Posts Tagged ‘hearing technology’

New Study Reveal Computers Are Better Lip-Readers Than Humans

Hearing aids are a big part of the fight against hearing loss, but are only one part of the solution. Audiologists not only diagnose hearing loss and fit their patients with proper hearing aids, they also suggest lifestyle changes that can engender better communication – not just an ability to hear quieter sounds.

Common tips include focusing on one person at a time, choosing areas where background noise is minimized, and focusing on face of the person to whom you’re talking. The last tip is especially important for those skilled in reading lips.
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Widex’s Passion 440: The Latest & Most Stylish In Hearing Technology

Widex-Passion-440Living in New York, fashion is a very important part of life. And if you are a fraction of the 36 million stylish people dealing with hearing problems, the Widex Passion 440 is for you!

The name is a little cheesy, but this small RIC (Receiver-In-Canal) hearing aid accommodates the latest in hearing technology, while providing a very comfortable hearing aid for its user. They are super light that you will forget that you’re even wearing it.
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Phonak’s Nios Micro: The World’s Most Advanced Pediatric Hearing Aid

Hearing loss is usually stereotyped as an older person’s issue or disease.

The senior citizen cupping his hand to his ear and yelling “what did you say?” to the toaster is practically a cliché. It’s understandable, in a way – hearing does degenerate as you age.

But over half of the 36 million American hearing-loss sufferers are under the age of 65.

What options does a young hearing-loss sufferer have?
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A Brief History Of Hearing Aids

With all of the fascinating technology being developed on a near-daily basis, hearing aids seem – and have become – thoroughly modern devices. However, the history of hearing aids stretches back several decades, to a brilliant physicist and author named Harvey Fletcher.
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Phonak’s Click’nTalk: Making Cell Phones Convenient For Those With Hearing Loss

clickn'talkHearing aids are designed to fit into both ears snugly. Because normal hearing is a combination of stimuli coming from different directions, ensuring proper hearing in both ears is  big part of correcting hearing loss. But what about cell phones?

Can individuals with hearing aids use mobile phones normally?

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Hearing Aid Batteries Are Important for Proper Functionality

Hearing aids are fantastic devices…IF your batteries are functioning properly.

Without properly functioning batteries, hearing aids are little more than extremely expensive earplugs.
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Benefits of Directional Hearing Aids

Hearing aids make lives better. Save them, even. Nonetheless, many people don’t wear them.

Why not?
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Hearing Aids Help The Economy

We already knew that hearing aids had great personal benefits. The right hearing aid can not only help your conversations run smoothly, it can save your life.

But can hearing aids help save the economy? (more…)

Phonak’s Audeo SMART Hearing Aid: Functionailty, Connectivity, Control

Wearing a hearing aid can save your life.

Hearing loss, especially in a large, busy city, can negatively affect your ability to properly react to dangerous elements.

So why are people so hesitant to get hearing aids?

A variety of reasons:

>>Hearing aids can be bulky.

>>Hearing aids can be unseemly.

>>Hearing aids can be a hassle–where’s the guarantee that when it comes to a crowded party or loud restaurant? Will these hearing aids even work properly?

Enter the Audéo SMART, the world’s smallest hearing system with full wireless functionality.
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Custom Hearing Aids: Buy Custom Or Mass-Produced?

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Hearing aids are like other medical products used to assist anyone who has a disability. To make a comparison,  you don’t always need a prescription from a doctor to buy your medicine and sometimes can get what your looking for over the counter–this is now happening in the world of hearing aids.

The question we need to really ask ourselves as well as other hearing professionals is, it a good idea to buy a hearing aid without having it properly  made to one’s degree of hearing loss? Anyone who gets a hearing aid or is thinking of getting one should first see an audiologist to see what the best option would be.
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