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Hearing aid outcomes in older adults: what and when to measure
What matters to older adults when purchasing a hearing aid? Larry Humes explores the domains that should be measured for this key group. This article identifies key domains of hearing aid outcome in older adults. Increasingly, third-party payers and private-pay...Personal perspective of a hearing aid user: In conversation with Alistair Cruickshank
Alistair Cruickshank explains how he has embraced technological changes to improve his day-to-day listening experiences as a hearing aid user. He explains the importance of experimenting and trying out different approaches and how much he values working closely with his...Comparing AutoREM accuracy to NAL-NL2 targets: real patient data and simulator verification
A new study examines how accurately AutoREMs from four major brands hit NAL-NL2 targets, revealing strengths, limits and clinical implications. Automatic real ear measurements (AutoREMs) have emerged as a promising way to make hearing aid fittings faster and more consistent....Big data and the future of cochlear implant aftercare
With a million people using cochlear implants worldwide, the time is right for us to harness this vast data for patient benefit. Every day, cochlear implant (CI) processors quietly collect data: how long they’re worn, how often users switch programs...
A ‘smarter’ way to examine the ear?
Otoscopes and endoscopes, essential tools for ENTs, audiologists, and general practitioners, are on the receiving end of a modern twist thanks to smartphone technology. Aimed at adapting smartphones for otoscopic and endoscopic imaging, these reimagined devices might just change the...
Hi There Solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a multitude of lifestyle challenges, and communication has been no exception to this. Not only have plexiglass barriers and masks impeded the way we verbally interact, but the transition to more frequent virtual communication has...‘The Sun does not forget a village just because it is too small’ – African proverb
Solar powered hearing aids In the middle of the morning of January 24, 2002, I had been in Otse for only three days, a village of 3500 in the south of Botswana, when I heard a knock at the door....
Essentials of Modern Hearing Aids - Selection, Fitting, Verification
In the preface to this book, the authors state that the purpose of the book is to take “a student through the entire hearing aid process from beginning to end in a logical and clinically applicable manner”. The book eschews...
Hearing Aid Dispensing Training Manual - Second Edition
This text focuses on preparing US trainee hearing aid dispensers for their state practical exams, and the content is tailored to addressing the key assessment criteria. However, the basic topics covered are useful for hearing aid dispensers and potentially audiology...
Aided speech auditory brainstem response
Auditory brainstem response (ABR) is commonly used for hearing screening and is considered as one of the important means of objective audiometry. Speech ABR is a relatively new concept and is regarded as a marker of speech encoding at the...
Frequency Compression – is there a benefit?
The goal of this study was to investigate whether frequency compression (FC) hearing aids provide more benefit than conventional hearing aids. Twelve experienced hearing aid users 65-84 years of age with moderate to severe high frequency hearing loss wore the...
