Richard Einhorn

Richard Einhorn is a hearing health technology consultant and professional composer whose music is performed around the world. Richard has consulted with Jacoti since 2014. He is a regular contributor to hearing health journals and has spoken numerous times on hearing technology to the FDA, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Technology, and at hearing technology companies.
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Sep. 15, 2015

The Importance of an Open Wireless Connectivity Protocol for Hearing Assistance Products

Richard Einhorn
The Hearing Disruptions series seeks to cover the rapid changes taking place in hearing healthcare. Today’s post is culled from recent topics presented to the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults.   Richard Einhorn.  Based upon an address presented June 30, 2015 at the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care  at
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Aug. 25, 2015

PSAPs and Hearing Aids: Myths and Expectations, Part 2

Richard Einhorn
In the second, and concluding, part of his remarks to the Institute of Medicine, Mead Killion makes the case for PSAP and for guidelines that encourage their safe and efficacious use. While he cites a study that found that hearing aids and (at least some) PSAPs can deliver roughly the same efficacy, Dr. Killion emphasizes another, informal, study which suggests
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Aug. 18, 2015

Boundary Areas Between PSAPs and Hearing Aids, Part 1

Richard Einhorn
This is first in the Device Disruptions series edited by Richard Einhorn. Editor’s Note:  In the 70’s, Mead Killion, PhD, ScD (hon), urged high sound quality for hearing aids when hardly anyone else cared, let alone understood, its crucial importance. He is the inventor of the legendary K-Amp, the Digi-K, the QuickSin, some of the best earphones and Bluetooth headsets