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Consumers and Professionals Address Worldwide Hearing Health Care Issues |
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by Donna S. Wayner, PhD |
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At this year’s Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) Convention in Washington, DC, a panel of six individuals with hearing impairment spoke about the wide differences in hearing care there are throughout the world—and what needs to be done to bring better hearing to the world. |
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Why Are Hearing Instruments So Expensive? |
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by Jay B. McSpaden, PhD |
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When comparing analog instruments of 1980 to those of 2004, and adjusting for inflation, the cost of operating a hearing aid is less today than 25 years ago. Although average hearing aid prices for all hearing instruments have increased in the last 10 years due to CIC technology, programmability, and digital circuitry, today’s consumer has a far greater range of pricing options and choice of quality products and services. |
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The IHS and ADA Convention Previews |
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A sneak-peek at the events and exhibition floor offerings at this year's conventions. |
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Celebrities Wanted: BHI Seeking Help in New Outreach Campaign |
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Do you have a patient that has some name recognition? If so, the BHI needs your help. |
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Audiology Summer Camp Brings Student Education to New Heights |
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The eighth annual Oticon Audiology Summer Camp brought together over 70 students from 27 different graduate school programs for five days of fun and education. |
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A Hearing System that Can Bounce Back from Reverberation |
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by David A. Fabry, PhD, and Juergen Tchorz, PhD |
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A new hearing aid function has been created that reduces the influence of reverberation in both directional and omnidirectional microphone modes. |
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Clinical Study of a New Directional System: Initial Behavioral Results |
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by Victor Bray, PhD, Robert Ghent, MS, Michael Nilsson, PhD, and Patrick Murphy, MA |
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Results from a clinical hearing-in-noise study on a new digital hearing instrument. |
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Physical Therapy for the Ears: Maximizing Patient Benefit Using a Listening Retraining Program |
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The Listening and Communication Enhancement (LACE) system, created by UCSF’s Robert W. Sweetow, PhD, and colleagues, is an interactive tool that provides listening retraining via home computer or TV. |
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Get SET to Maximize Success in Fitting and Office Management |
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by Francis Kuk, PhD, Janice Smith, MA, John Colberg Jensen, and Soren Westerman, MS |
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Success Enhancement Tools (SET) have been developed to provide new capabilities to office management systems, real-ear speech mapping, and virtual sound/multimedia testing. |
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