WAYNE'S WORLD - WAYNE STAAB, EDITOR EMERITUS

Wayne Staab, Hearing Health Matters

In January 2018, Wayne Staab, Founding Member and an Editor-In-Chief of HHTM, retired his blog, Wayne's World. However, the content Dr. Staab developed and published over the years in this section remains a rich resource that deserves to be discovered by new readers and referenced by earlier readers. Comment Policy

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The OTC Hearing Aid Consensus Statement: An Opposing View

September 12, 2018 489 views
In August, 2018, a Consensus Paper from hearing care associations was published relative to... Read More

Do Hearing Aids Meet ANSI Standards?

August 8, 2018 420 views
Measuring a hearing aid to ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Standards should be a... Read More

Hearing Aid Sales Pushing the Big Three Fear Motivators

July 13, 2018 306 views
Hearing aid sales, along with advertising and promotion seems to have locked onto the... Read More

July 4th – Celebrate Safely

July 1, 2018 280 views
The Fourth of July and fireworks are traditional in the US, and go together... Read More
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OTC Hearing Aids in the United States: How Did We Get Here?

June 12, 2018 494 views
Last month, Dr. Wayne Staab was invited to present on OTC developments in the... Read More

HEARING AIDS

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Hearing Aid Technology Evolution

April 15, 2014 600 views
Evolution of Hearing Aid Technology and Techniques – A Ride Through History   Factors... Read More

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Asymmetrical Hearing Loss – Aided “Catch Up” Surprises

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AGE-RELATED HEARING LOSS

Hearing Aid Fears

February 28, 2017 392 views
In a previous post, I referred to the “Big Three” motivators of current hearing... Read More

SOUND

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Sound Quantification II

April 6, 2014 420 views
This post continues a series on the origins  of initial sound quantification.  Last week’s... Read More

An Upper Limit to Sound?

November 29, 2016 577 views
The answer is yes – there is an upper limit to sound.  But this... Read More

Sound Branding

November 1, 2016 396 views
Last week’s post chronicled the story of Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle manufacturer, attempting to get... Read More
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Sound Quantification

March 30, 2014 312 views
Instruments that take sophisticated and precise measurements of sound are taken for granted today. ... Read More

Loudest Sound

November 22, 2016 551 views
How loud can sound get?  Could loud sound kill you?  Are there limits, and... Read More