Adding Closure to the Dispensing Process
A perspective on large-group aural rehabilitation and its value to audiology and hearing care, and practical advice for establishing group rehab seminars.
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Month: March 2002
Power for Kids
A multinational large-scale study finds objective and subjective evidence for the use of digital power instruments on children who have severe hearing loss.
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Effect of a Multimedia Fitting Tool on Final Gain Settings
The use of “real-life” simulated environments has been proposed in the past as a way to fine-tune hearing instruments. This article looks at such a system and its efficiency in arriving at final gain settings for patients.
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Clinical Evaluation of the Benefit of Digital Hearing Instrument Features
A clinical study from Germany suggests that digital directional hearing instruments can achieve an improvement of up to 8 dB SNR. Remote control usage with the instruments was also found to be beneficial for patient satisfaction.
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A Virtual Tour of the AAA Exhibit Hall
A sneak-peek into the new products, services, and offerings at the 14th annual American Academy of Audiology convention and exposition in Philadelphia.
Read MoreManufacturing and Dispensing in the New Millennium
Hearing instrument sales remained flat in 2001. When looking at sales of the average hearing instrument practice (ie, disregarding VA-dispensed units), sales actually fell by 2.1%. This article looks at factors influencing hearing instrument manufacturing and dispensing in 2001-02.
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