hearing loss struggle with in day-to-day listening situations.”
Read MoreAt the 2019 International Congress of Hearing Aid Acousticians (EUHA) in Nuremberg, Germany, Sonova announced the presentation of a “wide spectrum of new hearing solutions from all its product brands.”
Read MoreSupervisors and workers can monitor and view noise exposure data, including noise peaks, patterns, and unusual occurrences, on their smartphone or mobile computer using the Honeywell VeriShield mobile app.
Read MoreAt the Sonic exhibit (STAND 3A.408), conference participants will be able to experience firsthand how the SoundDNA platform is said to ”bring together Sonic’s most automatic, adaptive, and flexible hearing aid technologies to deliver on Sonic’s 4S Foundation of natural sound, speech understanding in noise, simplicity, and style.”
Read MoreThe initial findings found that a child’s motivation increased when technology was part of the activity, specifically when rewards in the form of virtual trophies were offered.
Read MoreGetting your practice up to speed to offer eAudiology services takes a little work on the front end before you begin to offer these exciting, new services to your clients.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe new portfolio includes the Phonak Audéo™ M-RT, said to be “the world’s only all-in-one hearing aid combining direct connectivity with iOS and Android, T-coil, and rechargeability,” according to Phonak.
Read MoreThe researchers found that noise trauma causes substantially greater changes in neural processing of complex sounds compared with age-related metabolic loss, potentially explaining large differences in speech perception commonly seen between people with the same clinically defined degree of hearing loss based on an audiogram.
Read MoreBjerke brings 30 years of experience as a distributor to his new role as Managing Director of Listen Technologies Europe and will oversee the Denmark office as well as the company’s regional expansion. Bjerke will report to Russ Gentner, CEO, and Maile Keone, President, Listen Technologies.
Read MoreAll videos were produced with closed captioning, and include a voice-over and transcripts to ensure there is full accessibility.
Read MoreTwo versions of Hansaton’s new sound XC external receiver systems will be available in June 2019, catering to hearing system wearers’ individual needs in terms of convenience and user habits: the sound XC runs on a disposable size-312 battery, while the rechargeable AQ sound XC uses a lithium-ion battery.
Read MoreA large portion of individuals with dementia also have hearing loss. When these patients are fitted with hearing aids for the first time, the use and operation of the instruments can be a struggle, and the struggle often carries over to their caregivers. This research found that the use of teleaudiology via Signia TeleCare for these new hearing aid users increased awareness, improved benefit for several different communication settings, and reduced associated stress for the caregivers.
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