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Road to the CIC Hearing Aid

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Audiologists / Barry Finlay / CIC / Deep canal / Ear canal / Ear Impressions / Hearing / Hearing aids / Hearing instrument / In-the-Canal / ITC (in-the-canal) / Middle ear implants / Peritympanic / Philips Hearing Instruments / Philips XP / Tympanic membrane / Wayne J. Staab / Wayne Staab / XP Peritympanic

Part II – XP Peritympanic Impact Leading to the CIC Hearing Aid   This post is a continuation of a blog from a couple of weeks ago describing the road to the development of the CIC (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid. What started as an effort to reduce the occlusion effect for ITC (in-the-canal) style hearing aids, led…

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White Cats

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Altricial animals / Cochlear implants / Congenital deafness / Cortical auditory areas / deaf / Deaf white cats / Deafness / Hearing / Hearing loss / Heterochromia / Normal hearing / White cats

White Cats Versus White Cats The snow-white brilliance of a white cat is a beauty to behold.  And, when coupled with different eye colors (green, blue, golden, or “unusual” features), it stands out dramatically from other multi-colored, calico, or tortoiseshell cats.  White cats have often been associated with the month of February because their color…

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