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As result of a rare embryological accident, conjoined twins were born in May, 1811 about 60 miles outside of Bangkok in Maklong, Kingdom of Siam (present day Thailand).  The birth was a miracle and an oddity, in 1811 as conjoined twins,  even in the present day, are usually stillborn and those that live usually expire after only hours (UIC, 2012).  Due to this particular birth of conjoined

So far in this story we have focused upon the Vikings, Harald I of Denmark, and the runestones of Jelling, Denmark, where the Vikings wrote their history in the language of Younger Futhark. Now, fast forward about 500 years to the 1940s……… An unlikely individual to be involved in this story is the 1940s actress, Hedy Lamarr.  According to Platt (2011),

The King Last week in Part I, we learned that Younger Futhark is not a person but the  language of the Vikings written on the Runestones around Scandinavia.  Some of the biggest of these runestones were erected by King Harald I of Denmark, who united Denmark and Norway? But how does he continue the connection from Younger Futhark to Audiology? Nationalmuseet(2012) states that

For the next couple of weeks, Hearing International will investigate the relationship between Younger Futhark and Audiology.  Even the best informed American audiologists have probably not heard about the fundamentals of this relationship.  It is likely, however, that Danish audiological physicians, Danish hearing aid and cell phone manufacturers, and other Scandinavians may have heard the story of Younger Futhark. The relationship between Audiology

Although we did not receive any relevant mail to last week’s blog on binaural fittings we have received some great mail over the past weeks. Of course much of the mail we receive at Hearing International is spam, but often there are some great comments by our readers that bring some very good points to bring into our forum.  We welcome comments at the Blogs

Audiologists in the United States have gradually, over the past 30 years, moved from a culture that fits mostly monaural (23% in 1983) to a culture that fits mostly binaural (75% in 2010).  Many of us fit almost all of our bilaterally hearing-impaired patients binaurally, unless there are financial issues or hearing impairment characteristics that contraindicate this type of a fitting. 

Automobiles are manufactured all over the world and some cars are quiet, some are noisy, some offer a sporty (throaty) sound, some are quiet; some are  squeaky, others have rattles and bangs.      Historically, there has been a war between the use of hearing and communicating in vehicles.  Over the past few years hearing aid processors, background noise reduction, directional microphones

There seems to be several areas of agreement among the various sources, associations, and manufacturers on induction loop systems. One is that there are no reliable statistics on how many of these systems are in use worldwide. Another is that most of the world does not use these systems efficiently. There is also a consensus that the fastest growing market is

Since Hearing International began the topic of Induction Loops last week, we have had many friends new and old, make suggestions on references and introduce us to colleagues that have information on their use around the world.     As noted in last week’s post, most induction loops seem to be used in Europe, especially Scandinavia, though recently there has been a big push for their use

For the next couple of weeks Hearing International will review Induction Loop Systems and consider the status of their use in the international community. In the past couple of years, at least in the US, we have heard a lot about the use and proliferation of induction loop systems and how beneficial they could be to the hearing impaired if they were available in