Starkey Cares Participates in HLAA Walk4Hearing
Starkey participated in the 2025 Twin Cities HLAA Walk4Hearing, joining thousands of advocates across the country working to break down barriers and empower people with hearing loss.
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Consumers May Not Recognize Hearing Loss Symptoms and Treatment Opportunities
Most younger consumers do not actively engage in preventive measures to protect their hearing or seek professional advice about hearing loss, suggests a new study from Synchrony.
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Signia to Display Xperience Hearing Aids at JDVAC 2021
Signia Xperience hearing aids showcased at JDVAC are backed by “multiple audiology and technology world firsts, such as acoustic-motion sensors, Own Voice Processing (OVP), the Signia app, and more.”
Understanding Hearing Aid Rejection and Opportunities for OTC Using the COM-B Model
The COM-B model provides a framework for understanding factors that influence consumer behavior when purchasing hearing aids. While OTC hearing aids have been created to address affordability and accessibility, researchers Brent Edwards and Melanie Ferguson point out that the model clearly suggests consumers will continue to reject hearing aids until the other influencing factors are addressed.
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CBS News’ ‘Sunday Morning’ Segment Discusses OTC Hearing Aids
In a segment on CBS News’ ‘Sunday Morning’ show, contributor and Yahoo Finance tech critic David Pogue examines the low rate of hearing aid adoption in comparison to the percentage of people over 70 with hearing difficulties.
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Predicting the Intent of a Hearing Aid Wearer
The number-one desire of people with hearing loss is not to make sound louder; it’s to hear well in noise. Improving the signal-to-noise ratio in hearing aids has evolved rapidly in the last several years. The evolution now continues with new viable and pragmatic combinations of hearing aids, Internet, smartphones, multiple wireless protocols, GPS, and more, opening up entirely new avenues for truly personalized hearing care.
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Signia’s ‘Hear Across America’ Initiative Aims to Provide Hearing Loss Awareness
Throughout the month of May, select Signia-affiliated hearing care professionals nationwide will provide free hearing screenings and education to members of their local communities.
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The Impact of Unilateral Hearing Loss on Adult Life
There is a need to improve awareness and to better understand the impact and struggles of people who have unilateral hearing loss (UHL), the professionals who treat them, and those who work, live, and socialize with them. With better awareness comes better understanding, so health professionals can refer them rather than dismiss them. Moreover, better understanding can fuel motivation and allow the person with UHL to be more proactive about managing the condition while reducing anxiety.
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New Study Examines Inequality in Treatment for Hearing Loss
In fact, the study finds that the only factor that leveled the playing field for hearing aid use was having insurance through the Department of Veterans Affairs, which covers hearing aids in many cases.
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Notes from CES 2018: What Lies Ahead?
As technology expands in all directions, we should be thinking of the future and how things may change for hearing aids—and at the same time, recognize that some things will likely never change. Viewing the CES exhibits focused me on the future and made me wonder what we have to look forward to with hearing aids in the near future, say in 2020 (Y2.02K).
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Open Letter to OTC Hearing Device Regulators
Now that the political hay has been harvested, the real business of affordable and accessible hearing care is on the table and at your mercy.
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Blog: The “Hearing Aid Effect” and Getting Past the “Giant Shrimp”
Maybe it’s time to move on and address stigma only when it’s apparent a prospective client is looking at the hearing aid as if it’s a giant shrimp.
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Is Hearing Aid Stigma Dead Among Younger People?
Results from a study published in the October JAAA indicate that the so-called “hearing aid effect” has diminished, if not completely disappeared, in the 21st century.
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