May 2003


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Cochlear Implants and Education of the Deaf Child
  by Ann E. Geers, PhD
  A 5-year NIH study indicates that children implanted early in lifehave tremendous potential in all areas of verbal development
Working Memory for Speechreading and Poorly Specified Linguistic Input: Applications to Sensory Aids
  by Jerker Rönnberg, PhD
  What do we know about clients and their use of speechreading? A summary of cognitive research being conducted by scientists in Sweden in the areas of visual speechreading and speech recognition with sensory aids.
Opening Ears: The Scientific Basis for an Open Ear Acoustic System
  by Mark C. Flynn, PhD
  A technical review on the dynamics of DSP systems using special vented earmolds.
The Sound of Success
  by Tom Begley and Jennifer Clark
  Hearing aid battery sales mean business for dispensing professionals
Tech Focus: Sound Suites and Testing Booths
  A look at the latest in soundproof test booths and related systems.
Using In-Situ Thresholds to Predict Aided Soundfield Thresholds
  by Francis K. Kuk, PhD; Carl Ludvigsen, MS; Marianne Sonne, MA, and Trine Voss
  A tutorial on an easier way to obtain aided soundfield threshold estimates.
Clinical Trial of a New Digital Device
  by Laurel Olson, MA
  A technical review of a new DSP hearing instrument and beta trial results.
A Solution to Cell Phone Use for Non-Telecoil Equipped Hearing Aids
  by Mark J. Sanford, MS
  Interference relative to hearing aids and cellular telephones are still a major obstacle for hearing instrument users. This article presents an example of the technologies being  developed to address these problems on the cell phone manufacturing end.


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  by Ben Van Houten
  HR interviews Yuri Sokolov, PhD, of Vivosonic, a new manufacturer of OAE/ASSR equipment.
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