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Phone Based Hearing Test Launches in the US
The 10-minute phone based hearing test requires a landline, and may indicate if you need to visit a hearing health professional for further evaluation. According to a report from the National Hearing...
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Improving Patient Compliance to Hearing Healthcare Services and Treatment...
Research | February 2015 Hearing Review How smartphone apps might help empower more patients to seek amplification. by Amyn M. Amlani, PhD A self-administered hearing test application could funnel...
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Audiology Systems Becomes Exclusive Distributor of GENIE Sound Rooms
Audiology Systems, Schaumberg, Ill, the US distributor of GN Otometrics’ AURICAL®, MADSEN® and ICS® and other audiology and vestibular equipment, has announced the addition of the GENIETM series sound...
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Maico and Interacoustics Enter Buying Agreement with Novation
MAICO Diagnostics and Interacoustics, with US headquarters in Minneapolis, have announced an agreement to offer a full line of hearing testing medical devices to Novation, which includes the two...
View ArticleBlog: Speculation on the Institute of Medicine’s Second Meeting on Accessible...
By Karl Strom The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults held its second of three open meetings on June 30 at the Keck Center of the...
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California Tele-audiology Program Improves Access to Audiologists
Researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have shown that the California Tele-Audiology Program (CTP), which provides follow-up diagnostic evaluations for infants who did not pass...
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Audioscan Extends Verifit2 Binaural Test System
Ontario-based Audioscan has announced the release of new software for Verifit2 (version 4.6), Axiom (version 1.12), and Verifit VF-1/ RM500SL (version 3.14). With the latest version of software, the...
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GN Otometrics to be Sold to Natus Medical
GN Hearing, a division of GN Store Nord A/S, Ballerup, Denmark, is divesting its hearing testing device segment and has entered into an agreement to sell GN Otometrics to Natus Medical, San Carlos,...
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iHEAR Program Expands Hearing Testing for School-age Children
Clearwater Clinical Ltd, makers of a clinically validated iPad audiometer called SHOEBOX Audiometry, have partnered with the University of Ottawa Medical School to expand the successful iHEAR program...
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Letter: CAPD and the Need for Early Intervention in Children Younger than Age 7
Dear Editor: I write this letter on behalf of my colleagues and fellow audiologists who conduct auditory processing evaluations on children. It has become a matter of great importance to those of us...
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Binaural Interference Present in About 17% of People, Says New Research
Bruna Mussoi, PhD, AuD About 1 in 6 people (16.7% of listeners) present with binaural interference—the condition of poorer speech recognition when listening with two ears versus one ear—according to...
View Article3rd International Meeting on Internet & Audiology to Be Held in July
Researchers and other interested people are invited to the 3rd International Meeting on Internet & Audiology, which will be held in Louisville, Ky, on July 27-28, 2017. The purpose of the...
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HIA Recommends OTC Hearing Devices Be Restricted to Mild Losses; Retain...
The Hearing Industries Association (HIA), Washington, DC, has recommended that, in the event the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) creates a new over-the-counter (OTC) category for hearing devices,...
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CDC Study: 1 in 4 US Adults Who Report Good Hearing Already Have Hearing Loss
According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (February 7, 2017), 1 out of 4 US adults who report excellent to good hearing already have hearing...
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Family-centered Care: Working with Partners Reporting “Incongruent” Hearing...
Research | February 2017 Hearing Review What to do when the patient’s and family member’s perceptions of the hearing loss differ By Gabrielle Saunders, PhD, Jill Preminger, PhD, and Nerina Scarinci,...
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Auditory Brainstem Development Problems Linked to Nicotine Exposure
Abnormal development of the auditory brainstem in children and subsequent hearing problems can be the result of nicotine exposure, both before and after birth, according to a mouse model study...
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Final Word: Paving the Road to Patient Success When the “New Normal” Is LESS...
Final Word | February 2017 Hearing Review By Dennis Van Vliet, AuD During the holidays, we completed our move from Los Angeles, near my wife Alison Grimes’ work at the UCLA Audiology Department to my...
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Salus University Offers Summer Workshop Series
Two 4-day workshops and one daylong workshop have been scheduled this summer this summer at Salus University in Elkins Park, Pa. The workshops will provide an update on a specific topic of study,...
View ArticleScientifically Rigorous Study Shows Older Adults Benefit from Hearing Aids;...
The first-ever placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized clinical trial—generally considered the highest standard for methodology in clinical trials—of hearing aid outcomes shows that older adults...
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Coming in May: FittingNOW! 2017 Expert Series Featuring Gus Mueller
The Otometrics and Audiology Systems‘ FittingNOW! 2017 Expert Series is open for registration. Gus Mueller, PhD, will facilitate the 7-hour FittingNOW! Expert Series, which will provide information on...
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