Category: Head phones

Tinnitus Treatment with Smartphones

Robert Traynor Acoustic Trauma / American Tinnitus Association / Audiology / Audiology Practice / Head phones / Hearing Aid Bluetooth connections / Hearing Aid Connectivity / Hearing aid use with smartphones / Hearing Devices / Hearing healthcare / Hearing impairment / Hearing loss / noise exposure / Noise Induced Hearing Loss / tinnitus / Tinnitus Treatment

This discussion should be prefaced with the statement that I have no actual research to make the suggestion that will appear here, but it is a great doctoral dissertation.  This week at Hearing International will discuss the use of smart phones to treat tinnitus.   Smart phones have totally taken over our lives for many…

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Headphones: They have Come a Long Way, Baby!

Robert Traynor 2 Comments Audiology / Bose / Conputerized Ear Buds / Head phones / Headphone History / Here One Ear Buds / In the ear monitors / Noise Cancelling Headphones / Stereo Headphones / Stigma

While reading this on a computer, there is an excellent chance that you are wearing, or have within reach, a pair of headphones or earbuds.  In the US and some other western cultures, there seems to be a movement to have and use some kind of “ear wear”.  Probably not the ear trumpet from the 1950s…

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