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Putting the AI in Patient-centered Hearing Healthcare
Not only are hearing aids capable of connecting directly to smartphones, but now, through the use of embedded sensors, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, hearing aids are themselves getting smarter and adding value to patient-centered hearing healthcare that goes well beyond amplifying sound.
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Oticon RemoteCare Now Available Through VA, DOD
Oticon RemoteCare “expands the potential for VA audiologists to assist more veterans remotely, helping them to meet vital hearing healthcare needs when in-person appointments cannot take place or when veterans are unable to travel to the office.”
Oticon Xceed Now Available Through VA and Defense Department
Built 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.”
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Sonova Presents Range of Hearing Solutions at 2019 EUHA Congress
At 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.”
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Honeywell Launches VeriShield Smart Hearing Solution Headset for Noisy Workplaces
Supervisors 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.
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Sonic to Display Captivate and Trek at EUHA Congress
At 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.”
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Researchers Develop Storytelling App for Deaf Children who Speak in Sign Language
The 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.
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Phonak ABCs of eAudiology #6: 10 Steps to Technology & Connectivity for eAudiology
Getting 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.
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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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Marvel 2.0 Makes RogerDirect Available in All Phonak Marvel Hearing Aids
The 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.
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Purdue Researchers Find Noise-induced Trauma May Have Greater Impact on Hearing Loss
The 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.
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Listen Technologies to Open Denmark Office; Appoints Flemming Bjerke Managing Director, Europe
Bjerke 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.
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Canadian Video Series Provides Overview of Public Alert System for Hearing Impaired
All videos were produced with closed captioning, and include a voice-over and transcripts to ensure there is full accessibility.
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Hansaton Launches Excite Hearing System Platform
Two 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.
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Benefit of Using Telecare for Dementia Patients with Hearing Loss and Their Caregivers
A 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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New Plextek Technology to Be Utilized for Tinnitus Detection
Plextek’s technology can reportedly be integrated into both standard commercial headphones and industry standard noise-prevention headsets to help reliably detect the early signs of tinnitus.
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Phonak Marvel Wins Silver Edison Award for Hearing Aid Design Technology
In October 2018, Phonak introduced Marvel, a hearing aid family that’s said to “combine all the top-requested features from hearing aid wearers” into one solution.
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