Better Hearing and Speech Month Gets Name Change
Starting in 2024, May will be recognized as National Speech-Language-Hearing Month instead of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
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Neural Encoding of the Stimulus Envelope Facilitated by Widex ZeroDelay Technology
Research suggests that listeners rely on stimulus envelope cues for robust speech comprehension in both quiet and noisy conditions. This study compares three premium hearing aids, including Widex MOMENT hearing aids with ZeroDelay™ technology, relative to how they might affect the central auditory system’s ability to encode the temporal envelope of the input sounds—and therefore possibly distort the quality of the temporal envelope code available for higher-level auditory processing.
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Why Are Sight and Sound Out of Sync?
Researchers found that speech comprehension can sometimes actually improve by as much as 10% when sound is delayed relative to vision, and that different individuals consistently have uniquely different optimal delays for different tasks.
