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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Do Hearing Aids Meet ANSI Standards?
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OTC Hearing Aids in the United States: How Did We Get Here?
June 12, 2018 380 views
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Binaural Loudness Summation
May 17, 2018 295 views
The phenomenon of binaural summation is considered one of the practical advantages of hearing... Read More

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February 28, 2017 299 views
In a previous post, I referred to the “Big Three” motivators of current hearing... Read More

SOUND

Loudest Sound
November 22, 2016 442 views
How loud can sound get?  Could loud sound kill you?  Are there limits, and... Read More

PSAP Standard Review
August 1, 2017 388 views
Legislation recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives1 and expected to be passed... Read More

An Upper Limit to Sound?
November 29, 2016 389 views
The answer is yes – there is an upper limit to sound.  But this... Read More
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Sound Quantification II
April 6, 2014 254 views
This post continues a series on the origins  of initial sound quantification.  Last week’s... Read More

Sound Branding
November 1, 2016 287 views
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