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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
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Aug. 11, 2015

You Say Hello, We Say Goodbye

Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Hello! “Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.” Vladimir Nabokov The Hearing Health section is embarking on an exciting  path in coming weeks, with the introduction of a new series entitled Hearing Health Disruptions, edited and curated by famed composer and hearing consumer advocate Richard Einhorn.  Mr. Einhorn is the only editor at HHTM who rates his own page on Wikipedia.
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Aug. 04, 2015

Winning the War Against Hearing Loss, part 6: Mega-power without feedback

Bob Martin
So far in this series I’ve discussed Kim, David, and Dr. Judy. Improvements in hearing aid technology and the skill of the audiologist have made it possible for each of these people to continue working despite deteriorating hearing that was pushing them to find another career. Today I introduce Sam, a machinist, who has very poor hearing. Like Kim, David,
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Jul. 28, 2015

Winning the War Against Hearing Loss, Part 5: Frequency Compression and Dead Zones

Bob Martin
The 10 articles in this continuing series entitled “Winning the War Against Hearing Loss” discuss miracles of modern audiology. So far, I have discussed Kim, whose hearing aids enabled her to go back to work in the high-level noise of a bar, and David, a real estate broker, who has overcome his problems using a cell phone with his hearing
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Jul. 21, 2015

Be Your Own Celebrity!

Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Last month I read an article in the Huffington Post about who was standing up for hearing loss.  When I first read it I felt I had been out of the loop as I learned for the first time that Nelson Mandela, Jodi Foster and Malala Yousafzai all have/had hearing loss.  My first thought was along the lines of  “Why don’t
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Jul. 14, 2015

Winning the War against Hearing Loss, part 4: Hearing Well with a Cell Phone

Bob Martin
By: Bob Martin, AuD Miracles happen in our field. Last time I discussed Kim who, thanks to her hearing aids, was able to work in a noisy bar and save her family’s home. This week, I want you to meet David, a real estate agent with severe hearing loss. In the past he could not hear well with his cell
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Jul. 07, 2015

The eardrum is like a brick wall (but only for higher frequency sounds)

Hearing Health & Technology Matters
Marshall Chasin, Back to Basics (previously published in Hearing Review) Whenever I start to read about the impedance of structures, my eyes tend to glaze over. I understand that impedance is an important part of audiology and I certainly remember the formulae that we needed to learn in school which explains why stiffness and mass have different effects, but other
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Jun. 30, 2015

Winning the War against Hearing Loss, Part 3: Overcoming Background Noise

Bob Martin
by Bob Martin, AuD   When we help people hear well, they radiate joy. My patient Kim is a perfect example. She is a young mother of three who came to me recently in tears. Her husband had lost his job and they were about to lose their house. “I know how to make money,” she told me. “I am
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Jun. 23, 2015

Anthropologist at Intel? Meet Genevieve Bell

Hearing Health & Technology Matters
The last in the series of the Keynote speakers from the Women’s Presidents Organization from late April is Genevieve Bell. She is an Anthropologist online pharmacy buy metformin no insurance with best prices today in the USA who works at Intel online pharmacy purchase cymbalta no prescription with best prices today in the USA . Yes, you read correctly, an