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| HEARING RESEARCH |
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An Assessment of Everyday Noises and Their Annoyance |
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by August R. Hernandez, MA; Josef Chalupper, PhD; and Thomas A. Powers, PhD |
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Study suggests that annoyance ratings of sounds for new wearers of digital hearing instruments are equally distributed across intensity and duration. |
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Volume Control Preferences with WDRC Digital Hearing Aids |
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by Rhys Meredith, MSc |
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Research finds that, overall, subjects preferred a volume control on a WDRC device, and a significantly higher proportion of experienced hearing aid users preferred a volume control. |
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Hearing Science |
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The Effects of Hearing Loss on Temporal Processing Part 3: Addressing temporal processing deficits through amplification strategies |
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by Vishakha W. Rawool, PhD |
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Applying basic scientific knowledge about temporal processing to clinical services that involve hearing instrument dispensing. |
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| NEW TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETING |
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Tech Topic
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A Tale of Two Feedback Cancellers |
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by Shilpi Banerjee, PhD; Karrie Recker, AuD; and Allison Paumen, MA |
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A comparison of a new-generation feedback cancellation algorithm with that of a recent-generation algorithm provides a look at how rapidly this technology is advancing. |
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Business Management |
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Retirement Community Opportunities |
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by Danielle Campbell-Angah |
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How to provide hearing services to the growing spectrum of retirement communities. |
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Where an Accurate Fitting Begins: Assessment of In-Situ Acoustics (AISA) |
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by Francis Kuk, PhD, |
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The AISA algorithm is designed to provide an easy and accurate way to assess the overall acoustic effect of the hearing aid/earmold system in-situ. |
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