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Newborn Hearing Screening Follow-Up: The Essential Next Step |
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by Michael A. Primus, PhD |
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Once identified, infants with hearing loss need follow-up care. A look at the universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) program in Wyoming poses interesting questions about size limitations of UNHS programs and the provision of centralized control within programs. |
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Heard Around the World! Hearing Aid Compatibility and Wireless Assistive Devices |
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by David G. Myers, PhD |
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Telecoils are in more and more hearing aids, induction loop systems are spreading, and hard of hearing advocates are more vocal in their requests for hearing aid compatible phones and assistive listening all of which bodes well for people with hearing loss, hearing care professionals, and the hearing industry. |
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Bluetooth Technology: Toward More Wireless Hearing Care Solutions |
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by Brad Ingrao, MSEd |
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Wireless and Bluetooth technology is influencing diagnostic, assistive device, and hearing aid applications. Bluetooth technology is quickly finding its way into hearing aid applications. Here are three examples of this wireless technologys use in the hearing care field. |
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Wireless Binaural Synchronization in Hearing Aids: Questions and Answers |
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by Thomas A. Powers, PhD, and Pamela Burton, MA |
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A look at the first hearing system that transmits data between two aids in a binaural fitting. |
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DataLogging: A Clinical Tool for Meeting Individual Patient Needs |
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by David A. Fabry, PhD |
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New hearing system is capable of monitoring the volume settings and program choices of patients. |
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Road Test: An FM System in a Dental Office/Educational Setting |
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by Stefan Dietrich, ICID |
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Putting an FM system to the test in a dental college and clinical instruction settting. |
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New Digital Aid Designed for Enhanced Directionality |
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by Victor Bray, PhD |
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Technical review of a new digital directional system with reported double-digit AI-DI scores. |
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Clinician Survey: ABRs & ASSRs in Post-Newborn Screening Applications |
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by Sidney Tannenbaum, MBA |
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Survey reveals clinician preferences for ABR and ASSR systems. |
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Understanding Peoples Social Styles Can Boost Productivity |
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by Brian Taylor, MA, and Rebecca Younk, MS |
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Four personality types and how to tailor your message accordingly knowing a little about the social style and needs of your patient can aid greatly in the counseling and consultative sales process. |
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HR Website Review |
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A guide to Web sites in the hearing care field. |
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Specialty Certification for Cochlear Implant Audiologists |
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by Cheryl DeConde Johnson, EdD, and Pat Chute, EdD |
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The American Board of Audiology announces its first specialty certification |
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