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This blog is a continuation of last week’s presentation of preliminary testing to determine if pressurized nano-coating (which is to protect hearing aids from moisture) manages to maintain directional hearing aid performance better than a non-nano-coated hearing aid when both are subjected to a series of 48-hour exposures to 100 degree Fahrenheit temperature along with 100% relative humidity. Results Non-nano-coated

Stability of Dual Directional Microphones Under Conditions of High Temperature and High Humidity In some of my past blogs I have reported on two separate issues that this blog, and the next, will attempt to bring together.  The first issue related to directional microphone hearing aids that were not directional. In a later blog I reported on a nano-coating process

Last week’s blog described somewhat my dilemma about what to do with some of the “stuff” related to hearing aids that I have accumulated over the years.  I did offer some suggestions, and one that I thought might draw overwhelming attention, related to selling some of this. And, I know that it is almost impossible to believe, but I have

And, lay around, in my office, essentially means “forever.”  At least that is what my wife says when she sees me looking through my files and “stuff” related to hearing.  I’m often asked when I’m going to throw some of that “stuff” away.  And, to add to my foolishness, I have already invested a small fortune in paying for its

I was looking through some old files the other day and came across this advertisement from the Columbus (OH) Dispatch, dated November 19, 1984. By definition, this product would be called a PSAP today.1 The FDA definition of a PSAP (Personal Sound Amplification Product) is that “PSAPs are intended to amplify environmental sound for non-hearing impaired consumers.  They are not

My last blog related to the pressures at which an eardrum was susceptible to rupture and then also to be relatively assured that eardrum rupture would occur.  But, what was missing? In response to this I received an e-mail from one of my good engineering friends, Steve Armstrong, who asked me why I had not included something that would have

James Curran This is the last part of “An Audiologist in the Wilderness” series of posts by James Curran, one of the first audiologists in the hearing aid industry.  Unbeknownst to us, Maico was reeling under a number of recent marketing and managing mistakes, and they continued to make them after we joined. The company had changed ownership a few

During counseling with a patient the other day I was asked to explain briefly the difference between hearing, listening, and understanding.  The request was, “Make it easy and simple for me so when I talk to my family I can educate them about the differences, how these terms relate to my hearing loss and how these should be interpreted by

I Join the Carnival This is Part V of “An Audiologist in the Wilderness” by James Curran.  This entire series by Jim, including those from other “first” audiologists in the industry (and mine, which will follow Jim’s) chronicles the introduction of audiologists into the hearing aid industry and the trials and events that helped shape the way for audiologists today

Into the jaws of the beast (continued) This is a continuation of Parts I  and II and III of “An Audiologist in the Wilderness” by James Curran. James Curran, M.S. For nearly four years I crisscrossed the U.S. for Dahlberg, traveled to Europe and Canada, speaking to dealers in their offices, at regional meetings, at conventions and state meetings, and